Richard Franke's guest appearances

Richard Franke

Checkpoints

Sarah Elmaleh

Gita Jackson

Meg Jayanth

Alexis Kennedy

Jennifer Scheurle

Chris Bell

John Davison

Richard Garriott

Tim Schafer

Justin Ma

Jason Rohrer

Edmund McMillen

Siobhan Reddy

Sean Vanaman

Walt Williams

OwlTail

Kitty Powers

This is a show about videogames, the people who play them and the people who make them. Each episode, a guest talks about the games that have shaped their life in one way or another. Games that have inspired them, games that have forged connections &amp; games that have soothed wounds. Checkpoints!My guest today is that rarest of unicorns, a video game designer who moonlights as a drag queen. Richard Franke first got into games through his comic book art, and after spending many years working on a variety of titles - most notably the Burnout series - he left to found Magic Notion and create Kitty Powers Matchmaker, whose titular character is based on Richard's own drag queen persona.We talk about his older brother passing on video game wisdom, his fear of 3D Monster Maze, recreating arcade games on the play ground, how he inadvertently created an Animal Crossing community, the design iteration that goes into making the perfect Burnout crash, and the wonderful sight of the designer of a game appearing on a youtube stream of their game as the main character of the game they created.“We all came into this world naked. The rest is all drag.” PATREON - patreon.com/checkpointsiTunes HERE -  SUBSCRIBE / RATE / REVIEWGames discussed: Kitty Powers Matchmaker, Pong, Donkey Kong, 3D Monster Maze, Worms, Jet Set Willy, Burnout, Animal Crossing, Zelda, Final Fantasy 11, World of Warcraft, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, Witcher 3, Mario Kart, MUDs, The Sims, Splatoon, Fallout 3, Dungeons and DragonsTheme song by Samuel BakerArt work by Craig Stevenson

This is a show about videogames, the people who play them and the people who make them. Each episode, a guest talks about the games that have shaped their life in one way or another. Games that have inspired them, games that have forged connections &amp; games that have soothed wounds. Checkpoints!My guest today is that rarest of unicorns, a video game designer who moonlights as a drag queen. <a href="https://twitter.com/AuntieRich" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Franke</a> first got into games through his comic book art, and after spending many years working on a variety of titles - most notably the Burnout series - he left to found <a href="http://www.magicnotion.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Magic Notion</a> and create <a href="http://www.magicnotion.com/matchmaker/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kitty Powers Matchmaker</a>, whose titular character is based on Richard's own drag queen persona.We talk about his older brother passing on video game wisdom, his fear of 3D Monster Maze, recreating arcade games on the play ground, how he inadvertently created an Animal Crossing community, the design iteration that goes into making the perfect Burnout crash, and the wonderful sight of the designer of a game appearing on a youtube stream of their game as the main character of the game they created.“We all came into this world naked. The rest is all drag.” PATREON - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/checkpoints" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/checkpoints</a>iTunes <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/checkpoints-declan-dineen/id961200224" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> -  SUBSCRIBE / RATE / REVIEWGames discussed: Kitty Powers Matchmaker, Pong, Donkey Kong, 3D Monster Maze, Worms, Jet Set Willy, Burnout, Animal Crossing, Zelda, Final Fantasy 11, World of Warcraft, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, Witcher 3, Mario Kart, MUDs, The Sims, Splatoon, Fallout 3, Dungeons and DragonsTheme song by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/furoshiki/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Samuel Baker</a>Art work by <a href="http://onedinosaurandhisballoon.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Craig Stevenson</a>

Rebroadcast - Episode 106 - Richard Franke AKA Miss Kitty Powers