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TIH 403: Antony Johnston on Resident Evil Village, Writing Horror Video Games, and Genre Tropes in The Fuse

  • July 25, 2021

  • 3 mins to read

In this podcast Antony Johnston talks about Resident Evil Village, writing horror video games, genre tropes in The Fuse, and much more.

About Antony Johnston

Antony Johnston is a British writer of comics, video games, and novels. He is known for the post-apocalyptic comic series Wasteland, the graphic novel The Coldest City, and his work on several Image Comics series.

Show notes

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[3:49] First experience with the Resident Evil franchise
[5:51] Involvement in Resident Evil Village
[9:04] The test for writing Resident Evil Village
[12:33] Writing the story
[20:08] Scaring the gamer
[26:18] Puzzles
[31:21] Zack Dozier, via Patreon, asks about writing dialogue vs. narrative design work
[35:41] John WM Thompson, via Patreon, asks about the unique challenges when writing horror for games
[42:03] Favourite part of the writing process
[46:40] Favourite Resident Evil character
[50:32] A franchise that Antony would love to be involved with
[53:02] Benjamin C. O’Connell, via Patreon, asks about genre tropes in The Fuse
[58:42] What is Antony working on at the moment
[1:01:09] What frightens Antony
[1:02:20] Advice to eighteen-year-old
[1:04:31] Final thoughts

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