• Malizma - Gamification
    Nov 29 2023

    Ava Hofmann interviews Malizma about his October 2022 Line Rider track, Gamification. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9nt64t3Ob4


    Highlights:

    - Coding in Line Rider

    - Approaching Line Rider from a puzzle-solving perspective

    - Why a blank sheet of paper is a game engine


    Watch a fully-subtitled YouTube video of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqvRol9kH-A

    Read a transcription of this interview in article form (edited for concision and clarity): https://lineriderreview.substack.com/p/interview-malizma-gamification


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    Malizma YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Malizma333

    Ava Hofmann YouTube channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHourhand⁠


    Theme music by Nouveau Life™: ⁠https://tigerbloodtapes.bandcamp.com/track/--105⁠


    Edited and produced by Bevibel Harvey. Interview conducted on March 21, 2023.

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    58 mins
  • gavinroo538 - A Rush of Blood to the Head
    Dec 24 2022

    (CW: discussion of suicide) Ava Hofmann interviews gavinroo538 about his December 2021 Line Rider film, A Rush of Blood to the Head. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsey3gjhQto

    Highlights:
    - Making art about your feelings in a toxic environment
    - Feeling like an outsider in the Line Rider community
    - Losing faith in the Mormon Church


    Watch a fully-subtitled YouTube video of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7JRx4baPdc
    Read a transcription of this interview in article form (edited for concision and clarity): https://lineriderreview.substack.com/p/interview-gavinroo538-a-rush-of-blood

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    gavinroo538 YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@gavinroo538
    Ava Hofmann YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHourhand

    Theme music by Nouveau Life™: https://tigerbloodtapes.bandcamp.com/track/--105

    Edited and produced by Bevibel Harvey AKA Rabid Squirrel. Interview conducted on November 10, 2022.

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    54 mins
  • Ava Hofmann - The September Trilogy
    Nov 20 2022

    Bevibel Harvey interviews Ava Hofmann about her series of 2022 Line Rider releases, The September Trilogy. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6PaFt7_toY

    Highlights:

    - How making art and healing from trauma are often intertwined

    - The layered emotional meanings of scribbles

    - Why comics are the ultimate art form


    Watch a fully-subtitled YouTube video of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPBdRQQkVpM

    Read a transcription of this interview in article form (edited for concision and clarity): https://lineriderreview.substack.com/p/ava-hofmann-the-september-trilogy


    Line Rider Review YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LineRiderReview

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    Ava Hofmann YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHourhand

    Bevibel Harvey YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/rabidsquirrel117

    Theme music by Nouveau Life™: https://tigerbloodtapes.bandcamp.com/track/--105

    Edited and produced by Bevibel Harvey AKA Rabid Squirrel. Interview conducted on November 2, 2022.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • UTD - Let the Bodies Hit the Floor
    Aug 28 2022

    Ava Hofmann interviews UTD about his July 2022 Line Rider track release, Let the Bodies Hit the Floor. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYITT3KasVo

    Highlights:
    - Deconstructing the animation grindset
    - Cultivating a neurodivergent art medium
    - Mosh pitting as a representation of plurality


    Read a transcription of this interview in article form: https://lineriderreview.substack.com/p/utd-bodies (edited for concision and clarity)
    Watch a fully-subtitled YouTube video of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqxmm_X6V7o

    Line Rider Review YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LineRiderReview
    Line Rider Review Monthly Roundup newsletter: https://lineriderreview.substack.com
    Support Line Rider Review and the Line Rider Artists Collective on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/lineriderreview
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    UTD YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBZ1LdwGn09bvhEIPBNF2_w
    Ava Hofmann YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHourhand


    Theme music by Nouveau Life™: https://tigerbloodtapes.bandcamp.com/track/--105

    Edited and produced by Bevibel Harvey AKA Rabid Squirrel. Interview conducted on August 11, 2022.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Jade Decker - Mount Eerie
    Jun 25 2022

    In the first ever episode of Outside the Lines, Ava Hofmann interviews Jade Decker (AKA Branches) about her April 2022 Line Rider track release, Mount Eerie. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUaKN41TePQ

    Highlights:
    - Why death, nature, and queerness are all intertwined
    - How the idea for the iconic ending of Mount Eerie was stumbled on by accident
    - How having your corpse eaten by vultures is gay
    Read a transcription of this interview in article form: https://lineriderreview.substack.com/p/jade-mount-eerie (edited for concision and clarity)
    Watch a fully-subtitled YouTube video of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU9k9fk2BWw (with visuals that include photos of paper sketches Jade made while conceptualizing Mount Eerie)

    Line Rider Review YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LineRiderReview
    Line Rider Review Monthly Roundup newsletter: https://lineriderreview.substack.com/
    Support Line Rider Review and the Line Rider Artists Collective on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/lineriderreview
    Apply to Join the Line Rider Artists Collective: https://goo.gl/forms/RN1xWPzcjgkx5UI03

    Ava Hofmann YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHourhand
    Jade Decker/Branches YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_LhPtCyWXtrmhuS0WvCl4A

    Theme music by Nouveau Life™: https://tigerbloodtapes.bandcamp.com/track/--105

    Edited and produced by Bevibel Harvey AKA Rabid Squirrel. Interview conducted on April 24, 2022.

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    1 hr and 42 mins