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In Part 3 of the Evan Skolnick interview, we start on his time at Acclaim during the comic book bust, then move on to his video game career.

Continuing the re-run of older interviews in anticipation of the new interview format of the show, here's part two of my talk with Evan Skolnick, focusing on his time with Marvel, and especially as the writer of the New Warriors.

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we complete our series on Morrowind, giving our takeaways and then trying to get to the bottom of our mailbag. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: 103 hrs (Brett) vs 36 hrs (Tim) Issues covered: Brett destroys the heart of Lorkhan and meets another god, games that don't end, wondering about what would happen with the quests, grandmaster quests, not caring about the prophecy, the ur-game, building up a lot of game over time, a leveled-up version of Morrowind, slimming down the dialog options and NPCs, the potential to do everything, approaching the MMO grind loop, feeling like you're in the same game, delivering on the dragons, the sense of a real living world in the abstract and in the experience, the art direction, naming rules, the time to push back to strange, useful frictions, systems you can experiment with, not being handholdy, going big but going built, being in the right era to find a template, interconnected systems, unintended consequences and the ripple effects, emerging systems, the value of continuing to iterate on your ideas, the accessibility of Oblivion, not having to kill a guild master, crazy late game stories, delivering for the writers, creative collaboration, integrating into the creative goals and finding a way to avoid antagonism. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Fallout 3, Tunic, Dragon Age, Monster Hunter World, Halo, Menzobarran, Eye of the Beholder, Starfield, Ubisoft, Far Cry, DOOM (1993), Quake, Father Beast, Xbox, Ashton Herrmann, OpenMW, mysterydip, Evan Skolnick, Halo, Star Wars, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Next time: A bit... of Dark Souls Twitch: brettdouville or timlongojr, instagram:timlongojr, Twitter: @timlongojr and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

Overview Evan lives in San Francisco and writes stories for video games. He has worked on some big ones like: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, Battlefront, Cuphead, and TellTale's the Walking Dead. He has written and edited comics and also teaches game writing at the University of Silicon Valley. We delve into the differences in story between books, movies, comics, and video games. Evan clarifies the different jobs in game writing and how they work together. If you've been interested in how to create stories that work in video games, this is the episode. Book https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385345828/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385345828&linkCode=as2&tag=saschneider-20&linkId=8334dc0782f770723515d28c325441d0 Article Here is an article that Evan wrote on his blog about getting into the game writing business. https://www.evanskolnick.com/single-post/2019/08/28/How-does-one-become-a-game-writer Website https://www.evanskolnick.com/ https://usv.edu/ Favorites https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/62276/spider-man_unlimited_1993_12 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0762G6R32/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0762G6R32&linkCode=as2&tag=saschneider-20&linkId=8e9ebe940fbecfe6067f543ac77de927 YouTube https://youtu.be/_9J2UcuBJWE Transcript All right. Evan Lewis officially greet you a welcome to the podcast. Discovered wordsmith. Really great to talk to you, how you doing today besides [00:05:28] Evan: doing fine. [00:05:29] Evan: Thanks. Thank you very much for having me on. [00:05:31] Stephen: Yeah. Great. Okay. So you're a different person to chat with. Usually I talk to new authors who have a Bookout. We are talking for something completely different. So I'm really excited because it is different direction. It's something that a lot of my author friends don't know much about. [00:05:47] Stephen: So before we get into that, tell everybody a little bit about yourself outside of work life. Some of the things you'd like to do where you live that definitely. [00:05:55] Evan: I live in the San Francisco bay area with my lovely wife and two sons who are away at [00:06:00] college. So we're just going to taste it being empty-nesters. [00:06:02] Evan: Now, this is interesting, but I love spending time with my family. I'm a big baseball fan, especially red Sox, van Gogh, red Sox. I'm from the Northeast. Watching the playoffs now with bated breath and I like playing video games that you would expect. And also board, especially with my old high school buddies were spread across the country now, but we play online just about every week to stay in touch and have fun together. [00:06:21] Evan: And I play drums, not well at all, but I do it for fun. And it's one of the things that I do that I have no intention of getting any good at. And that's not the point. So [00:06:31] Stephen: I play some drums and we just drum set from my stepson. He wants to play [00:06:36] Evan: nice electronic. I hope [00:06:38] Stephen: no, he got it from a friend. So it's a starter kit. [00:06:43] Evan: Okay. That's what I, that's why I started a beat kit as well. And all I will say is use ear protection. Cause I did not. And I [00:06:49] Stephen: regret it. I used to have a kid growing up so I know how loud they are. And my, my son, who's a little older than my stepson had a kit and I know how loud they get. So not going into a blind [00:07:00] [00:07:00] Evan: or deaf. [00:07:01] Evan: I hope is actually the one [00:07:04] Stephen: that starts coming with days after you've been playing for [00:07:06] Evan: awhile. Yeah. I used to play really loud drum room in my basement where we listed live in upstate New York. After I play, my ears would be ringing. I'd be like, Hey, that was a good session. My ears are ringing. And then one day it just never stopped ringing. [00:07:17] Evan: And I was like,

