Season 3 · Episode 36
A Beauty Cold and Austere
Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain
August 31, 201927m 55s
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Show Notes
On this month’s episode of Relatively Prime Samuel Hansen speaks with Professor Mike Spivey from University of Puget Sound about his interactive fiction game A Beauty Cold and Austere. They discuss how interactive fiction and mathematics work together, some of the mathematical puzzles in the game, and just what easter eggs might be hiding within the game.
You can play A Beauty Cold and Austere here.
Music:
Sepgil
Broke for Free
A Beauty Cold and Austere Voiceover:
Bree Prehn
KT Howard