The RE:BIND.io Podcast

The RE:BIND Podcast Episode 22: Cara Ellison & Brian Mitsoda on Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines II

Episode Summary

For a very special episode we're joined by some of the narrative design team on Bloodlines II, Cara Ellison & Brian Mitsoda to talk about the game's tabletop inspirations, how Ellison got involved, the art of narrative design, improving representation & diversity in narrative. We also discuss how the game's humor has revamped, a look back at Troika's legacy and what it was like to be inside the company, and Bloodlines lore. In an experiment, we've also included an auto-generated transcript.

Episode Notes

topics:

tabletop games inspirations

how cara joined, going from journalist to developer

narrative design

humour in the game, silly jokes, himbos

bloodlines 2

representation in bloodlines 2

bloodlines 1 fan questions, lore & worldbuilding

troika, bloodlines 1 development

games journalism


 

plugs:

Cara Ellison's personal website

Brian Mitsoda's twitter

Dead State


 

Show notes:

Cara Ellison's Embed with Games

Kiereon Gillen's review of Bloodlines

Kieron Gillen's piece about Heather

Part 1 of Emily's series about Bloodlines on RE:BIND

Part 2 of Emily's series about Bloodlines on RE:BIND

Auto-generated transcript is available here