Ep. 119: Karateka

Shownotes

Game designer and creator of Karateka Jordan Mechner, joined by Chris Kohler of Digital Eclipse, shares a new interactive documentary The Making of Karateka (digitaleclipse.com/games/karateka) exploring this 1984 karate classic title. In this episode: Jordan’s earliest work, perfect paper preservationist, Prince of Persia source code, hitting it rich in video games vs. going to class, celebrating old games, an inspiration train, a father’s love of his son, the lost leopard: found, and bringing a game back to life.

See more from Jordan Mechner:

Website: jordanmechner.com/en

Facebook: facebook.com/jmechner

Twitter: @jmechner (twitter.com/jmechner)

Instagram: @jmechner (instagram.com/jmechner)

Mastodon: mastodon.art/@jmechner

YouTube: youtube.com/user/JordanMechner

See more from Chris Kohler:

Twitter: @kobunheat (twitter.com/kobunheat)

Website: chriskohler.biz

Amazon Author Page: amazon.com/Chris-Kohler/e/B001IOFJPI%3F

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