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El Juego

by Jack Bogdan & Alex Griendling

3 Words, 2 Hosts, 1 Developer. 15 minutes. 1 amazing new game. El Juego is a podcast presented by the IGDA.

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  1. El Juego 26: Buried (Special Guest: Pete Wanat)

    Words: Discovery, Expensive, Shock Special Guest: Pete Wanat, Executive Producer, NBC/Universal Explore a window to the ancient world by excavating undiscovered egyptian tombs containing artifacts and relics tied to other civilizations around the world.

  2. El Juego 25: The Tower (Special Guest: Michael De Plater)

    Words: Brother, Remote, Whistle Special Guest: Michael De Plater, Design Director at Warner Brothers Games Fighting to become whole, two people play a campaign of split personalities, where actions made by one, directly effect the other. Only able to communicate through delayed sound and implied...

  3. El Juego 24: Julia Child's Immense World of Foodcraft (Special Guest: Randy Pitchford)

    Words: Heap, Immense, Envy Special Guest: Randy Pitchford, President of Gearbox Software In a world of food, you must cook to survive. Join a food faction, conquer ingredient hubs, and take down immense food monsters to complete your recipe repertoire.

  4. El Juego 23: iSellCars (Special Guest: John Vignocchi)

    Words: Year, Painless, Depreciate Title: iSellCars Special Guest: John Vignocchi, Development Director at Disney Interactive Studios As a used car salesman in a new town, it’s time to build your clientele! Appeal to your community through a unique system of dialogue, test drives, new clothes,...

  5. El Juego 22: Captain Nervy's Curvy Scurvy (Special Guest: Frank O'Connor)

    Words: Cabin, Carnal, Imitate Title: Captain Nervy's Curvy Scurvy Special Guest: Frank O'Connor As a female captain moonlighting a male cabin boy, you must keep the ship afloat and operational as you set sail delivering tropical meat! Through your escapades to understand the lower deckhand's…

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  6. El Juego 21: Under Construction

    Words: Workman, Crippled, Irk Title: Under Construction Life is stressful. Unfortunately, you don't take stress well. As a contractor, it's up to you to take on the big projects! Start small with house upgrades and move up to skyscrapers and beyond! Control your stress to avoid uncontrollable...

  7. El Juego 20: SMELL-O-VISION

    Words: Aerobics, Funky, Shoplift Title: SMELL-O-VISION In a world of the blind, the two nostriled man is king! Use scent echolocation to sense your surroundings, mark targets, and steal specific items. Don't get caught! Those around you can also hone in on scents and track your path through the...

  8. El Juego 19: Ups and Downs

    Words: Powerhouse, Uncouth, Discourage Title: Ups and Downs This is a tale of mortality. Chase yourself through life, correcting the mistakes of your past. If you fail to right your wrongs, you will move lower into hell, if you succeed, you will move up towards heaven! Where will you end up in…

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  9. El Juego 18: The Warren (Special Guest: Adam Saltsman)

    Words: Snout, Sadistic, Strut Title: The Warren Your boss is an evil woman with the power to destroy morale faster than you can blink. It's time to fight back! Recruit your rag tag squad of officemates for an all out assault! As a class based, top down RPG, The Warren explores both sides of the...

  10. El Juego Classico: Did I Ever Tell You About The Time... (Special Guest: Kyle Orland)

    Words: Unabashed, Misinform, Montage Title: Did I Ever Tell You About The Time... You just can't seem to shake the habit of embellishing your stories! Unfortunately for you, today you play them. Take a trip down memory lane and play supercharged, often insane shells of your favorite games of yore.

  11. El Juego 17: The Bystander Effect

    Words: Observer, Concrete, Punish Title: The Bystander Effect Exploring the idea of group think and reaction to events such as the Kitty Genovese case, you are presented with a potential emergency. AI and player controlled character reactions impact your own response, but to what degree? Track...

  12. El Juego 16: Collapse

    Words: Tension, Moaning, RaiseTitle: CollapseAs a rescue team, your job is to help those injured in major events get to safety. A Co-Op experience, one player controls the rope and has to react to structural deficiencies and the chaos around them. The other player must be lowered into a situation...

  13. El Juego 15: Breast Police

    Words: Milk, Arrested, EscapeTitle: Breast PoliceThere is absolutely no reason that an actual game concept should have escaped from the breast fueled buddy cop dramedy that was Police Breasts, but I managed to actually come up with something I would want to play!Fighting breast cancer, in a real...

  14. El Juego Classico: Maligno, A Steampunk Musical

    Words: Pauper, Succulent, SpliceTitle: Maligno, A Steampunk MusicalAs a mad scientist trying to take over the world, Industrial Era London has become your playground. Build your notoriety and take down superheroes of the day (prominent members of parliament in costume). With a unique dynamic...

