Script Lock

Script Lock

Max Folkman, Nick Folkman

Episodes 83
Avg. Duration 1h 27m
Activity Moderate
Apple Rating 4.9 (36)
Since Oct 2015
Latest Episode Dec 2025

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Every 2 Months
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Episodic
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Writers Max and Nick Folkman sit down with other writers and developers to discuss storytelling in video games.

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Yuri Lowenthal & Nhi Do

Dec 22, 2025 1h 22m

Happy holidays!!! We have returned from the crisp winter cold of work deadlines with a brand new episode containing Yuri Lowenthal (Actor on such games as Marvel’s Spider-Man, Prince of Persia: The…

Karrie Shao & Ros Dachtler

Jul 21, 2025 1h 31m

We're over halfway through 2025 and we've got Karrie (Lead Writer and Lead Narrative Designer of Pacific Drive, previously wrote and designed on League of Legends for Riot Games, Totemic for Collage…

Brendon Chung & Laura Michet

May 27, 2025 1h 17m

Hello hello! We're back with returning guests Brendon Chung (founder of Blendo Games and creator of such games as Gravity Bone, Flotilla, Atom Zombie Smasher, Thirty Flights of Loving, Quadrilateral…

The GDC 2025 Grab Bag Episode

Apr 07, 2025 1h 8m

We return with another grab bag episode for GDC 2025! Like last year, we brought a bunch of simple questions to ask folks, and in these three groups you get to hear how their answers differed. In our…

Adam Dolin & Jolie Menzel

Feb 03, 2025 1h 35m

It’s been an embarrassingly long time but we are BACK! Again!!! And this time we’ve brought returning guests Adam Dolin and Jolie Menzel to discuss breaking in, how they define narrative design, the…

Jaclyn Seto & Christal Rose Hazelton

Jun 20, 2024 1h 20m

Moving on from our GDC episodes, we're back with Jaclyn (Writer at Respawn Entertainment on Apex Legends, instructor & student mentor at Vancouver Film School. Previously a Writer on RPG Puzzle…

The GDC 2024 Grab Bag Episode

May 06, 2024 2h 2m

Hey hey! We're back with our second episode that we recorded at this year's GDC, and it's a doozy! In a switch from how we normally do things, we brought a grab bag of simple questions to the…

Duncan Crabtree-Ireland & Sarah Elmaleh

Apr 03, 2024 41m

Coming to you NOT LIVE from GDC, we've got a special episode of the podcast covering SAG-AFTRA's negotiations with game studios! Duncan Crabtree-Ireland (National Executive Director and Chief…

Stephen Rhodes & Danny Homan

Feb 21, 2024 1h 13m

First ep of 2024! We've got Stephen (scriptwriter and narrative designer, currently Narrative Director on Motive's untitled Iron Man project in collaboration with Marvel Games. Previously a Senior…

Alexa Ray Corriea & Ben Starr

Dec 18, 2023 2h 1m

Happy Holidays! We're closing out this year with the absolutely amazing Alexa Ray Corriea (Writer and narrative designer currently working on Black Panther in partnership with Marvel Games and EA,…

Ally Hennessy & Natalie Watson

Oct 30, 2023 1h 35m

We've got Ally (producer at The Voxel Agents, game director at Lemonade Games on Mystiques, Production Director at League of Geeks on Solium Infernum and the recent Jumplight Odyssey. Previously was…

Jennifer Hale & Debra Wilson

Jul 25, 2023 1h 21m

Everyone said it’d be impossible, but we managed to find another pair of twins to come onto this podcast. That’s right. The incredible Jennifer Hale (Has acted in the original Mass Effect trilogy,…

Chris Garbutt & Rikke Asbjoern

May 01, 2023 1h 2m

Apologies for the wait, but we're back! We don't often do episodes focused around one specific thing, but we're making an exception to talk about Netflix's newest interactive special: We Lost Our…

George Lockett & Mary Goodden

Dec 07, 2022 1h 28m

It's the end of the year, which means it's time for us to put out a new episode and feel guilty for not releasing more this year! (We were busy, but we got lots more planned for next year!) Our…

Rob Forman & Andrew Walsh

Sep 19, 2022 1h 35m

We've got a unionization-heavy episode for y'all as we've got Rob (additional writer on Indivisible for Lab Zero Games, writer on Spider-Man 2 for Insomniac Games, and current co-chair of the WGAW's…

Sarah Baylus & Mike Laidlaw

Aug 15, 2022 1h 26m

Somehow we're over halfway through the year, but this podcast is still going! Our guests this month are Sarah Baylus (Principal Writer at Larian Studios where she’s currently working on Baldur’s Gate…

Corey Brotherson & Kelsie Mhoon

Jul 05, 2022 59m

Back in the throes of summer, we've got Corey (lead narrative designer at Silver Rain Games, writer and narrative designer on WindRush Tales, editor and social media manager of Butterfly Books, and a…

Zoe Franznick & Franciska Csongrady

Apr 25, 2022 1h 31m

It’s time to get MEDIEVAL with our guests Zoe (currently an Associate Narrative Designer at Obsidian Games working on unannounced projects, and she is also the cohost of the Maniculum Podcast) and…

Ashley Swidowski & Graham Reznick

Mar 11, 2022 1h 39m

We celebrate spooky season all year round here, which is why we've brought back Ashley (Character Art Director at Bad Robot Games, previously Character Art Director at Naughty Dog, Lead Character…

Alyssa Wong & Lauren Mee

Feb 23, 2022 1h 53m

We’re BACK! AGAIN! And we swear we’re gonna post more episodes this year than we did last year! Alyssa (writer of fiction, comics, and games. Winner of the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award, and…

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