#162 - Ryan Kaufman Interview (Award Winning Video Game Writer/Narrative Designer)

Ryan Kaufman is an award-winning writer that came up working at
Lucas Arts on games such as Revenge Of The Sith & Republic
Commando before moving onto Telltale where he was one of the main
writers.


#telltalegames #thewalkingdead #starwars


SOCIAL MEDIA


TWITTER - @M1sterFox


LINKTREE - https://linktr.ee/w.ryan.kaufman


TIMESTAMPS


00:00 - Intro


00:47 - Ryan’s Dream Game To Make Would Be About
Titanic


03:10 - What Should Come First Narrative Or
Design


04:30 - Revisions Of A Script/Writers Room


06:00 - Constraints Of Game Of Thrones & Star
Wars


06:59 - Being In Charge Of The Expanded Universe Of Star
Wars For Lucas Arts


08:50 - Stigma At Lucas Arts For Star Wars
Fanboys


10:10 - The Republic Commando Lay-Offs Made Ryan Leave
Lucas Arts


12:08 - Not Being Too Attached To An Idea/Game
Design


13:20 - The Hardest Part Of Writing/Stressing Over
Writing


15:20 - Ryan Doesn’t Like To Play Narrative Based
Games/Shadow Of The Colossus


16:35 - Story Vs Gameplay/What Is Story/DOOM


18:55 - Environmental Storytelling


19:50 - Ryan Finds Himself Critiquing Games/Film &
Television Narratives All The Time


21:10 - The Good & Bad About Chat GPT


24:40 - Film Narratives Are Terrible These Days/Ryan
Critiques Himself All The Time


26:20 - Telltale James Bond Pitch For James Bond To Be
Pakistani


29:25 - The Experience Of Working At Telltale


30:50 - Telltale Game Development Had An Intense
Schedule/Directing Voice Actors


35:40 - Ryan’s Strengths & Weaknesses As A
Writer


38:30 - Reading A Dictionary & Thesaurus/Novel
Writing Vs Game Writing


39:36 - Kiwi Reminds Ryan Of His Own Advice Regarding
First Person/Third Person Writing


41:30 - Ryan Uses A Whiteboard For Story Beats/Pixar
Storybeats


45:00 - Ryan Wanted To Make A Hellboy Telltale Game/Cost
Of Redoing Narrative/Voice After Its Already Implemented


48:10 - Lip Syncing/Localisation Troubles With
Dialogue


51:20 - Japanese Games Having Terrible English
Dialogue/Translations


53:40 - Ryan Would Love To Work On A Rockstar
Game


54:40 - Where To Buy Ryan’s Novel “Gawain A Year To
Live


56:23 - Where To Follow Ryan