Gaming

Topic Category Host or Guest # Episode Starts at
4X Games Game Design, Gaming Martha Megarry, Stephen McGregor 205 "Mindworm husbandry." 0:05:08
Achievements Game Design, Gaming Stephen McGregor 72 "Idea! Idea! Idea! Idea!" 0:08:10
Arcades Gaming, IRL Stephen McGregor 170 "Stephen, his arms wide!" 0:50:39
Bonus Content Gaming, Production Mark LaCroix 229 "The random bobblehead." 0:12:16
Case Study (Mutazione & Later Alligator) Game Design, Gaming Martha Megarry 163 "Please cheat, I don't care." 0:39:26
Character Roleplaying Gaming, Narrative Mark LaCroix 58 "Shaniqua Shepard sounds cool." 0:40:09
Characterization in Pet Management Games Art, Game Design, Gaming Sarah Yu, Beth 290 Characterization in Pet Management Games n/a
Cheating Game Design, Gaming Dale LaCroix 213 Evil Games Club 6! 0:34:48
Cheating, Part 1 Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 310 "What's a little grand larceny?" 0:36:22
Cheating, Part 2 Game Design, Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 316 Cheating, Part 2 0:16:58
Cheating, Part 3 Gaming, IRL, Programming Ellen Burns-Johnson 318 "Sad or fascinating?" 0:12:26
Co-op Games Gaming Stephen McGregor 36 "Maybe a Zeldo." 0:29:40
Companion Characters Game Design, Gaming Stephen McGregor 312 "Ask your friends." 0:46:22
Competition Gaming Stephen McGregor 24 "I trolled myself." 0:43:20
Completionism Gaming Holly Harrison 323 "Sweet, sweet Toronto sounds." 0:09:09
Conferences / Gaming Events (revisited) Events, Gaming Mark LaCroix 57 "This misinformation vortex." One year of Nice Games Club! 0:14:20
Deluxe Editions Gaming, Marketing, Physical Games Ellen Burns-Johnson 238 "Just-In-Time Compiler." 10:04
Designing a Spiritual Successor Game Design, Gaming, Production Dmitry Samartsev, aka Special Bread 279 Designing a Spiritual Successor n/a
DLC and Expansions Gaming, Production Martha Megarry 48 "I do business." 0:02:40
Escapist Games Gaming Dylan Skerbitz 189 Evil Games Club 5! 0:45:46
eSports Events, Gaming Martha Megarry 51 "Right the dang now." 0:30:53
Ethical Consumption Gaming, Misc. Holly Harrison 224 "To whom it may concern." 0:13:06
Exploits Gaming, IRL Stephen McGregor 222 "The anitidote to hype." 0:36:36
Familiarity Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 357 "Gentlemen, is this where the fisticuffs occur?" 0:12:21
Families in Games Gaming Beth Korth, Andy Korth 204 Families in Games n/a
Fanbases Gaming, IRL Martha Megarry 119 "Let Reggie get back to work." 0:16:50
Fighting Games Gaming Stephen McGregor 58 "Shaniqua Shepard sounds cool." 0:08:08
Franchises Gaming, Marketing Ellen Burns-Johnson 243 “The different beams I can do.” 0:52:10
Frustration Game Design, Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 236 "Forged by that experience." 0:10:34
Game Libraries Gaming Martha Megarry 142 "Space ferret seeks PR support." 0:02:49
Game Libraries (revisit) Gaming, Meta Martha Megarry 200 "A Spark Plug." 200th Episode Special 1:46:04
Gamer Motivation Profile Gaming, IRL Adia Alderson 33 Evil Games Club! 0:15:20
Games in Games Game Design, Gaming Mark LaCroix 68 "Videogame turducken." 0:43:35
Games in Other Media Game Design, Gaming, Narrative Ellen Burns-Johnson 195 "Human, play Dom-jot?" 0:15:25
Games to Play While Social Distancing Gaming, IRL Martha Megarry 169 "The new normal." 0:34:14
Games You Get for Free Gaming Stephen McGregor 249 "I got all the moons." 15:00
Gaming Events Events, Gaming Mark LaCroix 1 "We in this." 0:22:38
