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Hosted by Max Folkman, Nick Folkman · leisure · EN
Writers Max and Nick Folkman sit down with other writers and developers to discuss storytelling in video games.
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Signup to Generate a PitchScript Lock is hosted by Max Folkman, Nick Folkman. The show has published 84 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Courtney Woods & Ari Martinez" (9 June 2026, 78 minutes), "Yuri Lowenthal & Nhi Do" (22 December 2025, 82 minutes), and "Karrie Shao & Ros Dachtler" (21 July 2025, 92 minutes).
Script Lock publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 85 minutes across 84 episodes.
Booking probability for Script Lock is 23%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Script Lock requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Script Lock's contact route on record: verified email.
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Max Folkman, Nick Folkman hosts Script Lock, a leisure podcast with 84 episodes published.
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Episode #86
<p>We've returned with a more focused episode on the Ghost of Yotei, and we're joined by Courtney (Senior Writer on Yotei, previously a Lead Writer & Narrative Director on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake...
Episode #85
<p>Happy holidays!!! We have returned from the crisp winter cold of work deadlines with a brand new episode containing Yuri Lowenthal (Actor on such games as Marvel’s Spider-Man, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time...
Episode #84
<p>We're over halfway through 2025 and we've got Karrie (Lead Writer and Lead Narrative Designer of Pacific Drive, previously wrote and designed on League of Legends for Riot Games, Totemic for Collage Games, and Not...
Episode #83
<p>Hello hello! We're back with returning guests Brendon Chung (founder of Blendo Games and creator of such games as Gravity Bone, Flotilla, Atom Zombie Smasher, Thirty Flights of Loving, Quadrilateral Cowboy, and the...
Episode #82
<p>We return with another grab bag episode for GDC 2025! Like last year, we brought a bunch of simple questions to ask folks, and in these three groups you get to hear how their answers differed. In our first group we...
Episode #81
<p>It’s been an embarrassingly long time but we are BACK! Again!!! And this time we’ve brought returning guests Adam Dolin and Jolie Menzel to discuss breaking in, how they define narrative design, the differences...
Episode #80
<p>Moving on from our GDC episodes, we're back with Jaclyn (Writer at Respawn Entertainment on Apex Legends, instructor & student mentor at Vancouver Film School. Previously a Writer on RPG Puzzle Legends and Merge...
Episode #79
<p>Hey hey! We're back with our second episode that we recorded at this year's GDC, and it's a doozy! In a switch from how we normally do things, we brought a grab bag of simple questions to the conference and hit up...
Episode #78
<p>Coming to you NOT LIVE from GDC, we've got a special episode of the podcast covering SAG-AFTRA's negotiations with game studios! Duncan Crabtree-Ireland (National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator for...
Episode #77
<p>First ep of 2024! We've got Stephen (scriptwriter and narrative designer, currently Narrative Director on Motive's untitled Iron Man project in collaboration with Marvel Games. Previously a Senior Writer on Vampyr...
Episode #76
<p>Happy Holidays! We're closing out this year with the absolutely amazing Alexa Ray Corriea (Writer and narrative designer currently working on Black Panther in partnership with Marvel Games and EA, serving as both a...
Episode #75
<p>We've got Ally (producer at The Voxel Agents, game director at Lemonade Games on Mystiques, Production Director at League of Geeks on Solium Infernum and the recent Jumplight Odyssey. Previously was a senior producer...
Episode #74
<p>Everyone said it’d be impossible, but we managed to find another pair of twins to come onto this podcast. That’s right. The incredible Jennifer Hale (Has acted in the original Mass Effect trilogy, the Metal Gear...
Episode #73
<p>Apologies for the wait, but we're back! We don't often do episodes focused around one specific thing, but we're making an exception to talk about Netflix's newest interactive special: We Lost Our Human, and we're...
Episode #72
<p>It's the end of the year, which means it's time for us to put out a new episode and feel guilty for not releasing more this year! (We were busy, but we got lots more planned for next year!) Our guests this month are...
Episode #71
<p>We've got a unionization-heavy episode for y'all as we've got Rob (additional writer on Indivisible for Lab Zero Games, writer on Spider-Man 2 for Insomniac Games, and current co-chair of the WGAW's LGBTQ+ Writers...
Episode #70
<p>Somehow we're over halfway through the year, but this podcast is still going! Our guests this month are Sarah Baylus (Principal Writer at Larian Studios where she’s currently working on Baldur’s Gate III, and...
Episode #69
<p>Back in the throes of summer, we've got Corey (lead narrative designer at Silver Rain Games, writer and narrative designer on WindRush Tales, editor and social media manager of Butterfly Books, and a journalist...
Episode #68
<p>It’s time to get MEDIEVAL with our guests Zoe (currently an Associate Narrative Designer at Obsidian Games working on unannounced projects, and she is also the cohost of the Maniculum Podcast) and Franciska...
Episode #67
<p>We celebrate spooky season all year round here, which is why we've brought back Ashley (Character Art Director at Bad Robot Games, previously Character Art Director at Naughty Dog, Lead Character Concept Artist on...
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