IRL

Topic Category Host or Guest # Episode Starts at
What We Did On Our Winter Break (2023) IRL, Meta 337 "The Roboston Sessions" n/a
2024 Gamedev Resolutions IRL Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 336 Nicest of 2023 1:16:13
Our accomplishments IRL Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 336 Nicest of 2023 0:10:30
Creative Career Paths Art, Game Design, IRL, Misc. Will Bredbeck 335 Creative Career Paths n/a
Excerpt from a conversation with Roz Hussin Game Design, IRL, Misc. 330 Serious Play Conference Special 0:45:07
Unity Runtime Fee and Subsequent Policy Correction IRL, Tools Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson, Freya Holmér 324 Much Ado About Unity (with Freya Holmér) n/a
Educating Intuition IRL, Misc. Ellen Burns-Johnson 323 "Sweet, sweet Toronto sounds." 0:52:56
Getting Things Going IRL Rick Stemm 319 Getting Things Going n/a
Cheating, Part 3 Gaming, IRL, Programming Ellen Burns-Johnson 318 "Sad or fascinating?" 0:12:26
Leadership IRL, Production Frani Esquenazi 317 Leadership n/a
Writing for Games IRL, Narrative Anna C Webster 315 Writing for Games n/a
The State of "Dogpile!" IRL, Tabletop Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 311 The State of "Dogpile!" n/a
Licensing IRL, Production Mark LaCroix 310 "What's a little grand larceny?" 0:10:27
Nice Thinking about our future in Board Games IRL 309 The Nice Board Game Industrial Complex, a Nice Games Club Skunkworks Project 0:04:40
Wandering into Game Development IRL Jamaal Sawyer-Dymski, Greg Borreson 305 Wandering into Game Development n/a
Lusory Attitude Gaming, IRL Ellen Burns-Johnson 302 "I love it when you kinda agree." 0:38:51
The Logistics of Moving On IRL, Production Zach Barth 293 The Logistics of Moving On n/a
What We Did On Our Winter Break (2022) IRL, Meta Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 292 "Leveling out the table." n/a
Support Systems IRL Stephen McGregor 276 "Always be the banker." 53:57
Neurodiversity in Gamedev Events, IRL Adam Clewes-Boyne 271 Neurodiversity in Gamedev (with Adam Clewes-Boyne) n/a
Gamedev in Peru IRL, Production Daniela Gamarra 267 Gamedev in Peru n/a
Parasocial Relationships IRL, Narrative Ellen Burns-Johnson 266 "That’s not a friendship!" 0:09:25
Teaching Gamedev to Young People, Again! Game Design, IRL Chris Totten 264 Teaching Gamedev to Young People, Again! n/a
Teaching Gamedev to Young People Game Design, IRL Truman Simpson 263 Teaching Gamedev to Young People n/a
What We Did On Our Winter Break (2022) IRL, Meta Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 248 "Additional things and stuff." n/a
Gamedev Resolutions / What We're Working On (for 2022) IRL Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 246 Nicest of 2021 1:26:51
Local Releases (2021) IRL Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 246 Nicest of 2021 0:13:45
Meetings IRL, Production Stephen McGregor 236 "Forged by that experience." 0:50:28
The New Clubhouse IRL, Meta Mark LaCroix 235 The New Clubhouse n/a
Star Trek games (from Enterprising Individuals) Gaming, IRL Mark LaCroix 233 Star Trek games (from Enterprising Individuals) n/a
Designing for VR Game Design, IRL, VR / AR / XR Dana Ware 230 Designing for VR n/a
Giblet the Trash Can Game Design, IRL Ellen Burns-Johnson 227 Giblet the Trash Can n/a
Exploits Gaming, IRL Stephen McGregor 222 "The anitidote to hype." 0:36:36
Co-op Studios IRL, Production Reese Valentine, Mackenzie Denker 221 Co-op Studios n/a
Special In-Person Special IRL, Meta, Misc. Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 220 “My face is over here.” Special In-Person Special n/a
