- Verisimilitude
- Indie Game Credits
Your nice hosts' pronunciation is on point this week as they say a really hard word a large number of times!
2023.02.02
Nice Replay
Nice Thinking
This week, we invite our first guest for Nice Thinking! Adam Clewes-Boyne is putting together an initiative for neurodiversity advocacy and education in the games industry, specifically focused on ADHD.
2023.01.26
- Learning to Use Tools
- Co-Op Games
As the podcast approaches its fifth anniversary, your hosts get a little (more) frivolous.
2023.01.19
with Andrew Eiche
Your nice hosts talk to Andrew Eiche, COO at Owlchemy Labs (Job Simulator, Vacation Simulator, Cosmonious High) about the state of VR in 2022, and where VR and VR development tools may be going in the coming years.
2023.01.12
Nice Games Jam
Game designer Osama Dorias returns to the clubhouse to help design a game that can be played remotely, and provides some (much needed?) structure to the Nice Games Jam process.
2023.01.05
with Alina Matson
This week we're joined by Alina Matson, developer of Fitment—a microworkout app designed with cozy gamers in mind.
2022.12.29
with Katrina Ostrander and Jon Kiehne
Your nice hosts (Ellen, mainly) conduct a double-interview, with a consummate professional and a committed amateur, on the subject of game design though the lens of tabletop game mastering.
2022.12.22
- Curling
- Off-Ramps
2022.12.15
Nice Thinking
It's Stephen's turn at Nice Thinking, our new episode format where we brainstorm around a single concept someone brings into the clubhouse. Get ready for your first contact with the Sledgehammer Bride!
2022.02.10
with Osama Dorias
It's back to basics this week as we welcome Osama Dorias, lead game designer on the upcoming Gotham Knights at WB Games Montréal, to talk about his multi-year journey of making games with his kids, and what it taught him about h
2022.02.03
Nice Thinking
After many months of recording over Discord (or together in Mark's and Dale's apartment), Nice Games Club is finding a new place to meet. Well, "finding" isn't really the right word. Mark and Dale are making it happen.
2022.01.27
- Ethical Consumption
- Grind
Holly Harrison, aka "Best Friend of the Show," is back in the clubhouse! And we recorded this episode in person again! Can you tell? It probably comes through in the goofs...
2022.01.20
Nice Games Jam
This week your nice hosts have a rowdy game jam. Dale gave us a prompt: Create a matching game with a puzzle element. The puzzle must be "what matches first" and bonus points if there's cats.
2022.01.13
“My face is over here.” Special In-Person Special
Your vaccinated hosts return to the clubhouse to record their first in-person episode in over a year. This one's for us, but you might like it, too.
2022.01.06
with Adam Davis
Can games be used for therapeutic purposes? Absolutely! In this episode we talk with Adam Davis, therapeutic Game Master, and a co-founder and executive director of Game to Grow, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
2021.12.30