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episode 434: Xalavier Nelson, Jr.
In the early 90s, there was this show on ABC called Phenom about a tennis prodigy. If Hollywood were to reboot that for the digital age, Xalavier Nelson Jr. would no doubt be the star of the show. His body of work rivals those of people in the gaming industry for decades!
We kicked off our conversation talking about his studio, Strange Scaffold, and he spoke about several of the games he's either worked on or created, including An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs and the popular 90s Internet nostalgia title Hypnospace Outlaw. Xalavier also talked about his newest game, Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, and he shared how his work as a pre-teen game journalist helped him become a narrative designer. Xalavier's prudent vision for finding better, faster, cheaper and healthier ways to make video games is so important, and I think that if he's making waves like this now, just imagine what he'll do in the future!
Links- Strange Scaffold
- Strange Scaffold on Patreon
- Strange Scaffold on YouTube
- Xalavier Nelson Jr. on Twitter
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