# Becoming the Ghost of Yōtei with Erika Ishii Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/game-maker-s-notebook-410178/becoming-the-ghost-of-y-tei-with-erika-ishii Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/game-maker-s-notebook-410178/becoming-the-ghost-of-y-tei-with-erika-ishii.md Podcast: [Game Maker's Notebook](https://stenobird.com/podcast/game-maker-s-notebook-410178) Published: 2025-12-15T19:25:00+00:00 Episode link: https://interactive.libsyn.com/becoming-the-ghost-of-ytei-with-erika-ishii Audio file: https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/interactive/Erika_Ishii_GMN_.mp3?dest-id=590891 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/game-maker-s-notebook-410178/episodes/becoming-the-ghost-of-y-tei-with-erika-ishii Duration seconds: 3904 ## Resource This episode contains spoilers for the game 'Ghost of Yōtei' Alexa Ray Corriea chats with actor and producer, Erika Ishii who stars as Atsu in Ghost of Yōtei . Together they discuss Erika's journey in acting and how they found themselves working in video games; working with Sucker Punch and their process working with performers; the advantages of bringing in the cast early in development; and the importance of acknowledging the team effort required to bring a game character to life. This episode is supported by Xsolla Episode Host: Alexa Ray Corriea Producers: Claudio Tapia and Josh Chu, The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing and leaving us a rating and review . Follow us: linktr.ee/AIAS Please consider supporting game dev students with: AIAS Foundation ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/game-maker-s-notebook-410178/episodes/becoming-the-ghost-of-y-tei-with-erika-ishii/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/game-maker-s-notebook-410178/becoming-the-ghost-of-y-tei-with-erika-ishii.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.