Nina Freeman, gamemaker (Cibele, Tacoma, Last Call).

Nina Freeman, gamemaker (Cibele, Tacoma, Last Call).

Nina Freeman is an American independent video game writer and designer. While a student at Pace University in New York, she was drawn to the work of Frank O’Hara and other poets of the New York School, who documented their lives through witty, confessional verse. She began to explore ways in which she could employ a similar tone, not in poetry, but in video games.


Her 2014 game “how do you Do It?,” puts the player in the role of an awkward tween who is desperately trying to figure out how sex works while playing with dolls. The game established a tone and themes that my guest explored in her subsequent work, most famously Cibele, an adventure video game about a romance developed through an online multiplayer game.


Her memoir-like approach has proven influential. The video game designer Francesca Carletto-Leon recently told the New York Times: “Her work has been hugely inspirational to me and important to the larger industry.”


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Soren Johnson, game designer (Civ III, Civ IV, Spore, Old World)

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Glen Henry, gamemaker, co-founder Jamaica Game Developer Society.

Glen Henry, gamemaker, co-founder Jamaica Game Developer Society.

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Amelia Tait, journalist, children's author.

Amelia Tait, journalist, children's author.

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James Trickey, comedian.

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Pierce Brown, science fiction novelist (Red Rising series).

Pierce Brown, science fiction novelist (Red Rising series).

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John Robertson, comedian, creator The Dark Room.

John Robertson, comedian, creator The Dark Room.

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Andreas Thorstensson, former Counter-Strike champion, founder GOALS AB.

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