Prototyping, party selection, and managing a team with Archangel Softworks (Ep. 40)

Appealing Video Game Worlds with Merlino Games Founder Antonio Freyre (Ep. 39)

Grammy-Nominated Cody Matthew Johnson on Life, Creativity, & Getting Into Video Game Music (Ep. 38)

From Resident Evil to Star Wars: How Cody Matthew Johnson approaches music making (Ep. 37)

How indie game Shroom and Gloom drove 125k+ wishlists (Ep. 36)

How do indie horror games get made? (Ep. 35)

How do indie game studios get funded? (Ep. 34)

Game Writing & Narrative Design - A Game Dev Chat with Kate Gray (Hello Kitty Island Adventure)

Video Game Writing & Narrative Design with Anna C. Webster (Freelance Writer)

Hollow Knight's Technical Director David Kazi talks game dev and starting his own studio

How We Write Music, Talent vs. Skill, Music Theory, & More - A Chat with Terran (Outbound Drift)

Solo Dev, Streaming, & Community Building - A Chat with Fletch (XTRIS, Canyon Crisis, & more)

Pacific Drive Writer Paul Dean talks Craftsmanship, Curiosity, & Teamwork

A Studio Lead, Games Journalist, and Composer Walk Into a Room...

What it's like working on MMOs and live service games

Compassion, Ascension, & Abandonment in Shadow of the Erdtree

Game Devs' Current Games, Favourite Games, & Future Games

The Charm and Cheekiness of Paper Mario

New Games & Old Games to Return to in 2024

A Narrative Retrospective on Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and 3

Resident Evil's journey of re-invention and returning to its roots

The Comfort and Chaos of Player-Led Narratives

Narrative Design That Can Only Be Experienced Through a Video Game

Story Predictions for Upcoming Games, Currently Playing, & Community Questions

How Video Game Music Shapes Narratives

Lore, Loss, & Difficulty as a Tool for Storytelling in Elden Ring

Life Lessons from Video Games

Humility, Community, and Having the Courage to Try Again

Healing, Grief, & Responding to a Terrible Fate in Majora's Mask

Resident Evil & Why Survival Horror isn't Meant to be Difficult

Existentialism, Free Will, and Why Androids Wear Blindfolds in NieR: Automata

Hope, Despair, and Finding Meaning in Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers & Endwalker

Trust and Betrayal in A Link to the Past

Hollow Knight: Tragedy, Irony, & the Meaning of Not Being Hollow (with Sherveen)

Pokémon Gold & Silver: Paving your own Narrative, Dark & Creepy Themes, and Finally Evolving Pikachu

Breath of the Wild: Freedom in Story and Design & Hopes for Tears of the Kingdom (with Ren)

NieR Replicant: Souls, Sapience, and the Endbringer

Xenoblade Chronicles: The Art of Foreshadowing and Misdirection

Final Fantasy VII & Remake: Identity, Destiny, and Tragedy

Metroid Dread: Fear, Isolation, and the Justification of Samus' Anger

Ocarina of Time: Community, Sorrow, and Growing Up