GDC 2026 Special (Part 1)
#425
This year's GDC Special is a big one. So big that this episode is over 2 hours long... and it's only part 1 (but your nice hosts don't know that yet)!
2026.04.02
It's a gamedev podcast!
The show where nice gamedevs Lydia Symchych, Mark LaCroix, and Stephen McGregor (with friends and guests) talk gaming and game development!
- Cozy Games
- Fast Travel
#424
In this Episode, Ian once again joins the clubhouse as Dale and Mark are off on a nerdy vacation.
2026.03.26
Nice Games Jam
#423
Watch out, Clubhouse! Evil Games Club is out of the air vents and back in orbit to interrupt your regularly scheduled Nice Programming.
2026.03.19
Tabletop Special
#422
While Mark is off on a Star Trek cruise, the rest of your nice hosts invite Lydia's husband Ian Peters to discuss tabletop games, specifically RPGs!
2026.03.12
"We need more train service in this country." What We Did On Our Winter Break (2025-26)
#421
Your nice hosts had an eventful time off from new episodes, but now they're back! So yeah, this is a long one...
2026.03.05
with Mark DeLoura
Mark DeLoura's decades-long career in games includes roles ranging from Nintendo engineer to White House senior advisor.
2026.02.26
- Emotional Effects of Music
- A New Foe Has Appeared!
Mark rushes through the introduction to talk about his two rush projects, one of which, Blippo+, was announced on Sunday during the PC Gaming Show!
2026.02.19
Nice Games Jam
The clubhouse gets Cretaceous this week; your nice hosts have been challenged to create a game about dinosaurs and their feeding habits.
2026.02.12
Nice Thinking
Stephen Business is back! And he’s attempting to make a meme into a reality. The clubhouse attempts to answer these (and other) questions:
2026.02.05
with Freya Holmér
We welcome Freya Holmér back into the clubhouse to talk about 3D game development for independent game developers.
2026.01.29
- What Happened With Future Club
- Design Surface Area
Your nice hosts all secured a Switch 2 pre-order... from a certain point of view. Then, Stephen examines the body, Mark attempts a vocabulary, and Lydia has recommendations.
2026.01.22
Nice Games Jam
Roles reverse as Dale joins Stephen and Lydia for a Nice Game Jam prompted by Mark. The results are an antiques-fueled jaunt through time, and an unexpected win for Stephen.
2026.01.15
with Haley MacLeon
Your nice hosts get a crash course on video game IP law from lawyer and MinnMax cohort, Haley MacLeon.
2026.01.08
- Composting
- Overdesigning
Ellen's back for a serendipitously in-sync pair of metacognition-rich roundtable topics.
2026.01.01
with Lydia Symchych
All of your hosts are together in the Clubhouse for a special interview! Lydia Symchych is an impact game designer who has been working with Ellen over the last year.
2025.12.25