  15. El Juego 14: Se-Dated

    Words: Catcall, Daring, SingTitle: Se-DatedAlex's hard drive committed suicide this week, and as such there's no full Crunch Time episode to entertain you all! In its stead, I've invited Brendan back for another fun El Juego!As a drunk bar patron, you're reached the stage where you no longer...

  16. El Juego 13: In Me You Trust

    Words: Marker, Broke, WorkingTitle: In Me You TrustSpecial guest, head of Activision's social media initiative Dan Amrich joins us today for an absolute blast of an El Juego! As a young con artist, you've always skirted the law. Upon realizing nobody in your town was all too bright, you begin an...

  17. El Juego 12: The Greater Good

    Words: Tea, Enthusiastic, EraseTitle: The Greater GoodUnfortunately due to events that transpired earlier in the week, Dan Amrich was unable to join us, but look for him on again in the future!As a time traveler, you make it your mission to correct the global problems currently facing the planet....

  18. El Juego 11: Path To Redemption (Special Guest: Matthew LoPresti)

    Words: Proposition, Rosy, PreachTitle: Path To RedemptionThis week we have special guest Matthew LoPresti, designer at Powerhead Games, developers of the new hit Glow Artisan for DSiWare!You've done horrible things. As a committer of the 7 cardinal sins, you seek redemption at your church. In...

  19. El Juego 10: Grubopolis (Special Guest: Gian Cruz)

    Words: Puffball, Frosted, Digest Title: Grubopolis This week we have special guest Gian Cruz, co-founder of FeelEveryYummy and designer on the new iPhone (soon to be iPad) title Bongo Blitz! There is a VERY special giveaway in this episode: get a free copy of Bongo Blitz AND get your favorite…

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  20. El Juego 9: Good Robot, Bad Robot

    Words: Box, Plastic, PoisonTitle: Good Robot, Bad RobotToys. Everyone loved them, but boy have safety standards become lax! As a customs sorting robot, its your responsibility to get safe toys into the market, and weed out hazardous ones. Will you take company bribes to an extreme and be forced…

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  21. El Juego 8: The Khariers

    As a family of people under the weather, you often get those around you quite sick! Try and infect your cohorts in social settings, and keep track of your progress via a stylized overhead HUD. Work quickly, manage the germaphobes, and make the leaderboards for the most infected in the time…

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  22. El Juego 7: Dinosauria

    You're in the jungle in the dead of night, when a beckoning roar flushes early birds from their nests, and the beat of your impending doom stomps forward. You look to your herd, tiny Compsognathus' (Compys), and decide to run back home. You are playing Dinosauria, an open world Dinosaur…

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  23. El Juego 6: Bear Pack

    Hola! El Juego numero 6 is here, in all its wild glory! Embrace your inner bear and embark on this epic quest to travel north. Action packed with thunderstorms, flash floods, forest fires, hunters, and more, we refuse to let you hibernate (unless you are between areas). Recruit a friend to join…

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  24. El Juego 5: Bon Appetit

    Welcome to El Juego Numero Cinco! How would you like to outcook your friends on a path to culinary exillence? What about losing a few pounds and eating healthier while saving money? Introducing Bon Appetit, the latest Project Natal branded game show from Microsoft, featuring connected cooking...

  25. El Juego 4: Tic

    Welcome to El Juego Numero Quatro! Mid week El Juego is back! Ever feel weird in life? What if you knew you were insane? That's the challenge we pose you with today on El Juego. Control your outward appearance and remain normal to make the voices go away this week!

  26. El Juego 3: Planeshift

    Welcome to El Juego Numero Tres! We’ve got something of a smorgasbord of game ideas today (ironically, a trio) of really original concepts. Some really neat stuff to think about today!

  27. El Juego 2: Music Face & Document Restorer 3 (Special Guest: Martin Hollis)

    Welcome to El Juego Numero Dos! We’ve got an amazing guest this week! Martin Hollis, former head of software at Rare, director of Goldneye, and founder of Zoonami joins us for this fantastic double feature! We’re going to keep these shows in the same podcast feed, so no need to subscribe to...

  28. El Juego 1: Taut Pull

    Welcome to El Juego Numero Uno! We’re going to keep these shows in the same podcast feed, so no need to subscribe to something new! We’d love to have your feedback on this new mini-show, so send us an email! Info is below.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

3 Words, 2 Hosts, 1 Developer. 15 minutes. 1 amazing new game. El Juego is a podcast presented by the IGDA.

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Jack Bogdan & Alex Griendling

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3 Words, 2 Hosts, 1 Developer. 15 minutes. 1 amazing new game. El Juego is a podcast presented by the IGDA.

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