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- Episode 8: Decolonizing and Doing What You Have Always Done with Audrey Heath
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- Season 3, Episode 4: Clowning, Failing, and Re-enchanting the Everyday with June Fukumura
- Season 3, Episode 3: The Poetry of Publishing with Charlotte Nip
- Season 3, Episode 2: Shame Demons and Queer Sci-fi Horror with Mily Mumford
- Season 3, Episode 1: Following Your Creative Passions with Cameron Maitland
- Season 2, Episode 11: Exploring Study Focus in Contemporary Arts with Sophie Tang
- Season 2, Episode 10: Inclusion in the Design Industry with Priscilla Skylar Lee
- Season 2, Episode 9: Exploring Virtual Production with Brenda Medina
- Season 2, Episode 8: Finding Your Place in Publishing with Heidi Waechtler
- Season 2, Episode 7: Kai Bockmann
- Season 2, Episode 6: Becoming Your Own Boss with Kirstin Richter
- Season 2, Episode 5: Career Transitions of a Software Engineer with Vic Ong
- Season 2, Episode 4: Navigating your Educational Journey with Broadcaster Simi Sara
- Season 2, Episode 3: Mastering the Art of Publishing with Jazmin Welch
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Episode 4: Storytelling in Game Design with Mars Balisacan
June 23, 2022
Today’s episode of After School centres around our education consortium collaboration program: the Masters of Digital Media at the Centre for Digital Media. Our student host Chelsea Wei sits down with recent graduate Mars Balisacan to discuss his work as a game designer, developer and producer.
The two discuss video games as a medium for diverse storytelling, Mars’ experiences in both large and independent gaming companies, and the different work experiences working in mobile games versus triple A games.
After School is a podcast project from SFU’s Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology. After School invites you into candid conversations with FCAT alumni in traditional and unconventional career paths across communication, interactive arts and technology, contemporary arts, publishing and digital media.
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