Tom Bissell
American journalist and criticWikipedia
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Oct 27, 2026
Matthew Seiji Burns, writer, designer, musician (Call of Duty, Halo, Eliza).
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52:21Matthew Seiji BurnsGUEST
So I went to the university and worked there on the research program for about four years or so.
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52:27Simon ParkinHOST
I want to ask you about the Twine game that you wrote in 2015 with a mutual friend of ours, Tom Bissell, a previous guest on the show.
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52:37Simon ParkinHOST
It was called The Writer Will Do Something, and it was about an emergency meeting on a disastrous fictional AAA sequel.
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52:45Simon ParkinHOST
Tell us a little bit about what the game is and where the idea came from.
The Bizarre Story of The Room, Were Nunchucks Real and Much, Much More
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15:30Simon WhistlerHOST
I don't consider The Room bad movie.
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15:32Simon WhistlerHOST
Co-author of The Disaster Artist, Tom Bissell, perhaps explains it a little better, and it's probably a little bit easier to read here.
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15:39Simon WhistlerHOST
It's like a movie made by an alien who has never seen a movie, but has had movies thoroughly explained to him.
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15:45Simon WhistlerHOST
There's not often a work of film that has every creative decision that's made in it on a moment-by-moment basis seemingly be the wrong one.