Roundtable

  • Fun in Games
  • Porting Your Game
#175

Your nice hosts talk big picture and get deep into the weeds this week. Mark runs Flash at 60fps on the Switch, Ellen makes a Star Trek reference, and Stephen wants more games that aren't fun.

2020.05.19
 
  • Economies
  • Ergonomics
#173

Mark gets back to Metro Nexus, Stephen explores the strange land where in-game and real-world economics overlap, and Ellen makes sure we have good posture.

2020.05.13
 
  • Ending Projects
  • Starting Projects
#171

Martha has a big announcement, Mark tells the story of Babylon 5, and Stephen owes everyone a hug. Also, Ellen is back in the (distributed) clubhouse with her own big news!

2020.04.21
 
  • Redundancy
  • Arcades
#170

Ellen Burns-Johnson joins us once again in the virtual club house to discuss Redundancy and Arcades! Ellen teaches us about how we learn, Mark balances the game, Martha only plays the best character, and Stephen has a revelation.

2020.04.14
 
  • Working From Home
  • Games to Play While Social Distancing
#169

Your Nice Hosts are still recording remotely while we physically distance ourselves! We talk about our new normal and give each other advice on Working From Home and Games to Play while we stay inside.

2020.04.02
 
  • Unlocks
  • Case Study (Mutazione & Later Alligator)
#163

This week, Stephen is crowned the new King of Transitions, Martha gets around to playing two games she'd been meaning to for awhile, and Mark briefly impersonates a saxophone.

2020.03.25
 
  • Naming Things
  • Rhythm Games
#166

This week on Nice Games Club, we talk about Naming Things and Rhythm Games! Stephen lays down a beat, Martha brings up fuzzy math, and Mark uses every excuse to talk about Star Trek.

2020.03.18
 
  • Day-One Patches
  • Crunch
#165

Your nice hosts finally get around to some classic topics in this week's episode.

2020.03.10
 
  • Calendar Math (Production Schedules)
  • Calendar Math (Real Time in Games)
#159

This week on the show, your nice hosts take two very different in-depth approaches to a topic that pops up a lot on the show:  the ever-challenging calendar math!

2019.12.03
 
  • Localization
  • Navigation
  • Dale’s Additional Travel Tips
#156

Nice Games Club Social Media Manager (and Evil Games Co-host) Dale LaCroix joins us to discuss Localization and Navigation, both in games and IRL. Is Google Translate enough for your game? Will your awesome pun work in Spanish?

2019.11.12
 
  • Finding Fidelity
  • Taking Feedback
#154

Mark is away this week, so Ellen Burns-Johnson joins us once again as a guest host!

2019.10.29
 
  • Multi-Generational Gaming
  • Noble Failures
#153

It's story time this week in the clubhouse. Featuring updates on projects from Martha, endless family game fights with Stephen, and Mark's shady past as a rhythm game DJ (he needed the money, but there was no money).

2019.10.22
 
  • Holistic Game Design
  • Work/Life Balance
#151

Your nice hosts catch up on all the game releases that gamedev Twitter was going on about during the last few weeks.

2019.10.08
 
  • XOXO Festival
  • Randomization
#148

This week Martha just got back from the XOXO Festival and Conference in Portland! She gives a run down of all the cool video game related content and what it was like to be there.

2019.09.17
 
  • Rumble
  • Making Games for Spaces
#147

It's still Wednesday in the clubhouse, which means an extra-long meta section where your nice hosts discuss showing off games at the recent 2DCon convention, Martha maturing both as a person and a culture, and what it feels like to have

2019.09.10