A lively discussion with Flatpak and Full Deck creator Stephen Lockyer about his history of designing puzzle books, his discipline of creating content, and how the every day and mundane inspires his process.Stephen has a dry sense of humour and

Ephemera and Discipline in Puzzle Design

Sep 29th, 2020 34m

Meaningful Experience Design

Sep 15th, 2020 1h 7m

LA based experience designer Tommy Honton joins me as we discuss his journey from a film and tv writer in the wild and wacky world of experience design.This is the 10 episode of season 2 of Fictional Reality. In this season I talk to experience

Meaningful Experience Design

Sep 15th, 2020 1h 7m

The Wild Optimists - New Ways To Play

Sep 1st, 2020 53m 20s

The Wild Optimists are the creative duo behind the first mass markte escape room in a box game and work as puzzle designers whose goal is to discover new ways to play.This week I chat with two very clever, generous, and creative puzzle designer

The Wild Optimists - New Ways To Play

Sep 1st, 2020 53m 20s

Outdoor Historical Puzzle Mysteries

Aug 25th, 2020 58m 16s

A chat with experience designer Ben from Mystery City Games, an outdoor puzzle adventure company who specialise in "puzzlefying" historical stories.EPISODE NOTES: Ben and his business partner decided to make use of all the great history, storie

Outdoor Historical Puzzle Mysteries

1 Aug 25th, 2020 58m 16s

Board Game Design - Half Monster Games

Aug 11th, 2020 51m 51s

Jack Ford Morgan is the founder and game designer for Half-Monster Games, an independent Australian board game producer. We talk about his latest game Animal World War, the question of "what is good", and designing player experience.EPISODE NOT

Designing the Customer Experience

Jul 28th, 2020 55m 6s

Paul Adams is a multi-modal creator specialising in theatre production and business development. He is a true renaissance man, and believes in surprising the customer with value.EPISODE NOTES: This is the sixth episode of season 2 of Fictional

Percieved Co-Creation - Dr Cameron Cliff

Jul 14th, 2020 53m 15s

This week I chat with Doctor Cameron Cliff. He develops multi-platform experiences and uses storytelling to solve strategy problems.EPISODE NOTES: This is the fourth episode of the new season of Fictional Reality. This season I will be intervie

Novelty, Narrative, and Surprise

Jul 7th, 2020 39m 16s

This week I chat with Michelle and Yacine from Society of Curiosities and Kauai Escape rooms. In the COVID business pivot they released a play at home adventure subscription service.EPISODE NOTES: This is the third episode of the new season of

Narrative Puzzle Adventures

Jun 23rd, 2020 54m 3s

Today I chat with Rita Orlov, the creator behind the mail-out mystery website PostCurious. She is a narrative puzzle adventure designer, illustrator, creator, maker extraordinaire.EPISODE NOTES: This is the third episode of the new season of Fi

Start With An Ending

Jun 16th, 2020 53m 40s

This week I chat with Chris Waters aka The Architect and owner of Constructed Adventures, an individualized treasure hunt experience designer from Portland, Oregan USAEPISODE NOTES: This is the second episode of the new season of Fictional Real

Simple, Fun, and Linear

Jun 9th, 2020 33m 6s

This week I chat to enthusiastic and adorkable escape room owner Keziah about how she designed her latest room and the fundamentals of an immersive experience.EPISODE NOTES: Welcome back dear explorers!This is the first episode of the new seaso

Three Time Travellers One Clock

Nov 21st, 2019 36m 47s

I am joined by two other chrononauts this week as we discuss the trials and tribulations of living as a time traveler.Time-traveling freelancer Zane C Weber and TIME agency sellout Ol Matty join me in the booth this week and discuss what time a

The Mirror

Oct 16th, 2019 6m 19s

Thank you for creating me. You are the world you experience, here let me show you.www.brisbaneexplorers.comwww.halfmonstergames.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Propaganda, Advertising, and Religion

Sep 6th, 2019 52m 21s

Joined by Zane C Weber, Johanna Lyon, and Paula Arujo we dive into the world of propaganda and how stories delivered to us about the world shape the world. An interesting discussion that moves across propaganda in popular culture, to children's

Video Games, Utopia, and Fascism

Aug 29th, 2019 39m 55s

Zane C Weber is a prominent futurist, doctor, and used car salesman and has a lot to say about the nature of late capitalism in dense urban environments. Callan Davies is an esteemed guest lecturer at the college for independent research toward

Fictional Reality in Story: The Bible

Aug 15th, 2019 29m 32s

This week I talk with my friend Nick about what type of narrative The Bible tells us, and in turn, what type of fictional reality.My friend Nick, a fellow philosophy undergrad, pizza enjoyer, and devout Christian. We talk about the bible and it

The Time Traveler

Aug 8th, 2019 18m 49s

Your host James Elliott comes to you from the year 2021 and tells us all about a puzzle adventure made by The Brisbane Treasure Hunt Society called The Time Traveler. We also get a bit of info on what time travel is like in the future.www.brisb

I'm Not Words, You Are

Jul 25th, 2019 24m 34s

I am joined by Professor, Artistic Director, and wild apothecary Dr Rob Pensalfini this episode. We had already sampled some of the finer concoctions he had recently conjured , but the important thing is that we had fun.www.brisbaneexplorers.co

The Time Train Dilation Station

Jul 12th, 2019 35m 9s

In about 2 years a TV show simply titled "TIME" will air. It will change the medium, and our view on time, time travel, and fictional reality forever.www.brisbaneexplorers.comwww.halfmonstergames.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for

Games as Fantasy Identity Wish Fulfillments

Jul 1st, 2019 35m 4s

What do games do for us? Why are they so addictive? Well this week I talk to Jack Ford Morgan and Callan Davis from Half-Monster Games about how we immerse gamers within fictional realities (yet again). We go nice and deep into how games fulfil

The Murder of Red Boretti Part II

Jun 27th, 2019 46m 24s

Picking up from part one The Boretti's head down to Dutton Park cemetery to search for the remains of their late father. They become embroiled in tales of secrets, imbued with wine, and quite derailed by the conclusion.Cast:Neddy Boretti: James