Day Three - Jenna Sharpe is Naija
The Seven Days of Aquaria continue! Yesterday I put up a music sample mix and the day before Derek showed off some luscious concept art. This two-way interview was recorded yesterday, but was slated to be released today - which is good timing.
This is a conversation I had with Jenna over Skype about working on the game, going to the IGF - and all manor of strange and amusingly inane topics. The IGF finalists for this year were just announced, so its pretty good timing!
I love behind the scenes style commentary and ramblings and the like - if you do too, then hopefully you’ll get something out of this. 
Its about 58 minutes long having being edited a bit for flow. (and to protect the innocent… somewhat)
Alec & Jenna Two-Way Interview: Check it out!
Also mentioned in the above chat is Jenna’s Studio Diary. (btw her old website design was much nicer!)
( I think somehow at one point it sounds like I’m saying that Introversion was trying to suggest a dress code. That’s totally not what I meant! I was referring to the IGF ceremony organizers. But I did poke fun at IV for being better dressed than everyone else in IGF history. )
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P.S. photo by Dan Tabar
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:45 am
Cool! Will listen to it right now!
(first!)
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:54 am
56 minutes. That’s long, but it’s worth it. You learn about Derek’s qualities at female voice acting, about crYstals, beavers and fighting pidgeons and about the next game (again, fighting pidgeons) and a lot of other stuff I won’t mention now because you should listen to it yourself.
December 3rd, 2007 at 10:28 am
:’)
December 3rd, 2007 at 11:57 am
Nice! I was hoping we’d get something like this.
I’ll give it a listen tonight while I’m doing homework.
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Wow, I love it when I hear about another random person who thought FF8 was fantastic. Anyone know anything about this fan dub which Jenna mentioned in the first 2 minutes?
Okay, I’m back to listening. The 7 days of Aquaria is the best season ever!
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Owls?! OWLS!!
*runs off*
December 3rd, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Wow, even Brits make fun of the way Canadian’s say, “about”! Priceless! Fantastic chat, thank you!
December 3rd, 2007 at 3:49 pm
er, “Canadians”
December 3rd, 2007 at 4:03 pm
“Alec, I’d just like to say you’re a…..”
A WHAT? Tell Us!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. In case anyone was wondering, I live in England and so I can confirm that people here really are obssessed with beavers and crystals. Also, my old Japanese pen pal was right when he said all English people drink tea and have long noses.
December 3rd, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Ha, I took that photo!
December 3rd, 2007 at 4:49 pm
And I thought Xiagan was only joking…
Nice interview! Not really all that informative, but a lot of fun to listen to anyway.
Next week on TIGSource: Beaver-Game Competition?
December 3rd, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Haha, this interview is a hysterical trainwreck, in a good way. Maybe shoulda been cut off at around 30 minutes. Still, I listened to it all and had a good laugh. Thanks, Jenna and Alec!
PS. Beavers vs. Computer
December 3rd, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Dan: Sorry, I forgot to ask you if I could use that picture! I added a credit and link though. ^_^
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Nice interview.. despite being so incredibly long.
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:58 pm
Typical. A great interview, and we miss the very last word.
Oh well… I hope the game goes great!
December 3rd, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Really interesting, that bit Jenna said about potentially running out of ideas. There could be a LONG debate about that.
My two cents: No, we’ll never run out of ideas. But there’s very VERY little that is totally new.. human culture just builds on the old, adding little patches of new here and there. Art is very evolutionary, I think. So no, we’ll never run out of ideas, as long as humanity keeps changing like it has for our entire history.
December 3rd, 2007 at 7:09 pm
17: i agree with that outlook! it seems like everything evolves and ideas bounce off each other to create what we consider to be “new” ideas.
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Hey, if it only sells two copies, I’m definitely going to be one of the buyers. :-p
December 3rd, 2007 at 10:32 pm
Downloading….1 hour 30 minutes to go. -_-
From what I’m reading here….:D
December 4th, 2007 at 1:47 am
There’s a story about Johannes Brahms being asked by a friend if all the great songs had maybe already been written. They were standing at the shore, and Brahms pointed to the water and said “Look, here comes the last wave.”
I think there will always be original new games, because the cultural context always changes, and new games will come that you wouldn’t even consider now. In a few decades, there might be stuff as weird to us now as Radiohead would have been to Mozart.
December 4th, 2007 at 7:35 am
Hey, there’s Grumpy McGee. lol. Was that how incredibly close their stand was to yours?
December 4th, 2007 at 9:23 am
Grumpy McGee…
Skin like shoe leather, teeth like rotted corn, voice like a rasp on a pumpkin.
The legend is REAL. His hate burns for all eternity. :O
December 4th, 2007 at 10:28 am
The ??? man looks so sad, like he’s about to cry. How can anyone be sad at IGF?
December 4th, 2007 at 11:06 am
24, I think a beaver is gnawing his foot. Also, awesome interview!
December 4th, 2007 at 11:16 am
The ??? is probably thinking: “Gosh… why did I buy game X when in a year’s time I will get this awesome game for $30″.
Yeah, the interview is awesome. I like the giggling.
December 4th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Intersting, eventhough I didn’t understood everything. ^^
December 4th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Cool.
December 4th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Sooo… what’s the story on Grumpy McGee? I was kinda curious about it before, but now I’m intrigued.
March 12th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
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