Our simple first game had settlements, factions, multiple languages, trading, quests, realistic inventory, hunting, tracking, random encounters, bandits, The Changed, real survival lessons, a field guide, a fog-of-war map, changing weather, seasons, daylight, moon phases, food spoilage, injuries, an apocalypse mystery we had deliberately decided not to explain and maybe a poop meter. There was also supposed to be a larger story for people who wanted one and a pure survival sa

I never thought I would be a filmmaker. I cut hair for a living. That is still the job. I love it. That is the thing that pays the bills and puts me behind the chair talking to people all day. But somewhere along the way, thanks mostly to my ride-or-die partner Michele and her dangerous habit of saying, “Can you learn this?” I ended up making movies too. Actually, the more dangerous phrase is, “I have an idea.” That’s usually how it starts. The real beginning was virtual prod