DAVID T. MARCHAND

Writer, teacher, game developer. I like art, absurd humor, and the idea of having a shred of empathy for those around us. It’s technically pronounced /dah-VEED/ but /DAY-vid/ is a perfectly acceptable nickname. Seriously, don’t worry about it.

💬 he / him / él
🌐 Argentina (City of Buenos Aires)

👶 1991

❗ BEWARE ❗

Most of what follows are links to Spanish-language-only content, for various reasons.

Stop scrolling if you don’t think you can handle that.

SHOWS 💬

CRIPTIÑOL

Spanish-language cryptic crosswords

SONGS 🎵

I don’t have any talent but I do have fun

Love song about one of Javier Milei’s favorite phrases
Jingle about the Kirchner Cultural Center
Jingle about artificial intelligence on the Jingle Factory at GELATINA
Jingle on the Jingle Factory at GELATINA
Official soundtrack for my game Pichetto Dynamite
Ode to my favorite products of capitalism

VIDEOS EXPLAINING THINGS 👨‍🏫

THE 4 /S/ PRONUNCIATIONS IN BUENOS AIRES

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Curso de cómo se pronuncia la S en Buenos Aires. #lengua #castellano #español #mosca #mojca @Adrián Chávez @Agus Luna

♬ Todo se transforma – Jorge Drexler

THOUGHTS ABOUT GAMES AND LATIN AMERICAN IDENTITY

ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MATAJUEGOS WORKER CO-OP

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Pueden buscarlo como El Cuento de Iroh o The Tale of Iroh en los canales oficiales de la serie en YouTube. #iroh #atla #avatar #thelastairbender #aang #animation #analisis #animacion

♬ Leaves from the Vine – Cover – Samuel Kim

TALKS & INTERVIEWS 🦜

History Panel in the 2º Federal Encounter of Interactive Narrative
Interview about Matajuegos for the show Pino y Chori on Radio Con Aguante
Interview about The Faces of the Forset on Telenoche Rosario
Interview about Letrísmica for the show Full Monchi on Pop Radio
Roundtable “Challenges of narration in videogames” at the Universidad Nacional de las Artes
Talk by Matajuegos for ArsGames
Viaja Baraja Postmortem for the Facultad de Arte y Diseño of the Cuyo National University
Matajuegos interview for the show VHS on Radio Oreja
Talk “Videogames: the newest and oldest thing in the world” at the San Martín Cultural Center for Meet the Game
Roundtable “Experimental videogames and artgames” at the EVA
Interview about game co-ops for the Press Over show Early Access
Interview about The Faces of the Forest for the show Clicks Modernos
Interview about the Antifascist Jam for the show Clicks Modernos

TEACHING 🎓

ESCUELA DA VINCI

2016 until today

POTRERO DIGITAL

2020

Teacher of 2D Video Game Creation (online course)

    LABORATORIO DE GUION

    2020

    Teacher of Writing for Video Games (online course)

    UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR (USAL)

    2017-2018

    Teacher of Interactive Art II (Unity)

    FACULTAD LATINOAMERICANA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES (FLACSO)

    2016

    Assistant on the Video Game Creation Workshop

    FERIA DEL LIBRO INDEPENDIENTE Y AUTÓNOMO (FLIA)

    2016

    Co-coordinator on the Introduction to Interactive Fiction Workshop

    MERCADO DE INDUSTRIAS CULTURALES ARGENTINAS (MICA)

    2015

    Teacher of the Twine for Children Workshop