          SavedPreview(opens in a new tab)             Paragraph: Change block type or style         With special guest star Delvin "The Dark Web" Williams (@dee_ray1977) from the The Longbox Crusade and covering: The New Warriors #51 - 60 No matter what you may have heard, the co-hosts did not get into a punching match on this show. There was no need to. We both know who Delvin likes more between us, so we will not dwell on that. What we will talk about is how much fun it is to have guests that know the New Warriors and have some serious love and knowledge of the property. And while there is a lot of clowning around, we should be clear that we did do some serious introspection on these books. This is really the start of the new writer Evan Skolnick's run on the books, and it is our chance to see what his team looks like. And what do they look like? They look a lot like Turbo, or they should. I mean, Turbo rocks, right! She is also drawn really tight........I should probably stop talking about Turbo. Right? Okay. We should talk about the other Warriors, cause there is a lot of them. Well, there are a lot of them at the beginning, but then the group gets a little smaller and a lot more stable...sort of...for the moment. It is a work in progress people. They are working on an image and it takes some serious work. It also takes some costume changes. We should all keep our eye on the prize, even when the prize might be found in someone's spandex. I really have lost the thread about what I am talking about, but I will reiterate, that we all know who won the fight......but we will not say.....   Check out our website: https://jeffandrickpresent.wordpress.com/2021/09/26/the-new-warriors-overview-2/ Don't forget to support us on Patreon, https://www.patreon.com/JeffandRickPresent.  We have started to release monthly episodes for our Energizer and greater tiers. We are covering the alternate versions mini-series that started in 2005. You can also subscribe and listen to us on YouTube!  We also have some merchandise over at Redbubble. We have a couple of nifty shirts for sale. https://www.redbubble.com/people/jeffrickpresent/?asc=u Our show supports the Hero Initiative, Helping Comic Creators in Need.  http://www.heroinitiative.org/ Eighties Action by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3703-eighties-action License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Pinball Spring by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4218-pinball-spring License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license               Paragraph Start with the building block of all narrative.   Font size Font size Currently selected font size: Default Custom   Line height   Do you like this block?     Drop cap Toggle to show a large initial letter.   Automatically fit text to container         Paragraph         Notifications Selecting a featured image is recommended for an optimal user experience.  

Thanks to the amazing generosity of our Patrons, we're proud to share our most recent Jumping the Street Sharks episode with everyone! We couldn't do this without them and we're so moved that they believe in our show enough to share this Patreon exclusive with you. Even more exciting is that Evan Skolnick, the writer for the Street Sharks comics in the 90s (and like...everything else you've ever loved) came on the show for an interview! Evan's incredibly career is just insane. He's worked on Marvel properties, Star Wars, Cuphead, just to name a few things, and now is a professor at the University of Silicon Valley. And now he's finally achieved his boyhood dream of coming on our dumb podcast! CONGRATS, Evan!! If you want to jump right to Evan's interview, it starts at 39:07 but hey, don't deny yourself the joy of hearing two cool dudes talk about a nonsense kids show from 1994. You've earned it. If you want to become one of our fantastic Patrons, please head to www.patreon.com/podofblunders. You'll get even more Street Shark content, free beta copies of any games we create, and a bunch of other great perks. You can also support us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Reviews help us reach larger audiences so we can tell more people about the amazing indie games we play and the fantastic folks that create them. Also, a special thanks to Rolemusic for our intro and outro tune taken from the track Pokimonkey! If you enjoy the tune, check out more of Rolemusic's work here https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic or learn about the artist here http://rolemusic.sawsquarenoise.com/ As always, if you have any questions or comments, let us know @podofblunders on Twitter or podofblunders@gmail.com. We truly love hearing from you! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast! For the 876th episode, Adam Chapman welcomes Evan Skolnick to the show to discuss getting into comics, working for Marvel, working in Marvel Editorial in the early '90s, writing New Warriors, pitching books, working in video games, and much more! This episode was originally recorded on May 12 2021. Download it now!

