One Cool Thing Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:53:25 -0500 https://gutefabrik.com/ en-gb © 2026 One Cool Thing yes ce5b39e2-eea2-5328-9fde-0a3e68581b4f Die Gute Fabrik episodic false One Cool Thing is a podcast speaking with people in and around videogames about One Cool Thing not from games which is really fascinating them at the moment. One of the founding principles of Die Gute Fabrik is interdisciplinarity - collaborating with people from other art forms to bring fresh ideas to video games. And that’s also what’s at the heart of this podcast series: what not from games is shaping how people think about making games right now?

As host, each week DGF Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin will introduce the exciting guest and their practice to you before getting into a deep dive into what their One Cool Thing is, how it’s shaping their thoughts at the moment and what they hope it could offer others.

This a chance to hear more about the practices of cool folks working in games, and hopefully somewhere where we can all reflect on how we think about how we make things together.

One Cool Thing Production Credits:

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) One Cool Thing, Die Gute Fabrik, Video Games Die Gute Fabrik https://storage.buzzsprout.com/pal3zfze1eenmi5vpoizlv1w54nw?.jpg One Cool Thing https://gutefabrik.com/ Jill Murray on Skating Jill Murray on Skating On this episode, we meet Jill Murray who chats to Hannah Nicklin about skating.

Jill Murray is a Canadian creative director, coming fresh from the launch of Invincible Presents: Atom Eve. She is a writer for indie and AAA games, best known for her work as Lead Writer on Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and a bunch of the Assassin's Creed games but other highlights of her credits include Moon Hunters, été, and Subnautica: Below Zero. 

After starting out by studying theatre, she’s also worked in web development and published two YA novels. She’s been working in games for an impressive amount of time, with credits going back to 2012, and has among her many awards the Writers Guild of America award for Excellence in Videogame Writing stands out as a particular highlight.

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One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> On this episode, we meet Jill Murray who chats to Hannah Nicklin about skating.

Jill Murray is a Canadian creative director, coming fresh from the launch of Invincible Presents: Atom Eve. She is a writer for indie and AAA games, best known for her work as Lead Writer on Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and a bunch of the Assassin's Creed games but other highlights of her credits include Moon Hunters, été, and Subnautica: Below Zero. 

After starting out by studying theatre, she’s also worked in web development and published two YA novels. She’s been working in games for an impressive amount of time, with credits going back to 2012, and has among her many awards the Writers Guild of America award for Excellence in Videogame Writing stands out as a particular highlight.

Liner Notes


One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-14023998 Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0000 2936 full false Wren Brier on Eki Stamps & Goshuin Wren Brier on Eki Stamps & Goshuin On this episode we meet Wren Brier who chats to Hannah Nicklin about Eki Stamps & Goshuin.

Wren is a Brisbane-based game artist and creative director with a particular talent for and interest in pixel art. She’s curated a whole pixel art exhibit with the Brisbane Powerhouse as well as running workshops alongside other outreach work with Women in Games Brisbane.

Wren has been working in games for about a decade as a freelance and in-house artist before most recently undertaking a major collaboration with Witch Beam Games as the creative director on the hit indie game UNPACKING.

Liner Notes

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> On this episode we meet Wren Brier who chats to Hannah Nicklin about Eki Stamps & Goshuin.

Wren is a Brisbane-based game artist and creative director with a particular talent for and interest in pixel art. She’s curated a whole pixel art exhibit with the Brisbane Powerhouse as well as running workshops alongside other outreach work with Women in Games Brisbane.

Wren has been working in games for about a decade as a freelance and in-house artist before most recently undertaking a major collaboration with Witch Beam Games as the creative director on the hit indie game UNPACKING.

Liner Notes

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-13525311 Tue, 12 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0100 3191 1 21 full false Char Putney on "Negative Space" by BR Yeager Char Putney on "Negative Space" by BR Yeager On episode 20 we meet Char Putney who chats to Hannah Nicklin about "Negative Space" by BR Yeager.

Char Putney is a multiple award-winning Irish writer from Dublin who currently lives in Copenhagen. She’s been a lot of things in her rich and varied life so far, from a yoga teacher to working production and management positions at Google and Facebook, writing for games such as Divinity Original Sin, Baldur’s Gate, NUTS and Char was also the story lead on our recently announced brand new story-driven adventure game SALTSEA CHRONICLES.

Liner Notes

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> On episode 20 we meet Char Putney who chats to Hannah Nicklin about "Negative Space" by BR Yeager.

