Adapting Life into a Video Game (Meredith Gran)
Perfect Tides: Station to Station recaptures life in New York in 2003
This week on Post Games:
Act 1: Turning Your Life into a Game
Act 2: Recreating a Place and a Moment
Patreon Bonus: The History of Memoir Games in 5 Titles
Act 3: News of the Week
Guest: Meredith Gran, creator of Perfect Tides: Station to Station
Closing Music: Perfect Tides: Station to Station
Upcoming Mini-Episode: An extra special bonus for Patreon subscribers. On the launch day of Station to Station, January 22nd, I’ll release an additional mini-episode in which Meredith and I talk about the game’s themes, twists, and ending. It was incredible to chat with a game creator without the fear of spoilers, to actually dig deep into the work and their intentions. You’ll love it!
Read this week’s blog post: What is a memoir game?
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Act 1: The Pleasures and Pains of a Memoir Game
Octopus Pie, #001 (Octopus Pie)
Perpsective and Time in Meredith Gran’s Octopus Pie (The Comics Journal)
Perfect Tides (Steam)
Perfect Tides: Station to Station (Steam)
Growing up on Perfect Tides with Meredith Gran (Kritiqal Care)
Memoir (Wiki)
Autofiction: What It Is and What It Isn’t (Publisher’s Weekly)
Second-person narration (Merriam-Webster)
Fast Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins (Penguin Randomhouse)
Act 2: Recreating a Place and a Moment
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin (Archive.org)
Veseleka (Veseleka)
The 1926 Yiddish Art Theatre -- 181 2nd Avenue (Daytonian in Manhattan)
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (Wiki)
Fire Island (Wiki)
Patreon Bonus: 5 Great Memoir Games
Segment and links available on Patreon.com/PostGames
Act 3: News of the Week
What are Americans’ New Year’s resolutions for 2026? (YouGov)
The Video Game Library (thevideogamelibrary.org)
Good Game, No Rematch (Harper Collins)
Boss Fight Books (bossfightbooks.com)
Hurt Me Plenty: The Ultimate Guide to First-Person Shooters 2003–2010 (Bitmap Books)
You’re Not Overthinking It (Lost in Cult)
How a Game Lives (Harper Collins)
