One Cool Thing
One Cool Thing is a podcast speaking with people in and around videogames about One Cool Thing not from games which is really fascinating them at the moment. One of the founding principles of Die Gute Fabrik is interdisciplinarity - collaborating with people from other art forms to bring fresh ideas to video games. And that’s also what’s at the heart of this podcast series: what not from games is shaping how people think about making games right now?
As host, each week DGF Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin will introduce the exciting guest and their practice to you before getting into a deep dive into what their One Cool Thing is, how it’s shaping their thoughts at the moment and what they hope it could offer others.
This a chance to hear more about the practices of cool folks working in games, and hopefully somewhere where we can all reflect on how we think about how we make things together.
One Cool Thing Production Credits:
One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.
Episodes
23 episodes
Jill Murray on Skating
On this episode, we meet Jill Murray who chats to Hannah Nicklin about skating.Jill Murray is a Canadian creative director, coming fresh from the launch of Invincible Presents: Atom Eve. She is a writer for indie and AAA games, ...
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48:56
Wren Brier on Eki Stamps & Goshuin
On this episode we meet Wren Brier who chats to Hannah Nicklin about Eki Stamps & Goshuin.Wren is a Brisbane-based game artist and creative director with a particular talent for and interest in pixel art. She’s curated a whole pixel ...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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53:11
Char Putney on "Negative Space" by BR Yeager
On episode 20 we meet Char Putney who chats to Hannah Nicklin about "Negative Space" by BR Yeager.Char Putney is a multiple award-winning Irish writer from Dublin who currently lives in Copenhagen. She’s been a lot of things in her rich ...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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56:04
Goldie Bartlett on wimmelbilder
On this episode, we meet Goldie Bartlett who chats to Hannah Nicklin about wimmelbilder.Goldie Bartlett is an illustrator and artist based out of Melbourne Australia. She works in paint, pencil, digital media and videogames. Recent game...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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1:01:49
Terry Burdack on Natural Philosophy
On this episode, we meet Terry Burdack who chats to Hannah Nicklin about natural philosophy.Terry Burdak is a game developer based out of Melbourne Australia. The company he co-runs is called Paper House, and they make games and other c...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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50:39
Sharna Jackson on Barges
On this episode, we meet Sharna Jackson who chats to Hannah Nicklin about barges.Sharna Jackson is a British game writer, artistic director and author. Before writing full time she was artistic director at Site Gallery in Sheffield, on ...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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42:34
Des Gayle on The Matrix
On episode 16 we meet Des Gayle who chats to Hannah Nicklin about The Matrix.Des Gayle is a prolific British producer who has over 20 years of experience in the field of games. From working on the launch of the original Xbox at...
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Season 1
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57:04
Lisy Kane on Being in a Band
In this episode, we meet Lisy Kane who chats to Hannah about being in a band.Lisy Kane is a Melbourne-based videogame producer and co-founder of Girl Geek Academy, a social enterprise set up to achieve (trans and nb inclusive) ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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58:40
Matthew Seiji Burns on Two Visions of Zen
On this episode we meet Matthew Seiji Burns who chats to Hannah Nicklin about Two Visions of Zen.Matthew Seiji Burns is a writer, director, composer and game designer based in Seattle on the West Coast of the USA. All in all Matthew has ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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48:36
Claudia Molinari on Dreaming
On episode 13 we meet Claudia Molinari who chats with Hannah Nicklin about dreaming.Claudia is a graphic designer, illustrator and art director originally from Italy but who also lived in the UK for a while. After working as a graphic d...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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47:59
Cara Ellison on A Dictionary of Angels
About This EpisodeOn episode 12 we meet Cara Ellison who chats to Hannah Nicklin about A Dictionary of Angels.Cara Ellison is a Scottish designer and writer for videogames, who also writes for TV and comics. Befo...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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46:33
Aran Koning on Mountains
Liner NotesNan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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38:12
Josie Giles on Rachel Pollack's Unquenchable Fire
About This EpisodeIn episode 10 we meet Josie Giles who chats with Hannah Nicklin about the late Rachel Pollack's Unquenchable Fire.Josie is a writer and performer from Orkney, who now lives in Leith, Edinburgh. Y...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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45:00
Moo Yu on Legally Blonde
About This EpisodeIn episode 9 we meet Moo Yu who chats with Hannah Nicklin about Legally Blonde.Moo is a gameplay programmer with an extremely distinguished two decade long career. He’s worked on larger-scale games like <...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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44:02
Kate Dollarhyde on Gardening
About This EpisodeIn episode 8 we meet Kate Dollarhyde who chats with Hannah Nicklin about gardening.Kate is a Nebula and GLAAD Media Award-winning game designer and writer of speculative fiction. She’s had short stories p...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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43:41
Kaitlin Tremblay on Found Footage Horror Movies
About This EpisodeOn episode 7 we meet Kaitlin Tremblay who chats to Hannah Nicklin about found footage horror movies.Kaitlin is a Toronto-based narrative designer and writer working all across the scale of games from writ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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41:52
Nicole He on Dipthyque’s L’ombre Dans l’Eau
About This EpisodeIn episode 6 we meet Nicole He who chats with Hannah Nicklin about Dipthyque’s L’ombre Dans l’Eau.Nicole He is and independent game developer and creative technologist based in New York. As well as direct...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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39:30
V Buckenham on Pottery
About This EpisodeIn episode 5 of One Cool Thing we meet V Buckenham who chats to Hannah Nicklin about pottery.V is an artist, curator, game designer and that space between games and tech and art which is sometimes called ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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42:40
Jake Elliott on Christopher Strachey's "Love Letter Generator"
About This EpisodeIn episode 4 we meet Jake Elliott of Cardboard Computer who chats to Hannah Nicklin about Christopher Strachey's "Love Letter Generator".Jake is probably most well-known for being one-third of Cardboard C...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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38:58
Halima Hassan on Communities
About This EpisodeOn episode 3 of One Cool Thing, we meet Halima Hassan one of our Die Gute Collaborators who chats with Hannah Nicklin about the importance of communities.Halima was one of our game writing interns in 2022...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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38:41
Mike Cook on Being on Strike
About This EpisodeOur next guest on episode 2 of One Cool Thing is Mike Cook, Senior Lecturer in AI at King's College London who chats to Hannah Nicklin all about being on strike. Mike Cook is a British game designer and A...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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49:35