Sup Holmes fawns over Merrit Kopas

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This week on Sup Holmes we welcome Merrit Kopas to the program. Merrit is a relative newcomer to development, but she’s already turning heads as a champion for games that connect with people in uncommon ways. She reports on them on Forrest Ambassador (perhaps the only site to find out about games like Housefly and Covetous) and on her own site, talks about them at places like the University of Victoria, and makes them herself (HUGPUNXLim, and Bubblegum Slaughter being a few favorites). Start to dig into the world of Merrit Kopas and you’ll be surprised what you find.

We’ll be talking to Merrit about how she went from getting a Master’s degree in Sociology to becoming a developer, advice for others looking to get into the feild, her upcoming game Medusa Medusa, and whatever else she wants to talk about. Join us at 1pm PST/4pm EST for the full thing!

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Jonathan Holmes
Destructoid Contributor - Jonathan Holmes has been a media star since the Road Rules days, and spends his time covering oddities and indies for Destructoid, with over a decade of industry experience "Where do dreams end and reality begin? Videogames, I suppose."- Gainax, FLCL Vol. 1 "The beach, the trees, even the clouds in the sky... everything is build from little tiny pieces of stuff. Just like in a Gameboy game... a nice tight little world... and all its inhabitants... made out of little building blocks... Why can't these little pixels be the building blocks for love..? For loss... for understanding"- James Kochalka, Reinventing Everything part 1 "I wonder if James Kolchalka has played Mother 3 yet?" Jonathan Holmes
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