TMOC: The myth of confidence. Mark wonders if writers need to have confidence in their writing — he certainly doesn’t, and he knows so many other writers who struggle with confidence as well. Maybe all the confidence you need is that you’ll write something, no matter what. Dan then reads from a meaner, scarier series of Hulk comics from Al Ewing. And Mark discusses his film Venmo Muscle, which is selected for the Manhattan Stories Film Festival. And Dan touches on being the audio book voice for a new book on gaming by our friend and podcast guest, Evan Skolnick.

In the fourth and final portion of this multi-episode interview, Kurt wraps up his talk with comic book writer/game writer and producer/college professor Evan Skolnick with some listener questions, mostly about the video game industry.

In part three of this multi-episode interview, Kurt continues his talk with comic book writer/game writer and producer/college professor Evan Skolnick, getting into his video game work, after briefly discussing his time at Acclaim Comics and the comic boom and bust of the 90s.

In part two of this multi-episode interview, Kurt continues his talk with comic book writer/game writer and producer/college professor Evan Skolnick, this time focusing on the comic book writing portion, with special emphasis on his two-year stint on The New Warriors, but we also talk about writing licensed books and running the company softball team..

In the first part of this multi-episode interview, Kurt talks to comic book writer/game writer and producer/college professor Evan Skolnick about the earliest part of his career, up to his editorial stint at Marvel Comics.

Level up your podcasting game with Pt. 2 of our interview with Evan Skolnick: author of everything from Marvel Comics New Warriors, to LucasArts Star Wars games, to recent video game hits like Cuphead and The Walking Dead. In "They Beat Us To The Punch", Evan calls out the writerly virtues — nay, nirvana! — of a solid set of dishwasher instructions. And in "Hit Us With Your Best Shot" Evan invites us into the particular joys and specialized skills he brought to bear as the narrative designer on the smash PS4 game Concrete Genie. (https://www.amazon.com/Concrete-Genie-PlayStation-4/dp/B07NKVW3CH/) Learn more about Evan at his website, evanskolnick.com — and be sure and grab a copy of his #1 guide to video game writing, Video Game Storytelling: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385345828/ Liking what you hear? Leave a review. Subscribe! And invite new listeners to join in: https://anchor.fm/streetwriters Hit us up with questions, comments, whatever you got at: streetwriters.podcast@gmail.com And send us an audio message so we can get your comments in future episodes: https://anchor.fm/streetwriters/message #amwriting #writing #keepwriting #writingtips #creativity #productivity #streetwriting #videogamewriting

What better way to start 2020 than with a new episode of Street Writers? Better yet — the first part of our interview with Evan Skolnick, as he takes us through is writing career that's included Marvel Comics, LucasArts, hit video games like The Walking Dead, Cuphead and Concrete Genie — and the ins and outs of game instruction at the Game Developers Conference and Cogswell College. And in "Take A Swing At This" Evan hits us with the wisdom of "taking a pitch" — passing on writing work when it's not the right fit. Learn more about Evan at his website, evanskolnick.com — and be sure and grab a copy of his #1 guide to video game writing, Video Game Storytelling: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385345828/ Liking what you hear? Leave a review. Subscribe! And invite new listeners to join in: https://anchor.fm/streetwriters Hit us up with questions, comments, whatever you got at: streetwriters.podcast@gmail.com And send us an audio message so we can get your comments in future episodes: https://anchor.fm/streetwriters/message #amwriting #writing #keepwriting #writingtips #creativity #productivity #streetwriting

Evan Skolnick joins Justin to discuss writing for video games, breaking in, and attending the GDC.

