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Episodes: 174
May 1, 2021
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Join Alanah Pearce (game writer), Mike Bithell (game director), and Austin Wintory (game composer) as they talk about all the games, movies, TV and 'whatever else' that took their interest that week, from three unique perspectives in the games industry.
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172. Mike talks TRON: Catalyst! (& Alanah learns to code)
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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171. A Chat to the Creator of Blue Prince!
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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170. We love Blue Prince (but maybe won't finish it, is that okay?)
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May 24, 2025 |
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169. From The Banner Saga to Towerborne (ft. Arnie Jorgensen)
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May 08, 2025 |
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168. Our Nintendo Switch 2 Reactions!
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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167. Lay-Offs, Microsoft's new AI (sorry, Phil), and Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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166. Talking to Eternal Strands director Mike Laidlaw!
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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165. The Studio Making Four Games A YEAR!? (ft. Xalavier Nelson)
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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164. The State of Video Games in 2025
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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163. Game Design Challenges & the Indiana Jones Game!
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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162. Can Indies Save The Games Industry?
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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161. Should DLC Be Nominated for Game of the Year?
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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160. We Love 11 Bit Studios
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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159. Star Wars: Outlaws and Bugs in Video Games
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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158. Should Games Cost More?
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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157. This Episode is Mostly About The Expanse
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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156. GamePass gets a Price Increase
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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155. Alanah is Suddenly Obsessed with 1993's Myst
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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154. Our thoughts on Summer Game Fest... & Music Licensing
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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153. Games Journalism is Very, Very Broken
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May 29, 2024 |
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152. The Fallout TV Show ft. Tim Cain (the creator of Fallout!)
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May 11, 2024 |
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151. From Actor to Game Director!
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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150. WE TURN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY!
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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149. This year's GDC
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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148. TikTok Ban, Kate Middleton, Dune 2 & More!
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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147. Even More Games Industry Lay-Offs
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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146. Games We Wish We Could Play Again for the First Time
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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145. Zoom of Theseus
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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144. The Gang Has an Existential Crisis
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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143. What is "game direction", anyway?
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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142. The Lay-Offs (& Our Favourite Things of the Year)
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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141. The Fall of the House of Usher ft. Rahul Kohli & Andy Grush!
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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140. Unity's CEO Resigned
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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139. We Have Questions About Starfield's Design
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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138. Explaining the Unity Engine drama ft. Rami Ismail
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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137. The Games Industry and Communication
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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136. Taylor Swift and Stray Gods (ft. Liam Esler!)
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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135. Austin talks Stray Gods
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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134. Who is the Apple Vision Pro for?
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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133. Zelda and When Players Over-Think Puzzles
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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132. Tron: Identity and Stray Gods
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May 06, 2023 |
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131. Physics in Zelda and E3 got Cancelled
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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130. Troy on playing James in The Last of Us
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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129. Games Industry Networking & Rocksteady's Suicide Squad
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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128. Austin on Why Assassin's Creed Won at the Grammys
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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127. The Last of Us TV Show Episode 3
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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126. The Menu (again), Fine Dining, and The Last of Us Ep. 2
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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125. Programming, The Menu (a little), & The Last of Us ep. 1
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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124. The Last of Us TV Show Premiere, Reviews, and Games as Movies
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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123. AI Art (Again) & The Last of US TV Show
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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122. Game Awards & The Mick Gordon Doom Eternal Situation
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Dec 10, 2022 |
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121. Why You Can't Pause/Rewind Video Game Cutscenes
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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120. This is an Episode of This Show
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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119. God of War Ragnarok Review Scores
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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118. Halloween Special ft. Andor
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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117. A Mike and Austin Special
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Oct 08, 2022 |
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116. Austin Scored Thai Cave Rescue
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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115. Wishlist Tron: Identity from Bithell Games
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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114. Three Men Talking About Nothing
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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113. Pentiment's Text and Accessibility, plus GamesCom News
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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112. Batgirl's Cancellation Happens in Games, too
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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111. Let's talk about Prey
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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110. The Offer, and Knowing if your Work is Good
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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109. The Boys Season 3!
