Origin Story

Greg Kasavin (Hades) on Writing as a Form of Exorcism and the Role of Narrative in Games

Episode Summary

Greg Kasavin is the creative director and writer at Supergiant games where he’s helped create critically acclaimed titles such as Bastion, Pyre, Transistor, and Hades. Prior to working at SuperGiant Games, Greg worked as a games journalist for Gamespot where he rose the ranks from being an intern all the way to executive editor (editor in chief) of the publication. He’s also worked in various producer roles for games in the Command & Conquer franchise, and as a publishing producer on Spec Ops: The Line. We talk with greg about his relationship to the protagonist of Hades and what he thinks about the role of narrative in gaming. Hosted by Phillip Russell and Ben Thorp

Episode Notes

Greg Kasavin is the creative director and writer at Supergiant games where he’s helped create critically acclaimed titles such as Bastion, Pyre, Transistor, and Hades.

Prior to working at SuperGiant Games, Greg worked as a games journalist for Gamespot where he rose the ranks from being an intern all the way to executive editor (editor in chief) of the publication. He’s also worked in various producer roles for games in the Command & Conquer franchise, and as a publishing producer on Spec Ops: The Line.

We talk with Greg about his relationship with the protagonist of Hades and what he thinks about the role of narrative in gaming. 

Hosted by Phillip Russell and Ben Thorp

Learn more about Hades here.

Follow Greg on Twitter here.

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