Char Putney is a multiple award-winning Irish writer from Dublin who currently lives in Copenhagen. She’s been a lot of things in her rich and varied life so far, from a yoga teacher to working production and management positions at Google and Facebook, writing for games such as Divinity Original Sin, Baldur’s Gate, NUTS and Char was also the story lead on our recently announced brand new story-driven adventure game SALTSEA CHRONICLES.

Liner Notes

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-13421351 Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0100 3364 1 20 full false Goldie Bartlett on wimmelbilder Goldie Bartlett on wimmelbilder On this episode, we meet Goldie Bartlett who chats to Hannah Nicklin about wimmelbilder.

Goldie Bartlett is an illustrator and artist based out of Melbourne Australia. She works in paint, pencil, digital media and videogames. Recent games which feature her work include Florence and Movement Study 1, and most recently launched Wayward Strand as part of the core team of Ghost Pattern Games. Wayward Strand is described on their website as a heartfelt interactive story, told in a curious way. 

She’s also in the art and digital art field, contributing to graphic novels, and the internationally exhibited Now Play This commission THE GRANNIES which is a documentary short film about Goldie and their pals The Grannies, pushing the boundaries of Red Dead Online. She also produced a beautiful hand drawn map for the merch for Untitled Goose Game.


Liner Notes

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> On this episode, we meet Goldie Bartlett who chats to Hannah Nicklin about wimmelbilder.

Goldie Bartlett is an illustrator and artist based out of Melbourne Australia. She works in paint, pencil, digital media and videogames. Recent games which feature her work include Florence and Movement Study 1, and most recently launched Wayward Strand as part of the core team of Ghost Pattern Games. Wayward Strand is described on their website as a heartfelt interactive story, told in a curious way. 

She’s also in the art and digital art field, contributing to graphic novels, and the internationally exhibited Now Play This commission THE GRANNIES which is a documentary short film about Goldie and their pals The Grannies, pushing the boundaries of Red Dead Online. She also produced a beautiful hand drawn map for the merch for Untitled Goose Game.


Liner Notes

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-13416539 Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0100 3709 1 19 full false Terry Burdack on Natural Philosophy Terry Burdack on Natural Philosophy On this episode, we meet Terry Burdack who chats to Hannah Nicklin about natural philosophy.

Terry Burdak is a game developer based out of Melbourne Australia. The company he co-runs is called Paper House, and they make games and other creative things inspired by the world around them - that’s everything from a wonderful short story game where you play as a wombat in the heat of an Australian Summer available, to their upcoming single-player god game set in a tiny wooden toy version of Melbourne.

As well as a strong sense of Aussie, and Melburnian identity Wood & Weather also has a sense of physical comedy and humour which really brings the game to life.

Liner Notes

For context on the land on which and about which Paperhouse makes games:

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> On this episode, we meet Terry Burdack who chats to Hannah Nicklin about natural philosophy.

Terry Burdak is a game developer based out of Melbourne Australia. The company he co-runs is called Paper House, and they make games and other creative things inspired by the world around them - that’s everything from a wonderful short story game where you play as a wombat in the heat of an Australian Summer available, to their upcoming single-player god game set in a tiny wooden toy version of Melbourne.

As well as a strong sense of Aussie, and Melburnian identity Wood & Weather also has a sense of physical comedy and humour which really brings the game to life.

Liner Notes

For context on the land on which and about which Paperhouse makes games:

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-13409035 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0100 3039 1 18 full false Sharna Jackson on Barges Sharna Jackson on Barges On this episode, we meet Sharna Jackson who chats to Hannah Nicklin about barges.

Sharna Jackson is a British game writer, artistic director and author. Before writing full time she was artistic director at Site Gallery in Sheffield, on the board of Sheffield Doc/Fest - a film festival that focuses on documentaries - and an advisor on several projects centering on children. Her award-winning books for children - around tween age, 10+ - as well as being great fun, are also interested in lifting up voices lesser heard in fiction. She is also the curator of ENSEMBLE - a UK based exhibition which celebrates UK games talent from Black, Asian and underrepresented ethnicities.

Liner Notes

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> On this episode, we meet Sharna Jackson who chats to Hannah Nicklin about barges.