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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108. God of War Ragnarok Got a Release Date
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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107. BioShock Infinite, Floppy Disks, and Actors
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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106. TMNT: Shredder's Revenge and the cost of Pixel Art
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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105. Fort Solis, Summer Game Fest, and Alanah's Directing Debut
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Jun 18, 2022 |
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104. Troy on Love, Death + Robots
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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103. Black Mirror, Batman, and Obi-Wan
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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102. Elden Ring, Play-Testing, and Left-Footedness
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May 21, 2022 |
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101. Gotham Knights and Shady Contracts
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May 14, 2022 |
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100. EPISODE 100 SPECIAL!
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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99. Are Game Devs Forced to Make Games Longer?
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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98. I don't know, GDC or something
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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97. Journey's 10 Year Anniversary
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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96. Why Did Epic Games Buy Bandcamp?
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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95. What We Do at DICE (in-person episode!)
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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94. Does Nintendo Need a New Mario Kart?
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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93. Alanah Saw American Psycho
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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92. How Well Do First-Party Exclusives Actually Sell?
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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91. The Pros and Cons of Microsoft Buying Activision Blizzard
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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90. Troy's NFT Tweet
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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89. Let's Talk About The Matrix Resurrections
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Jan 08, 2022 |
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88. Our Favorite Gaming Moments of 2021
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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87. What NTFs Actually Mean For Gaming
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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86. Do Game Awards = Respect?
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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85. I'm Sorry About This Episode
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Dec 11, 2021 |
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84. IGN's "Call Of Duty Fans Reveal Why They Aren't Buying Vanguard"
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Dec 04, 2021 |
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83. We Really Liked Ghostbusters: Afterlife
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Nov 27, 2021 |
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82. What Makes Games So Expensive?
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Nov 20, 2021 |
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81. Wtf is 2021's Game of the Year?
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Nov 13, 2021 |
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80. Chris Pratt is in Everything, says Troy Baker
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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79. We Really Love Midnight Mass
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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78. Hard Work vs Talent
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Oct 02, 2021 |
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77. Demo Disks, Game Design, and DEATHLOOP (really)
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Sep 25, 2021 |
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76. I Just Want to Talk About Deathloop
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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75. Games Need Trailers Like The Matrix
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Sep 11, 2021 |
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74. The Cost of Voice Acting in Video Games
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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73. Austin Scored Aliens: FireTeam Elite!
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Aug 28, 2021 |
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72. The Boyfriend Dungeon Controversy
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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71. Tencent, Censorship & Elaborate Setups
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Jul 31, 2021 |
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70. Kotaku's Recent Headlines
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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69. When Writing Is Too Videogamey
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Jul 17, 2021 |
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68. The Future of Indie Games (plus Mike & Troy use too many towels)
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Jul 03, 2021 |
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67. Can Gameplay Out-Do Bad Writing?
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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66. Troy Moved House
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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65. God of War on PS4 AND PS5?
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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64. The Games Industry Without E3
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May 29, 2021 |
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63. Are Returnal and Mass Effect Competing?
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May 21, 2021 |
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62. Troy Baker, Austin Wintory, & Mike Bithell Interview Each Other
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May 15, 2021 |
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61. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
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May 07, 2021 |
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60. Mortal Kombat (but not the movie)
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May 01, 2021 |
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59. What Makes a Good Performer
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Apr 24, 2021 |
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58. How QA Works
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Apr 17, 2021 |
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57. How to Audition for Voice Acting Roles
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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56. Are Game Devs Lazy?
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Mar 27, 2021 |
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55. What Makes "Bad" Game Design?
