Maria Mison makes games that teach us how to do hard things

Maria Mison (she/they) is a multi-disciplinary artist and tabletop game designer based in the Philippines. They makes games exploring identity, trauma, self-expression, and doing difficult things, as well as the form games can take and our relationship to cultural symbols. They join me to talk about their prolific first year as a game designer, the way games help inform their theater and dance practice, and the importance of taking care of your players, before enthusiastically closing out on our shared love of shōnen manga boys.

You can find Maria's games on itch, follow them on Twitter @MariaMison, and support them on Patreon.

Maria's Good Thing to Share
Shōnen manga! - specifically Haikyū!! and One Piece
All the Hades content currently on Twitter

Things Discussed
Arch Angel Dating Sim (Maria Mison, 2019)
Jammi R. Nedjadi (Sword Queen Games)
Stories of Love in Manila (Sword Queen Games, 2019)
A novena, for trimming the family tree (Maria Mison, 2019)
I Eat Mantras For Breakfast (Maria Mison, 2020)
Cards Against Insanity (Maria Mison, 2020)
Forgetting Your Touch (Maria Mison, 2019)
A Hundred Thousand Places (Maria Mison, 2020)

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Maria Mison (she/they) is a multi-disciplinary artist and tabletop game designer based in the Philippines. They makes games exploring identity, trauma, self-expression, and doing difficult things, as well as the form games can take and our relationship to cultural symbols.