Gaming Habits Gaming, IRL Mark LaCroix 106 "They don't call it 'full.'" 0:46:05
Grind Game Design, Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 224 "To whom it may concern." 0:47:59
Hidden Information Game Design, Gaming Stephen McGregor 245 "Gamedev is jazz." 0:36:33
Idle Games Game Design, Gaming Mark LaCroix 282 "Today’s the day that I screw things up." 0:31:45
Inspiration from Behavioral Economics Game Design, Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 274 "I’m not coding your game, y’all figure that out." 0:40:58
Loot Boxes Gaming, Marketing Martha Megarry 63 "I have so much feelings..." 0:29:30
Lusory Attitude Gaming, IRL Ellen Burns-Johnson 302 "I love it when you kinda agree." 0:38:51
Mario Kart Gaming Dylan Skerbitz 33 Evil Games Club! 1:22:23
Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games Trenton Greyoak 329 Megagames n/a
Minigames Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 294 "Layers and layers of hair." 0:39:45
Mobile Games Gaming, Hardware Martha Megarry 30 "75% sure." 0:23:34
Modding Gaming Stephen McGregor 103 "Put it in a WordSpace!" 0:05:00
Most Anticipated (for 2022) Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 246 Nicest of 2021 1:10:25
Most Anticipated of 2023 Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson, Holly Harrison 291 Nicest of 2022 0:49:28
Most Anticpated of 2024 Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 336 Nicest of 2023 1:01:08
Multi-Generational Gaming Gaming, IRL Martha Megarry 153 "She also cheats a lot." 0:04:49
Nicest (2021) Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 246 Nicest of 2021 0:43:17
Nicest of 2022 Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson, Holly Harrison 291 Nicest of 2022 0:04:56
Nicest of 2023 Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 336 Nicest of 2023 0:29:11
Nintendo Switch Gaming, Hardware Martha Megarry 24 "I trolled myself." 0:23:49
Nintendo Switch Launch Gaming, Hardware Stephen McGregor 18 GDC 2017 Special (Part 2) 0:19:48
Nostalgia Gaming Stephen McGregor 82 "This is why I subscribe." 0:06:43
Off-Ramps Game Design, Gaming Stephen McGregor 268 "No referees?!" 0:50:00
Platformers Game Design, Gaming Martha Megarry 87 "Not for me I hate them." 0:05:55
Player Friction Game Design, Gaming Stephen McGregor 345 "Everything is everything." 1:08:31
Player Motivations Game Design, Gaming Mark LaCroix 314 "Salt, in everything?" 0:26:57
Pokémon Gaming Martha Megarry 112 "How would I know that?" 0:54:18
Power Fantasies Game Design, Gaming Stephen McGregor 144 "Explosions!" 0:18:08
Pricing Gaming, Marketing Stephen McGregor 177 "How Quality Is It?" 0:59:56
Problematic Games Gaming Sara Ferret, Ajuawak Kapashesit 20 Co-Op Recap: Problematic Games n/a
Racing Games Gaming Martha Megarry 32 "We joke here." 0:53:02
Relaxing Games Game Design, Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 239 "Oh is that Rugrats?" 0:05:30
Roguelikes Game Design, Gaming Stephen McGregor 92 "Who are you wearing? Nintendo." 0:29:45
Save Scumming Game Design, Gaming Stephen McGregor 328 "Smarter, more evolved." 31:57:0
Should we design for Killers? Game Design, Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 270 "Killed the flightmaster, killed the griffin..." 0:49:50
Space Exploration games Gaming Martha Megarry 106 "They don't call it 'full.'" 0:06:18
Speedrunning Gaming Martha Megarry 36 "Maybe a Zeldo." 0:47:42
Splatoon 2, ur, I mean Shooters Gaming Martha Megarry 41 "Proper ones and twos." 1:13:45