Dr. Friedman is a professor of storytelling outside the rules of mass media, including never-published manuscripts from during the age of print (1750-1900), and more recently, the history and world of TTRPG Actual Play. Her next book, The Actual History of Actual Play, is being published by MIT.
I couldn’t name a better guest to sit down with as we celebrate 11 great years of Party of One with a game of The Creation of Wonder by Eve Golden-Woods. We sat down for a wonderful discussion about stewardship, archiving, preservation, and a story about the compiling of the world’s foremost collection of animated GIFs.