Sharna Jackson is a British game writer, artistic director and author. Before writing full time she was artistic director at Site Gallery in Sheffield, on the board of Sheffield Doc/Fest - a film festival that focuses on documentaries - and an advisor on several projects centering on children. Her award-winning books for children - around tween age, 10+ - as well as being great fun, are also interested in lifting up voices lesser heard in fiction. She is also the curator of ENSEMBLE - a UK based exhibition which celebrates UK games talent from Black, Asian and underrepresented ethnicities.

Liner Notes

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-13284421 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0100 2554 1 17 full false Des Gayle on The Matrix Des Gayle on The Matrix On episode 16 we meet Des Gayle who chats to Hannah Nicklin about The Matrix.

Des Gayle is a prolific British producer who has over 20 years of experience in the field of games. From working on the launch of the original Xbox at Microsoft, to being the original producer for the Square Enix Collective, and work on the first Life is Strange series. As well as being on BAFTA-winning teams, Des is a deputy chair for the BAFTA games committee, a key member of the POC in Play team, and currently divides his time between being an Exec Producer at Radical Forge, and his indie outfit Altered Gene, as well as living in Thurigen in Germany with his family.

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One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> On episode 16 we meet Des Gayle who chats to Hannah Nicklin about The Matrix.

Des Gayle is a prolific British producer who has over 20 years of experience in the field of games. From working on the launch of the original Xbox at Microsoft, to being the original producer for the Square Enix Collective, and work on the first Life is Strange series. As well as being on BAFTA-winning teams, Des is a deputy chair for the BAFTA games committee, a key member of the POC in Play team, and currently divides his time between being an Exec Producer at Radical Forge, and his indie outfit Altered Gene, as well as living in Thurigen in Germany with his family.

Liner Notes

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-13284413 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0100 3424 1 full false Lisy Kane on Being in a Band Lisy Kane on Being in a Band In this episode, we meet Lisy Kane who chats to Hannah about being in a band.

Lisy Kane is a Melbourne-based videogame producer and co-founder of Girl Geek Academy, a social enterprise set up to achieve (trans and nb inclusive) gender equality in the tech industry. As a producer, Lisy made a huge impact as a Production Director at League of Geeks (who mostly recently released Armello in 2019, and recently announced Jumplight Odyssey). She has since moved to running production initiatives for Kelper Interactive, which is the new publishing arm of Kowloon Nights.

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One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> In this episode, we meet Lisy Kane who chats to Hannah about being in a band.

Lisy Kane is a Melbourne-based videogame producer and co-founder of Girl Geek Academy, a social enterprise set up to achieve (trans and nb inclusive) gender equality in the tech industry. As a producer, Lisy made a huge impact as a Production Director at League of Geeks (who mostly recently released Armello in 2019, and recently announced Jumplight Odyssey). She has since moved to running production initiatives for Kelper Interactive, which is the new publishing arm of Kowloon Nights.

Liner Notes:


One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-13164944 Tue, 01 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0100 3520 1 15 full false Matthew Seiji Burns on Two Visions of Zen Matthew Seiji Burns on Two Visions of Zen On this episode we meet Matthew Seiji Burns who chats to Hannah Nicklin about Two Visions of Zen.

Matthew Seiji Burns is a writer, director, composer and game designer based in Seattle on the West Coast of the USA. All in all Matthew has worked on games as varied as AAA games like Halo 3, to high-concept Indies like Eliza as part of his long standing collaboration with Zachtronics, and on high impact yet tiny works of Interactive Fiction like The Writer Will Do Something or The Arboretum. He has a 6 record back catalogue on bandcamp with Zachtronics.

Liner Notes

Matthew’s work:

Books and other references on the show:

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> On this episode we meet Matthew Seiji Burns who chats to Hannah Nicklin about Two Visions of Zen.

Matthew Seiji Burns is a writer, director, composer and game designer based in Seattle on the West Coast of the USA. All in all Matthew has worked on games as varied as AAA games like Halo 3, to high-concept Indies like Eliza as part of his long standing collaboration with Zachtronics, and on high impact yet tiny works of Interactive Fiction like The Writer Will Do Something or The Arboretum. He has a 6 record back catalogue on bandcamp with Zachtronics.

Liner Notes

Matthew’s work:

Books and other references on the show:

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-13051523 Tue, 25 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0100 2916 1 14 full false Claudia Molinari on Dreaming Claudia Molinari on Dreaming On episode 13 we meet Claudia Molinari who chats with Hannah Nicklin about dreaming.