Hello everyone and welcome to the very last Abnormal Mapping of 2017! The year is over, we're all bundled up in the tepid cold of this global warming reality playing whatever we decided to get done over holiday break, and that means it's time for us to bring to you the lengthy catalogue of games we played in this hell year of two thousand seventeen. In this THREE (3) [III] hour podcast we have an array of music for you to enjoy during this down week between observed days off. We'll also run down our favorite and least favorite games played in this year, along with some special guests.A few notes: you can find our episode for the music from games we played for the first three months of the year on Abnormal Mapping 65. The Hellblade article we reference in this episode can be found here. Also, to enjoy this episode in higher quality than our hosting can support, please consider listening to it on YouTube if you're sensitive to that sort of thing! As always you can find Abnormal Mapping on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play!To support our shows, suggest topics, and vote on games, please check out our Patreon. Any amount of support helps a ton!Special guests this episode include Jen Unkle, Nate Ewert-Krocker, Ryan Persaud, Allen Ibrahim, Amr Al-Aaser, and Heather Alexandra. Big thank you to everyone, see you in 2018!The Tracks in This Episode, In Order!Die House by Evan Skolnick from CupheadLevel Complete! by Robert Prince from Wolfenstein 3DGet Them! by Robert Prince from Wolfenstein 3DLegacy by The Gone Jackals from Full ThrottleSurface of SR388 by Daisuke Matsuoka & Kenji Yamamoto from Metroid: Samus ReturnsQuantum Immortality by John Halpart from Heat Signature Opening Stage by Setsuo Yamamoto, Makoto Tomozawa, Yuki Iwai, Yuko Takehara, and Toshihiko Horiyama from Mega Man XA Picture in Motion by Waveshaper from FuriMain Theme by Marc Canham from Driver: San FranciscoMedium Intensity A by Gordy Haab from Star Wars Battlefront IIHigh Above the Land by Jake Kaufman from Shovel KnightIn the Halls of the Usuper by Jake Kaufman from Shovel KnightA Thousand Leagues Below by Manami Matsumae from Shovel KnightMermaid Falls by Jake Kaufman from Shantae: Half Genie Hero Main Theme by David Earl from HeadlanderDantooine by Mark Griskey from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith LordsTower Ascent by Mick Gordon from Doom 4Main Theme by Andy LaPlegua and David García Díaz from Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Soul Sanctum by Christopher Larkin from Hollow KnightDirtmouth by Christopher Larkin from Hollow KnightMind of Hero by Shinichi Sakamoto and Michael Geyre from Wonder Girl: The Dragon's Trap The Monster's Lair (Daimyo Temple) by Shinichi Sakamoto and Michael Geyre from Wonder Girl: The Dragon's Trap See You by Saves the Day from Forza Horizon 3 Heart of Fire by Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima from CastlevaniaTheme of Tara by Iku Mizutani, Shigehiro Takenouchi, and Motoaki Furukawa from Metal GearKamatari on the Swing by Shigeru Matsuzaki from We Love KatamariThe Starlit Wilds by Jake Kaufman from Shovel KnightLewis' Coronation - Palace by Jeff Russo from What Remains of Edith Finch The House by Jeff Russo from What Remains of Edith Finch Character Customization by Kemmei Adachi, Yoshio Ueno, Tadashi Yatabe, Hirofumi Sasaki from Everybody's Golf The Elephant Song by Burning Planet from Yono and the Celestial Elephants And the Earth Did Not Yet Bear A Name by Austin Wintory from ABZUWalter's Bunker by Jeff Russo from What Remains of Edith Finch Defiance Bay by Justin Bell from Pillars of Eternity The New Order by Toby Turner from Wolfenstein: The New OrderEnter Hallownest by Christopher Larkin from Hollow KnightWeird Autumn by Alec Holowka from Night in the WoodsMaeBea by Alec Holowka from Night in the WoodsSnow by Alec Holowka from Night in the WoodsMain Theme by Chris Remo from TacomaGregg by Alec Holowka from Night in the WoodsMain Menu by Bandai Namco Sound Team from Gundam VersusLife Will Change by Shoji Meguro from Persona 5Beneath the Mask -rain- by Shoji Meguro from Persona 5Game Character Course Selection by Takushi Hiyamuta from Neo Turf MastersBlue Lagoon Golf Course by Takushi Hiyamuta from Neo Turf MastersGame Over by Takushi Hiyamuta from Neo Turf MastersPeach's Castle by Grant Kirkhope from Mario and Rabbids: Kingdom Battle Rabbid Kong Rumpus by Grant Kirkhope from Mario and Rabbids: Kingdom Battle The Phantom of the Bwahpera by Grant Kirkhope from Mario and Rabbids: Kingdom Battle Side Crawler Dance by Shinichi Sakamoto and Michael Geyre from Wonder Girl: The Dragon's Trap Main Theme by Jack King-Spooner from DujanahCity Ruins (Medium) by Keiichi Okabe and Keigo Hoashi from Nier: AutomataWindy Hill Zone 1 by Tomoya Ohtani and Takahito Eguchi from Sonic Lost World Deadly Six Theme by Tomoya Ohtani and Takahito Eguchi from Sonic Lost World Aqua Road by Tomoya Ohtani, Takahito Eguchi, and Douglas Robb from Sonic ForcesFist Bump by Tomoya Ohtani, Takahito Eguchi, and Douglas Robb from Sonic ForcesFun Puyo Puyo Hell! by Hideki Abe from Puyo Puyo TetrisElasmosaurus Platyurus by Austin Wintory from ABZUMain Theme by Asuka Hayazaki, Atsuko Asahi, Hajime Wakai from Pikmin 3Slide by Koji Kondo from Super Mario 64Edith's Theme by Jeff Russo from What Remains of Edith FinchBob-omb Battlefield by Koji Kondo from Super Mario 64Delfino Plaza by Koji Kondo from Super Mario SunshineSteam Gardens by Naoto Kubo and Shiho Fujii from Super Mario OdysseyReplay Music 5 by Stuart Ross from Dirt RallyMain Theme by Baths from Dream DaddyMaureen by Peter McConnell from Full Throttle RemasteredSonic Mania Green Hill Zone Act 2 by Tee Lopes from Sonic ManiaHyrule Field Horse (night) Manaka Kataoka Yasuaki Iwata from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildFriends by Hyper Potions from Sonic ManiaMirage Saloon Zone Act 2 by Tee Lopes from Sonic ForcesStudiopolis Zone Act 1 ~Lights, Camera, Action!~ by Tee Lopes from Sonic ForcesStardust Speedway Zone Act 2 by Tee Lopes from Sonic ForcesTitanic Monarch Zone Act 1 by Tee Lopes from Sonic ForcesHoneylune Ridge: Escape by Naoto Kubo and Shiho Fujii from Super Mario Odyssey

