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Ed Stern

War Stories

I was a child war nerd, a sweaty-palmed compulsive memoriser of weapon calibres and Mk numbers. To this day my numerical mnemonics for PINs…

21 min readNov 14, 2021

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War Stories

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Ed Stern

Game Dev 101.3 Secret Missions

So I’ve Disillusioned you…

9 min readSep 27, 2019

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Game Dev 101.3 Secret Missions

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Ed Stern

Game Dev 101.2 Get Pro

(Being part 2 of this)

10 min readSep 26, 2019

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Game Dev 101.2 Get Pro

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Ed Stern

Game Dev 101.1 Disillusion

This is a talk I gave to 1st year Game Development students at the University of Westminster on 19th September 2019. If you were there…

12 min readSep 25, 2019

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Game Dev 101.1 Disillusion

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Ed Stern

Line Readings

Last time we looked at giving good notes to performers and goodness me, one of the most flattering things you can hear as a director is…

3 min readSep 23, 2019

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Line Readings

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Ed Stern

The Best Note

Time for more specific fixes for Writers, Directors and Actors. These, I should say, are very much inspired by/a ripoff on Brian Eno and…

3 min readFeb 21, 2019

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The Best Note

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Ed Stern

Writing Samples/Career Advice

A while ago, I got asked to give feedback on an aspiring game writer’s portfolio. I was kind of a dick about it, I’m afraid.

5 min readJan 8, 2019

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Writing Samples/Career Advice

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Ed Stern

3 Scenes from Saving Private Ryan: Scene 3 — Expertise v Innocence

Scene 3: Miller Collects Upham

5 min readJan 4, 2019

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3 Scenes from Saving Private Ryan: Scene 3 — Expertise v Innocence

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Ed Stern

3 Scenes from Saving Private Ryan: Scene 2 — Familiarity breeds Expertise

Scene 2: Miller briefs Horvath, Horvath doesn’t like it

3 min readJan 3, 2019

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3 Scenes from Saving Private Ryan: Scene 2 — Familiarity breeds Expertise

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Ed Stern

3 Scenes from Saving Private Ryan: Scene 1 — Experience v Experience

aka If You Can’t Steal Their Budget, Steal Their Beats/Moves/Reads

5 min readJan 2, 2019

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3 Scenes from Saving Private Ryan: Scene 1 — Experience v Experience

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Ed Stern

Ed Stern

Narrative Designer/Lead Writer at Splash Damage. All opinions mine not theirs. Narrative Designing like it’s going out of fashion, which it probably is.

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