Claudia is a graphic designer, illustrator and art director originally from Italy but who also lived in the UK for a while. After working as a graphic designer for a number of years she co-founded We Are Müesli with Matteo Pozzi, who are an indie game studio who focus on story-driven games such as Venti Mesi a game about italian anti-fascism and they also work on non-digital games too, for example Colp di Stato a card-based game that sees you explore the 1972 attempted coup by Junio ​​Valerio Borghese in Rome where the far-right tried to seize power in the country.

Liner Notes:

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> On episode 13 we meet Claudia Molinari who chats with Hannah Nicklin about dreaming.

Claudia is a graphic designer, illustrator and art director originally from Italy but who also lived in the UK for a while. After working as a graphic designer for a number of years she co-founded We Are Müesli with Matteo Pozzi, who are an indie game studio who focus on story-driven games such as Venti Mesi a game about italian anti-fascism and they also work on non-digital games too, for example Colp di Stato a card-based game that sees you explore the 1972 attempted coup by Junio ​​Valerio Borghese in Rome where the far-right tried to seize power in the country.

Liner Notes:

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-13051492 Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0100 2879 1 13 full false Cara Ellison on A Dictionary of Angels Cara Ellison on A Dictionary of Angels About This Episode

On episode 12 we meet Cara Ellison who chats to Hannah Nicklin about A Dictionary of Angels.

Cara Ellison is a Scottish designer and writer for videogames, who also writes for TV and comics. Before working in game dev, Cara was a journalist and worked in books, comics and radio. Her website explains that most of all she’s interested in expanding “ideas of what interactive entertainment can do, and who it is for.”

Liner Notes


One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> About This Episode

On episode 12 we meet Cara Ellison who chats to Hannah Nicklin about A Dictionary of Angels.

Cara Ellison is a Scottish designer and writer for videogames, who also writes for TV and comics. Before working in game dev, Cara was a journalist and worked in books, comics and radio. Her website explains that most of all she’s interested in expanding “ideas of what interactive entertainment can do, and who it is for.”

Liner Notes


One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-12822078 Tue, 11 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0100 2793 1 12 full false Aran Koning on Mountains Aran Koning on Mountains
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One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

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One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-12741078 Tue, 04 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0100 2292 1 11 full false Josie Giles on Rachel Pollack's Unquenchable Fire Josie Giles on Rachel Pollack's Unquenchable Fire About This Episode

In episode 10 we meet Josie Giles who chats with Hannah Nicklin about the late Rachel Pollack's Unquenchable Fire.

Josie is a writer and performer from Orkney, who now lives in Leith, Edinburgh. You might have heard of her recently because her super cool verse novel Deep Wheel Orcadia won the 2022 Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction book of the year.


Liner Notes

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> About This Episode

In episode 10 we meet Josie Giles who chats with Hannah Nicklin about the late Rachel Pollack's Unquenchable Fire.

Josie is a writer and performer from Orkney, who now lives in Leith, Edinburgh. You might have heard of her recently because her super cool verse novel Deep Wheel Orcadia won the 2022 Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction book of the year.


Liner Notes

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-12681128 Tue, 27 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0100 2700 1 10 full false Moo Yu on Legally Blonde Moo Yu on Legally Blonde About This Episode

In episode 9 we meet Moo Yu who chats with Hannah Nicklin about Legally Blonde.

Moo is a gameplay programmer with an extremely distinguished two decade long career. He’s worked on larger-scale games like LittleBigPlanet, Ratchet and Clank before moving on to smaller-scale indie games. Moo was the lead, and indeed only programmer on the super cool Knights and Bikes. His current game is being made under the name of Team Artichoke which hints at his motto ‘games with a little heart’.

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One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> About This Episode

In episode 9 we meet Moo Yu who chats with Hannah Nicklin about Legally Blonde.

Moo is a gameplay programmer with an extremely distinguished two decade long career. He’s worked on larger-scale games like LittleBigPlanet, Ratchet and Clank before moving on to smaller-scale indie games. Moo was the lead, and indeed only programmer on the super cool Knights and Bikes. His current game is being made under the name of Team Artichoke which hints at his motto ‘games with a little heart’.

Liner Notes


One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-12681124 Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0100 2642 1 9 full false Kate Dollarhyde on Gardening Kate Dollarhyde on Gardening About This Episode

In episode 8 we meet Kate Dollarhyde who chats with Hannah Nicklin about gardening.

Kate is a Nebula and GLAAD Media Award-winning game designer and writer of speculative fiction. She’s had short stories published in Fireside Fiction, Lackington’s, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, among other magazines and has also been the co-editor-in-chief of the speculative fiction magazine Strange Horizons.

