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The Projection Booth Podcast

Special Report: Charles Mruz on Gamemaster (2020)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8686 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Mike talks with Charles Mruz about his 2020 documentary Gamemaster -- the story of game development, play, and how games bring us together.

Gamemaster is now available to rent/buy/stream on most major streaming platforms.
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0:00.0

You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.

0:09.9

There has never been a better time to go make a game.

0:13.4

The first time you get to hold something you make in your hands, that's the best feeling.

0:17.3

These are Scott's book of great ideas.

0:20.0

I think I'm up to about 30 now.

0:22.5

We're in the middle of a tabletop renaissance. It's a $3 billion industry and every year it grows.

0:29.9

My dad was always inspired by stories and that gave birth to the game.

0:34.8

When I realized that I can live from Catan, my family can live from Catan,

0:38.9

it was freedom for me. There's conventions and awards and now independent designers can get

0:45.4

into the action without game publishers because of the invention of things like crowdfunding.

0:49.7

And I looked at that whole ecosystem and I thought, oh man, I want to play too.

0:55.2

Originally our goal on Kickstarter was, okay, let's try to raise $10,000.

0:59.3

That will be our goal.

1:00.5

We hit that in seven minutes.

1:03.0

The worst thing you can do as a game designer is fall in love with one of your designs which do not work.

1:09.4

I'm in the unenviable position of people coming to me and saying,

1:12.7

this is my grandchild. And I say, well, let me tell you about your grandchild.

1:16.6

I would say we went through hundreds of versions of exploding kids. And every time,

1:21.0

we test it out and find another three things that we messed up.

1:27.1

You know, I'm like a 14, 15-year-old kid playing D&D with like some 50-year-old lady, really colorful characters of all sexes, all backgrounds, all nationalities.

1:36.3

There was always the expectation that as a young Pakistani girl, I would get married by the time I'm 20.

1:43.3

That's why I'm always trying to create work that can make the world a better place.

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