{"podcast":{"title":"Game Maker's Notebook","slug":"game-maker-s-notebook-410178","podcast_index_feed_id":410178,"rss_url":"https://interactive.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.interactive.org/Interviews/the_game_makers_notebook.asp","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/7/b/8/07b82da6bb2817da27a2322813b393ee/gmn-icon-1400-20240513-2qwv47wecw.jpg","author":"Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences","episode_count":249,"summary":"A game dev podcast featuring in-depth conversations between video game makers on the business and craft of interactive entertainment.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/game-maker-s-notebook-410178"},"episode":{"title":"Cory Davis (Spec Ops: The Line) & Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails) on Psychedelic Horror in SLEEP AWAKE","slug":"cory-davis-spec-ops-the-line-robin-finck-nine-inch-nails-on-psychedelic-horror-in-sleep-awake","published_at":"2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/game-maker-s-notebook-410178/cory-davis-spec-ops-the-line-robin-finck-nine-inch-nails-on-psychedelic-horror-in-sleep-awake","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/game-maker-s-notebook-410178","url":"https://interactive.libsyn.com/cory-davis-spec-ops-the-line-robin-finck-nine-inch-nails-on-psychedelic-horror-in-sleep-awake","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/interactive/EYES_OUT_SleepAwake_GMN_.mp3?dest-id=590891","summary":"Adam Orth chats with Eyes Out co-founders Cory Davis (Spec Ops: the Line) and Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails) about their studio's debut game, SLEEP AWAKE . Together they discuss their distinct paths from traditional games and music and how they found themselves collaborating together; the unique audio-first approach they took with SLEEP AWAKE ; the psychedelic dreamlike horror themes present throughout the experience; and the contrasts and parallels they discovered with creating music and games. This episode is sponsored by: Xsolla Episode Host: Adam Orth 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 . Support the show and get all of our episodes early/ad-free: https://bit.ly/4kU34Lt Follow us: linktr.ee/AIAS Please consider supporting game dev students with: AIAS Foundation","meta_description":"Adam Orth chats with Eyes Out co-founders Cory Davis (Spec Ops: the Line) and Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails) about their studio's debut game, SLEEP AWAKE .…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3968,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/game-maker-s-notebook-410178/episodes/cory-davis-spec-ops-the-line-robin-finck-nine-inch-nails-on-psychedelic-horror-in-sleep-awake/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/game-maker-s-notebook-410178/cory-davis-spec-ops-the-line-robin-finck-nine-inch-nails-on-psychedelic-horror-in-sleep-awake.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}