2021
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Video Game Patents: Good or Evil?
A new patent granted to Warner Bros. has many asking why patents are issued in the game industry at all. We’ll look…
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Opinion: Ori Director’s Potshots Are a Bad Look
A locked ResetEra post by Thomas Mahler is making the rounds because of its scathing industry commentary, and it’s not the first…
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Some Great Retro Music Tools Died With Flash. Now What?
After a history nearly as long as the internet itself, Adobe finally discontinued support for Flash after December 31, 2020. Now Flash…
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Journalism’s Worst Trend Has Reached Games
Do you know who wrote the last gaming article you read? Do you know how or why they wrote it? In this…
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BBC Micro Bot Invites You to Learn BASIC Like It’s 1985
If you ever think about what it was like to code in the 8-bit glory days but shudder at the era’s inconveniences,…
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Culture and Catastrophe
A popular studio’s future is in question amid allegations of inappropriate behavior stemming from the highest levels of management. We discuss what’s…
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On Dreams and Design Iteration
An alternative philosophy to consider when projects and other collaborations break down, and a look at how Hasbro took a collection of…
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James Ross of Monster Finger Games
Alien Scumbags designer and developer, James Ross, calls in to discuss his game’s early success and some of the unique ways he’s…
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Photos of Peter Moore and More
For a change of pace, we go back and follow up on a set of previous news stories to see where things…
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State of the Pod 2021
We’ve endured the nightmares of 2020 and grabbed every small victory possible along the way. Time to regroup and look ahead.
