Center for Science and the Imagination | CSI Skill Tree: Outer Wilds with Randy Smith and Luc Riesbeck @imagineASU | Uploaded December 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
CSI Skill Tree is a series that examines and celebrates how video games envision possible futures, build rich and thought-provoking worlds, and engage people as active participants in unfolding and interpreting stories. In this episode, we take a close look at “Outer Wilds,” an award-winning immersive adventure game about unraveling the mysteries of a solar system caught in a time loop. The game was released in 2019, and was developed by Mobius Digital and published by Annapurna Interactive.
About our special guests:
Randy Smith (he/him) is a video game director and designer known for his work on the "Thief" series, the indie sci-fi gardening game "Waking Mars," and superbrother's "JETT: The Far Shore." He specializes in ways to use interactivity to create meaning and aesthetics for players. Follow Randy on Twitter at @wavesallday_.
Luc Riesbeck (he/they) is a space policy and research analyst at Astroscale U.S., where he engages in cross-disciplinary collaboration to build comprehensive solutions to orbital sustainability challenges and enable the long-term stewardship of the space environment. He is a graduate of the Space Policy Institute master’s program at George Washington University. His research interests include ethics in science and technology, history, and applications for advanced robotics for rendezvous and proximity operations in space. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in social science and a minor in global China studies from New York University Shanghai. Follow Luc on Twitter at @LucRiesbeck.
About the Center for Science and the Imagination:
The Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University engages in research, outreach and radical collaborations to reinvent our relationship with the future. From writers, artists, and teachers to scientists, engineers, and technologists, we bring diverse intellectual practices together to create visions of the future that are inspiring, inclusive, and imaginative. Learn more at https://csi.asu.edu and follow the Center on Twitter at @imaginationASU.
CSI Skill Tree is a series that examines and celebrates how video games envision possible futures, build rich and thought-provoking worlds, and engage people as active participants in unfolding and interpreting stories. In this episode, we take a close look at “Outer Wilds,” an award-winning immersive adventure game about unraveling the mysteries of a solar system caught in a time loop. The game was released in 2019, and was developed by Mobius Digital and published by Annapurna Interactive.
About our special guests:
Randy Smith (he/him) is a video game director and designer known for his work on the "Thief" series, the indie sci-fi gardening game "Waking Mars," and superbrother's "JETT: The Far Shore." He specializes in ways to use interactivity to create meaning and aesthetics for players. Follow Randy on Twitter at @wavesallday_.
Luc Riesbeck (he/they) is a space policy and research analyst at Astroscale U.S., where he engages in cross-disciplinary collaboration to build comprehensive solutions to orbital sustainability challenges and enable the long-term stewardship of the space environment. He is a graduate of the Space Policy Institute master’s program at George Washington University. His research interests include ethics in science and technology, history, and applications for advanced robotics for rendezvous and proximity operations in space. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in social science and a minor in global China studies from New York University Shanghai. Follow Luc on Twitter at @LucRiesbeck.
About the Center for Science and the Imagination:
The Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University engages in research, outreach and radical collaborations to reinvent our relationship with the future. From writers, artists, and teachers to scientists, engineers, and technologists, we bring diverse intellectual practices together to create visions of the future that are inspiring, inclusive, and imaginative. Learn more at https://csi.asu.edu and follow the Center on Twitter at @imaginationASU.
