Episode 122: “We Got You A Pony!”: A Conversation with Lauren Stone and Travis Stout

Episode 122: “We Got You A Pony!”: A Conversation with Lauren Stone and Travis Stout (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes, Stitcher, or TuneIn).

In this episode we return to Trumbull Valley for more discussions with folks from behind the scenes on State of Decay, the game that shuffles on (in the most positive sense) for us like a horde of ravenous undead. We keep playing, and discussing, and this time we got to sit down with the game’s lead writer, Travis Stout, and Lauren Stone the voice of two characters, Lily Ritter and Becca Collins. We talked State of Decay as the game that was promised, in a sense, the game that actually does manage to include all kinds of people, including a disabled woman, Black folks who actually survive (maybe), queer characters, diverse body types, and even a sex worker — and we learned that Alisha has to adjust the diversity research, because two of the characters previously uncertain were confirmed Asian!

Lauren Stone is now lead writer on Rainbow Six Siege for Ubisoft Montreal and we talk a little bit about that as well. Travis Stout is currently a script writer for Ubisoft Montreal working on For Honor. Also: don’t forget to check out episode 104, in which we talked all things State of Decay with the game’s lead designer, Geoffrey Card, another designer (and friend of the site who sometimes pops into Twitch streams), Brant Fitzgerald, and Drew Hobson, the voice talent behind Marcus, Sasquatch, and more (including some undead).

Games Mentioned/Played

• Pokemon Yellow
• Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright
• Skylanders
• Anatomy
• The Flame in the Flood
• TWD: Michonne
• State of Decay
• Metal Gear Solid V
• Far Cry Primal
• Panda Pop
• Darkest Dungeon
• Rainbow Six Siege