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The show where nice gamedevs Ellen Burns-Johnson, Mark LaCroix, and Stephen McGregor (with friends and guests) talk gaming and game development!

GDC 2024 Special (Part 1)
#341

Some of your nice hosts, plus some nice guest hosts, traveled to San Fransisco last week for the 2024 Game Developers Conference. There was so much to see and do and it ended up being too much for just one episode...

2024.03.28
 
  • Partnering Up
  • Control Flow
#339

It's our first roundtable of the year! And did you know that Minneapolis is "partnered up" with Saint Paul? Stephen's not sure what either of these topics have to do with game development, but don't worry—we get there.

2024.03.22
 
Nice Games Jam
#338

The clubhouse is caffeinated and ready to jam, game jam that is.

2024.03.11
 
"The Roboston Sessions"
#337

We're all back in the clubhouse for the first episode of 2024!

2024.03.07
 
with Rick Stemm

In this episode your nice hosts welcome Rick Stemm of PikPok to the clubhouse to talk about what happens after a game gets greenlit.

2024.02.29
 
  • Secrets & Easter Eggs
  • Player Trust

In this episode, Mark makes up a reason to take a road trip, Ellen outwits everyone, and Stephen was also there.

2024.02.22
 
  • CSS
  • Skill Trees

Dale learned a lot while editing this episode.

2024.02.08
 
  • Branding & Iconography
  • The Ethics of Engagement

It's spooky season! Stephen is SO over it, but he can't escape all the scary stuff happening in this week's episode.

2024.02.01
 
Nice Games Jam

It's been a while but your nice hosts come up with a game in roughly an hour, this one for the cat owners out there! After a fairly long meta, we get into the mind of a cat and design a competitive game for them to play.

2024.01.25
 
Much Ado About Unity (with Freya Holmér)

Earlier today, Unity issued an update to their controversial "runtime fee" policy introduced last week. What changed? What didn't? How could this have even happened? What does it mean going forward? Can we ever trust Unity again?

2024.01.18
 
  • Pre-production
  • Idle Games

Your nice hosts start off strong with an excellently performed intro, and it just gets better from there! 

2024.01.11
 
with Zach Barth

Your nice hosts invite Zachtronics founder Zach Barth to discuss the closing of the studio and the logistics of moving on from that.

2024.01.04
 
Cheating (omnibus edition)

This year, Ellen thought a lot about cheating in games. So your nice hosts kept doing episodes about it. Three in total over this last summer.

2023.12.28
 
Nicest of 2023
#336

The clubhouse continues the annual tradition of reviewing the past year. But first they need to talk about Doctor Who and new Minnesota state flag.

2023.12.21