Building Blocks of Design Art, Game Design, IRL, Tabletop, Tools Osama Dorias 211 Building Blocks of Design n/a
Finding Your Artistic Voice Game Design, IRL Stephen McGregor 209 "Go pound a Monster." 0:48:12
Your Internal Battery Gaming, IRL Ellen Burns-Johnson 209 "Go pound a Monster." 0:24:56
What We Did On Our Winter Break (2021) Game Design, IRL, Meta Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Dale LaCroix, Ellen Burns-Johnson 207 "It’s March tomorrow." n/a
Business Speak Events, IRL, Marketing Tiffany Otto 202 Business Speak n/a
100th Episode Special (revisit) IRL, Meta Mark LaCroix 200 "A Spark Plug." 200th Episode Special 0:11:42
Media Influences Game Design, IRL, Narrative Xalavier Nelson Jr. 193 Media Influences n/a
Online Events Events, IRL Mark LaCroix 191 "Claps in the chat." 0:10:15
Working From Home IRL Dale LaCroix 189 Evil Games Club 5! 0:04:47
Indiedev During the Pandemic Game Design, IRL Glen Henry 188 Indiedev During the Pandemic n/a
Mental Health IRL, Production Alanna Linayre 186 Mental Health n/a
Burnout IRL Stephen McGregor 185 "Empty the bucket." 0:06:43
Working with Family IRL Stephen McGregor 182 "I will not threaten you with a noogie." 0:42:09
Leadership IRL, Production Ellen Burns-Johnson 177 "How Quality Is It?" 0:24:37
Ergonomics IRL Ellen Burns-Johnson 173 "Balance all those prices." 0:55:15
Starting Projects IRL, Production Ellen Burns-Johnson 171 "Martha, Martha, Martha!" 1:11:55
Ending Projects IRL, Production Martha Megarry 171 "Martha, Martha, Martha!" 0:13:13
Arcades Gaming, IRL Stephen McGregor 170 "Stephen, his arms wide!" 0:50:39
Working From Home IRL Stephen McGregor 169 "The new normal." 0:09:00
Games to Play While Social Distancing Gaming, IRL Martha Megarry 169 "The new normal." 0:34:14
The GDC That Wasn't Events, IRL 168 "GDC" 2020 Special 0:12:40
Crunch IRL, Production, Programming Stephen McGregor 165 "If you're feeling saucy..." 0:42:22
What We Did On Our Winter Break (2020) IRL, Meta 162 "We are making progress toward that, then." n/a
Reravel IRL, Tabletop Dale LaCroix 160 Evil Games Club 4! 0:35:40
Calendar Math (Real Time in Games) Game Design, IRL Martha Megarry 159 "Calendar math!" 0:43:23
Dale’s Additional Travel Tips IRL, Meta Dale LaCroix 156 "All your maps are belong to us." 1:23:55
Navigation IRL, UI / UX Dale LaCroix 156 "All your maps are belong to us." 1:00:52
Taking Feedback IRL Stephen McGregor 154 "Abstracted to the point of silliness." 0:26:06
Finding Fidelity Game Design, IRL Ellen Burns-Johnson 154 "Abstracted to the point of silliness." 0:03:45
Multi-Generational Gaming Gaming, IRL Martha Megarry 153 "She also cheats a lot." 0:04:49
Work/Life Balance IRL Stephen McGregor 151 "I don't always want to do that." 0:49:10
Running An Indie Studio IRL Matt Gravelle 137 Running An Indie Studio n/a
Team Building IRL, Production Stephen McGregor 123 "Does this game mechanic spark joy?" 0:01:57
Fanbases Gaming, IRL Martha Megarry 119 "Let Reggie get back to work." 0:16:50
Representation in Games IRL, Production Stephen McGregor 118 "It's Black History Month, y'all!" 0:41:57
What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019) IRL, Meta 114 What We Did On Our Winter Break n/a
Game Dev as a Day Job IRL Stephen McGregor 111 "Game workers unite!" 0:11:44
Unions IRL Martha Megarry 111 "Game workers unite!" 0:38:53
Self-education, et al. IRL, Misc. Freya Holmér 110 Self-education, et al. n/a
Gaming Habits Gaming, IRL Mark LaCroix 106 "They don't call it 'full.'" 0:46:05