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Mar 20, 2021 |
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54. Video Game Languages and Star Trek
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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53. This Year's BAFTA Games Nominees
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Mar 06, 2021 |
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52. Why Games Use Motion Blur
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Feb 27, 2021 |
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51. We Are (not) Scientists
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Feb 20, 2021 |
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50. CD Projekt's Data Breach & Warner Bros' Patent
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Feb 13, 2021 |
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49. Jumping on Trains
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Feb 06, 2021 |
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48. The Last of Us Part 2's 200+ Awards
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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47. We're Excited for a New James Bond Game
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Jan 23, 2021 |
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46. Lucasfilm Games Returns!
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Jan 16, 2021 |
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45. Is The Mandalorian is "Good" Fan Service?
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Jan 09, 2021 |
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44. Four Different Opinions on Pixar's "Soul"
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Jan 02, 2021 |
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43. Let's try to talk about Cyberpunk 2077
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Dec 19, 2020 |
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42. The 2020 Game Awards
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Dec 12, 2020 |
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41. Death of Theaters & How Scalpers Work
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Dec 05, 2020 |
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40. We're Thankful For Video Games (live)
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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39. This episode is mostly about toilets
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Nov 21, 2020 |
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38. How Open-World Games Actually Function
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Nov 14, 2020 |
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37.2 Politicians and Social Media (BONUS EPISODE)
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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37. Video Games Are "Empathy Machines"
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Nov 08, 2020 |
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What Makes Good Horror?
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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35. How To Work in Games
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Oct 24, 2020 |
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34. We Let Austin Talk About Music
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Oct 17, 2020 |
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33. Mike Released a New Game!
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Oct 10, 2020 |
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32. How Developers Take Feedback
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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31. Mike Announced A Video Game
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Sep 26, 2020 |
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30. Live PAX Special!
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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29. Our PS5 Price Predictions
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Sep 12, 2020 |
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28. How Backwards Compatibility Works
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Sep 05, 2020 |
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27. Our Reaction to The Batman (and death)
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Aug 29, 2020 |
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26. The Epic v Apple War
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Aug 22, 2020 |
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25. The Nintendo Leaks, and Crunch Culture
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Aug 16, 2020 |
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24. Video Game Writing and "Morally Grey" Characters
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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23. How Game Pass Works For Developers
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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22. Why Ghost of Tsushima's Lip Sync Is Off
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Jul 25, 2020 |
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21. The "Transformers" of Video Games
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Jul 18, 2020 |
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20. Should Games Be More Expensive?
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Jul 11, 2020 |
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19. Are Video Games Too Long?
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Jul 04, 2020 |
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18. The Design of The Last of Us Part 2
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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17. Discussing Review Scores, As Developers
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Jun 20, 2020 |
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16. Reacting to the PS5 Conference
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Jun 13, 2020 |
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Play, Watch, Listen: Episode for Friday June 5th, 2020
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Jun 06, 2020 |
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15. Anticipating The Last of Us Part 2
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May 30, 2020 |
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14. How Games and Films Influence Eachother
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May 23, 2020 |
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13. How the Unreal Engine 5 Demo Works
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May 16, 2020 |
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12. The Doom Eternal vs. Mick Gordon Controversy
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May 09, 2020 |
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11. Is Final Fantasy 7 really a "remake"?
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May 02, 2020 |
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10. The "rules" of making games
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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9. What do "game directors" actually do?
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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8. The Games That "Saved" Us
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Apr 11, 2020 |
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7. Are Game Trailers Tricking You?
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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6. Troy, Mike, and Austin React to Let's Plays of Their Games
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Mar 28, 2020 |
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5. Pandemic vs. Games Industry: the facts
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Mar 21, 2020 |
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4. Should Sonic Have Changed For Angry Fans?
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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3. Why Games REALLY Get Delayed
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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2. Are Game Awards Completely Pointless?
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Dec 27, 2019 |
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1. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is ALMOST a good game.
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Dec 20, 2019 |