All Episodes

070: Arco and Anthology

069: What Makes Games Replayable?

068: Our Most Played Games (And Why)

Interview: Nic Tringali of The Banished Vault (Part Two)

Interview: Nic Tringali of The Banished Vault

Interview: Josh Sawyer of Pentiment

2023 Season Intro

Developer Interview - Elliot Hudson Part 2

Developer Interview: Elliot Hudson of Blackbird Interactive

Developer Interview: Rami Ismail

Developer Interview: Stephen Danton of 2 Ton Studios

Mechanics and Morality in the City Builder

Unto the End

Deck Builders: UI and Mechanics

Breaking Down Hardspace: Shipbreaker

Steam Deck and the Soviet Concrete Simulator

Norco - Part Two

Norco - Part One

The Experience of Music in Games

Music in Games - Part One

What Games Are You Glad You Played?

Weird West - immersive(ish) sim

Planes, Trucks and Mercenaries

Highfleet, Hitman, Cyperpunk and Kinds of Immersion

Value Systems: Paradox Strategy Games and The Sims

Value Systems: Civilization

User Interfaces

UI, UX, VR, and What We've Been Playing

Emergent Narrative Continued...

Emergent Narrative: Battle Brothers

Survival Games - Final Thoughts

Surviving Space

Survival games: What are we surviving for?

Introduction to Survival Games

Gaming News - Subscriptions, Acquisitions, Changing Demographics

What We've Been Playing

Part Two: The Future of Storytelling

Part One: The Future of Storytelling

Part Two: Giving Players Authorship in Systemic Games

Part One: Giving Players Authorship in Systemic Games: Return to Dwarf Fortress

Part Two: How Game Storytellers Collaborate With the Player

Part One: How Game Storytellers Collaborate With the Player

Tools for Authoring Games

Why Stories in Games Don't Work

Why Stories in Games Work

What We've Been Playing

Season 2 Intro

Ep. 25: 2020 Ludo Awards, Part 2

Ep. 24: 2020 Ludo Awards, Part 1

Ep. 23: UI and Dramatic Constraints

Ep. 22: UI as Embodiment

Ep. 21: Intro to GUI

Ep. 20: Space Games, Part 3

Special Episode: Election Week 2020

Ep. 19: Space Games, Part 2

Ep. 18: Space Games, Part 1

Ep. 17: Low-Fi Art Styles, Part 2

Ep. 16: Low-Fi Art Styles

Ep. 15: Cooperative Multiplayer

Ep. 14: Massively Multiplayer Games

Ep. 13: Environmental Multiplayer

Ep. 12: Competitive Multiplayer

Ep. 11: Special Episode: Fascism at Ubisoft

Ep. 10: Intro to Multiplayer

Ep. 09: The News: COVID, Erosion of Democracy, the DNC

Ep. 08: Politics and Morality Systems

Ep. 07: Mechanics of Narrative Pt. 3

Ep. 06: Mechanics of Narrative Pt. 2

Ep. 05: Mechanics of Narrative

Ep. 04: Intro to Narrative

Ep. 03: State of the World

Ep. 02: Battle Royale (Part 2 of 2)

Ep. 01: Battle Royale (Part 1 of 2)

Introduction