Episode Details

In this podcast Antony Johnston talks about Resident Evil Village, writing horror video games, genre tropes in The Fuse, and much more. [3:49] First experience with the Resident Evil franchise [5:51] Involvement in Resident Evil Village [9:04] The test for writing Resident Evil Village [12:33] Writing the story [20:08] Scaring the gamer [26:18] Puzzles [31:21] Zack Dozier, via Patreon, asks about writing dialogue vs. narrative design work [35:41] John WM Thompson, via Patreon, asks about the unique challenges when writing horror for games [42:03] Favourite part of the writing process [46:40] Favourite Resident Evil character [50:32] A franchise that Antony would love to be involved with [53:02] Benjamin C. O’Connell, via Patreon, asks about genre tropes in The Fuse [58:42] What is Antony working on at the moment [1:01:09] What frightens Antony [1:02:20] Advice to eighteen-year-old [1:04:31] Final thoughts Full podcast show notes available here: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-403-antony-johnston-on-resident-evil-village-writing-horror-video-games-and-genre-tropes-in-the-fuse Support This Is Horror Podcast on Patreon here: https://patreon.com/thisishorror