Just as important as creating the hero in your story; is to construct a coherent villain. Find out how in this episode. Recommended resource: Book Video Game Storytelling: What Every Developer Needs to Know about Narrative Techniques by Evan Skolnick   At StorySD.com you can: Get free eBooks (English and Portuguese)  Watch/Listen/Read all StorySD episodes Sign up to our newsletter for exclusive content Explore recommended articles, books, podcasts and videos   Other StorySD series: Series 1 - Transmedia Storytelling for Business Series 2 - Build your Business Stories Series 3 - Technology – The future is here Series 4 - Use Stories To … Series 5 - Characters Series 6 - Travel Guide for Kids Series 7 - Transmedia Storytelling Case Studies Series 8 - Story Breakdown Series 9 - Interactive Storytelling Series 10 - Stories from Scotland  

Discover how to create a story's hero accordingly to your business's needs. Recommended resource: Book Video Game Storytelling – What Every Developer Needs to Know about Narrative Techniques by Evan Skolnick   At StorySD.com you can: Get free eBooks (English and Portuguese)  Watch/Listen/Read all StorySD episodes Sign up to our newsletter for exclusive content Explore recommended articles, books, podcasts and videos   Other StorySD series: Series 1 - Transmedia Storytelling for Business Series 2 - Build your Business Stories Series 3 - Technology – The future is here Series 4 - Use Stories To … Series 5 - Characters Series 6 - Travel Guide for Kids Series 7 - Transmedia Storytelling Case Studies Series 8 - Story Breakdown Series 9 - Interactive Storytelling Series 10 - Stories from Scotland