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14. Alanna Okun (Writer, Programmer)

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Writer and programmer Alanna Okun shares how video games influenced the recent decision to leave her tenured career in journalism for an education in interactive technology — a conversation through the boom and bust of the 2010s media landscape to a revelation of control and expression found in making video games. ------ Links bitsy (website) Knit a Hat: A Beginner's Guide to Knitting (Microcosm Publishing) NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) (website) ------ Social Guest: Alanna OkunWebsite | itch.io | Instagram Host: Kyle StarrThreads | Instagram | Mastodon Show: Y-ButtonThreads | Instagram | Mastodon

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