Liner Notes


One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

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In episode 8 we meet Kate Dollarhyde who chats with Hannah Nicklin about gardening.

Kate is a Nebula and GLAAD Media Award-winning game designer and writer of speculative fiction. She’s had short stories published in Fireside Fiction, Lackington’s, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, among other magazines and has also been the co-editor-in-chief of the speculative fiction magazine Strange Horizons.

Liner Notes


One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-12681121 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0100 2621 1 8 full false Kaitlin Tremblay on Found Footage Horror Movies Kaitlin Tremblay on Found Footage Horror Movies About This Episode

On episode 7 we meet Kaitlin Tremblay who chats to Hannah Nicklin about found footage horror movies.

Kaitlin is a Toronto-based narrative designer and writer working all across the scale of games from writing on indie works like A Mortician’s Tale to working as a team lead narrative designer on Watchdogs Legion. They were also recently released an excellent looking book Collaborative Worldbuilding for Games. 

Liner Notes


One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

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On episode 7 we meet Kaitlin Tremblay who chats to Hannah Nicklin about found footage horror movies.

Kaitlin is a Toronto-based narrative designer and writer working all across the scale of games from writing on indie works like A Mortician’s Tale to working as a team lead narrative designer on Watchdogs Legion. They were also recently released an excellent looking book Collaborative Worldbuilding for Games. 

Liner Notes


One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-12681118 Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0100 2512 1 7 full false Nicole He on Dipthyque’s L’ombre Dans l’Eau Nicole He on Dipthyque’s L’ombre Dans l’Eau About This Episode

In episode 6 we meet Nicole He who chats with Hannah Nicklin about Dipthyque’s L’ombre Dans l’Eau.

Nicole He is and independent game developer and creative technologist based in New York. As well as directing two whole unannounced video games right now, Nicole’s work as a creative technologist uses digital tech to explore questions of modern living through and with that tech.

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One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

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In episode 6 we meet Nicole He who chats with Hannah Nicklin about Dipthyque’s L’ombre Dans l’Eau.

Nicole He is and independent game developer and creative technologist based in New York. As well as directing two whole unannounced video games right now, Nicole’s work as a creative technologist uses digital tech to explore questions of modern living through and with that tech.

Liner Notes


One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-12681114 Tue, 30 May 2023 16:00:00 +0100 2370 1 6 full false V Buckenham on Pottery V Buckenham on Pottery About This Episode

In episode 5 of One Cool Thing we meet V Buckenham who chats to Hannah Nicklin about pottery.

V is an artist, curator, game designer and that space between games and tech and art which is sometimes called ‘creative technologist’.

Liner Notes

V’s socials:

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

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In episode 5 of One Cool Thing we meet V Buckenham who chats to Hannah Nicklin about pottery.

V is an artist, curator, game designer and that space between games and tech and art which is sometimes called ‘creative technologist’.

Liner Notes

V’s socials:

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-12681111 Tue, 23 May 2023 16:00:00 +0100 2560 1 5 full false Jake Elliott on Christopher Strachey's "Love Letter Generator" Jake Elliott on Christopher Strachey's "Love Letter Generator" About This Episode

In episode 4 we meet Jake Elliott of Cardboard Computer who chats to Hannah Nicklin about Christopher Strachey's "Love Letter Generator".

Jake is probably most well-known for being one-third of Cardboard Computer, who made the era-defining and extraordinarily ambitious Kentucky Route Zero series. But he’s also a musician, runs an excellent Patreon where he teaches and shares his practice as a writer-programmer, and he makes ‘artware’ - art made with and about software.

Liner Notes


One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

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In episode 4 we meet Jake Elliott of Cardboard Computer who chats to Hannah Nicklin about Christopher Strachey's "Love Letter Generator".

Jake is probably most well-known for being one-third of Cardboard Computer, who made the era-defining and extraordinarily ambitious Kentucky Route Zero series. But he’s also a musician, runs an excellent Patreon where he teaches and shares his practice as a writer-programmer, and he makes ‘artware’ - art made with and about software.

Liner Notes


One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-12681106 Tue, 16 May 2023 16:00:00 +0100 2338 1 4 full false Halima Hassan on Communities Halima Hassan on Communities About This Episode

On episode 3 of One Cool Thing, we meet Halima Hassan one of our Die Gute Collaborators who chats with Hannah Nicklin about the importance of communities.

