Game Development Annual Holiday Game Design – Thanksgiving 2018 ToddMitchell, November 22, 2018July 11, 2024 Happy Thanksgiving! In this special holiday episode, we give thanks for tremendous opportunities we’ve had this year, and for so many kind words from the community. In keeping with tradition, we come up with holiday-themed design concepts and follow them as far as we dare down the rabbit hole. What… Continue Reading
Culture Religion, Metallica, and NBA Jam ToddMitchell, November 19, 2018July 11, 2024 Happy Thanksgiving week! In this episode, Todd shares the story about how two awesome arcade machines ended up in his basement and shares what he’s thankful for (in addition to these awesome machines). Continue Reading
Game Development The World of Pico-8 ToddMitchell, November 12, 2018July 11, 2024 At last! We’ve certainly discussed Pico-8 enough on the podcast to warrant this top-to-bottom look at Pico-8 in general, which includes a walkthrough of my latest Pico-8 project, Letterworks, from design to submission. If you’re an audio show listener, you may want to set aside a few minutes to check this one… Continue Reading
Game Development The Predator’s Code ToddMitchell, November 7, 2018July 11, 2024 John Schiber returns for Season 2! For once, we’re each playing a new release: John has jumped on his horse and has high praise for Red Dead Redemption 2, I’ve scratched my Call of Duty itch and downloaded Black Ops 4. For the first time in the history of the show, we’ve both… Continue Reading
Game Development Season 2 Intro ToddMitchell, November 4, 2018July 11, 2024 Welcome back! Just an informal sit-down to talk about the state of the podcast, how we set things up for Season 2, and some of the cool stuff we’re working on in the coming months. Now is the time to subscribe and get in touch! Help make this the show… Continue Reading
Humor Who is Video James? ToddMitchell, July 20, 2018July 11, 2024 It’s all about who you know, unless you’re not even the kind of guy who should be bothering that person. Continue Reading
Culture Reach Out and Sue Someone ToddMitchell, July 2, 2018July 11, 2024 Since we left off, my house was on HGTV for whatever reason, I moved the site to a shiny new server, and I never ended up telling John I was going to go ahead and record this episode without him. Sorry John. Continue Reading
Culture A Deep Dive into Bethesda’s Lawsuit Against Warner Bros. and Behaviour Interactive ToddMitchell, June 24, 2018July 11, 2024 This certainly looks better for one side than the other… Continue Reading
Game Development Organization and Productivity ToddMitchell, May 16, 2018July 11, 2024 Since the start of the new year I’ve focused on coordinating content for our listeners that would improve their craft in a more direct and measurable way. We’ve hit on some popular topics since that time. Thinking like an entrepreneur, promoting your indie game, and accessibility all seemed to resonate… Continue Reading
Game Development Designing for Accessibility ToddMitchell, May 10, 2018July 11, 2024 John returns at last following the birth of his second child! Upon getting back down to business this week, we started in on a topic we should have covered much sooner: accessibility in game design. I’ve always thought it was odd, some of the political baggage that gets heaped on… Continue Reading