Halima was one of our game writing interns in 2022 and has since moved on from us to work with the game design collective ghosts as a lead writer, and in her newly minted game writing portfolio describes herself as being interested in telling stories that surprise, challenge, and deal in radical comfort.

Liner Notes

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

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On episode 3 of One Cool Thing, we meet Halima Hassan one of our Die Gute Collaborators who chats with Hannah Nicklin about the importance of communities.

Halima was one of our game writing interns in 2022 and has since moved on from us to work with the game design collective ghosts as a lead writer, and in her newly minted game writing portfolio describes herself as being interested in telling stories that surprise, challenge, and deal in radical comfort.

Liner Notes

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-12672959 Tue, 09 May 2023 16:00:00 +0100 2321 1 3 full false Mike Cook on Being on Strike Mike Cook on Being on Strike About This Episode

Our next guest on episode 2 of One Cool Thing is Mike Cook, Senior Lecturer in AI at King's College London who chats to Hannah Nicklin all about being on strike.

Mike Cook is a British game designer and Artificial Intelligence researcher, who’s currently a Senior Lecturer at King’s College London. He has been advocating in the AI research community to demand better ethics and responsibility in developing the technology and is a member of the Knives and Paintbrushes research collective. His personal practice is interested in the spaces AI and game design intersect.

Liner Notes

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

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Our next guest on episode 2 of One Cool Thing is Mike Cook, Senior Lecturer in AI at King's College London who chats to Hannah Nicklin all about being on strike.

Mike Cook is a British game designer and Artificial Intelligence researcher, who’s currently a Senior Lecturer at King’s College London. He has been advocating in the AI research community to demand better ethics and responsibility in developing the technology and is a member of the Knives and Paintbrushes research collective. His personal practice is interested in the spaces AI and game design intersect.

Liner Notes

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-12672953 Tue, 02 May 2023 16:00:00 +0100 2975 1 2 full true Douglas Wilson on Survivor Douglas Wilson on Survivor About This Episode

Our first guest on episode 1 of One Cool Thing is Die Gute Fabrik's Doug Wilson who chats to Hannah Nicklin all about the reality competition TV series, Survivor.

Doug is originally from the USA but now lives in Melbourne Australia, and as well as being a core part of Die Gute Fabrik is a senior lecturer in Game Design at RMIT University. Doug is best known for Johann Sebastian Joust and Sportsfriends which are both local co-op games made to make fun between friends.

Liner Notes


One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

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Our first guest on episode 1 of One Cool Thing is Die Gute Fabrik's Doug Wilson who chats to Hannah Nicklin all about the reality competition TV series, Survivor.

Doug is originally from the USA but now lives in Melbourne Australia, and as well as being a core part of Die Gute Fabrik is a senior lecturer in Game Design at RMIT University. Doug is best known for Johann Sebastian Joust and Sportsfriends which are both local co-op games made to make fun between friends.

Liner Notes


One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> Die Gute Fabrik Buzzsprout-12672942 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 09:00:00 +0100 2954 1 1 full false One Cool Thing Trailer One Cool Thing Trailer One Cool Thing is a podcast speaking with people in and around videogames about One Cool Thing not from games which is really fascinating them at the moment.

One of the founding principles of Die Gute Fabrik is interdisciplinarity - collaborating with people from other art forms to bring fresh ideas to video games. And that’s also what’s at the heart of this podcast series: what not from games is shaping how people think about making games right now?

As host, each week DGF Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin will introduce the exciting guest and their practice to you before getting into a deep dive into what their One Cool Thing is, how it’s shaping their thoughts at the moment and what they hope it could offer others.

This a chance to hear more about the practices of cool folks working in games, and hopefully somewhere where we can all reflect on how we think about how we make things together.

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

]]> One Cool Thing is a podcast speaking with people in and around videogames about One Cool Thing not from games which is really fascinating them at the moment.

One of the founding principles of Die Gute Fabrik is interdisciplinarity - collaborating with people from other art forms to bring fresh ideas to video games. And that’s also what’s at the heart of this podcast series: what not from games is shaping how people think about making games right now?

As host, each week DGF Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin will introduce the exciting guest and their practice to you before getting into a deep dive into what their One Cool Thing is, how it’s shaping their thoughts at the moment and what they hope it could offer others.

This a chance to hear more about the practices of cool folks working in games, and hopefully somewhere where we can all reflect on how we think about how we make things together.

One Cool Thing Production Credits

One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

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