IRL

Topic Category Host or Guest # Episode Starts at
100th Episode Special (revisit) IRL, Meta Mark LaCroix 200 "A Spark Plug." 200th Episode Special 0:11:42
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
What We Did On Our Winter Break (2022) IRL, Meta Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 248 "Additional things and stuff." n/a
Navigation IRL, UI / UX Dale LaCroix 156 "All your maps are belong to us." 1:00:52
Dale’s Additional Travel Tips IRL, Meta Dale LaCroix 156 "All your maps are belong to us." 1:23:55
Support Systems IRL Stephen McGregor 276 "Always be the banker." 53:57
Ergonomics IRL Ellen Burns-Johnson 173 "Balance all those prices." 0:55:15
Calendar Math (Real Time in Games) Game Design, IRL Martha Megarry 159 "Calendar math!" 0:43:23
Work/Life Balance IRL Stephen McGregor 12 "Can I tweet about this?" 0:18:22
Online Events Events, IRL Mark LaCroix 191 "Claps in the chat." 0:10:15
Team Building IRL, Production Stephen McGregor 123 "Does this game mechanic spark joy?" 0:01:57
Burnout IRL Stephen McGregor 185 "Empty the bucket." 0:06:43
Meetings IRL, Production Stephen McGregor 236 "Forged by that experience." 0:50:28
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
The GDC That Wasn't Events, IRL 168 "GDC" 2020 Special 0:12:40
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
Leadership IRL, Production Ellen Burns-Johnson 177 "How Quality Is It?" 0:24:37
Starting Your Next Project IRL Lane Davis 29 "I am a Juice Journeyman!" 0:31:19
Work/Life Balance IRL Stephen McGregor 151 "I don't always want to do that." 0:49:10
Game Dev Success IRL Stephen McGregor 98 "I like naps." 0:36:10
Developing Ideas IRL Martha Megarry 98 "I like naps." 0:05:48
Lusory Attitude Gaming, IRL Ellen Burns-Johnson 302 "I love it when you kinda agree." 0:38:51
Taxes and Business IRL Mark LaCroix 24 "I trolled myself." 0:01:51
Working with Family IRL Stephen McGregor 182 "I will not threaten you with a noogie." 0:42:09
Crunch IRL, Production, Programming Stephen McGregor 165 "If you're feeling saucy..." 0:42:22
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 (2021) Game Design, IRL, Meta Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Dale LaCroix, Ellen Burns-Johnson 207 "It’s March tomorrow." n/a
Fanbases Gaming, IRL Martha Megarry 119 "Let Reggie get back to work." 0:16:50
What We Did On Our Winter Break (2022) IRL, Meta Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 292 "Leveling out the table." n/a
Starting a Game IRL Martha Megarry 71 "Martha's philosophy on life." 0:39:18
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
Getting Out of a Rut IRL Stephen McGregor 21 "Mutual butt-kicking." 0:02:54
Cheating, Part 3 Gaming, IRL, Programming Ellen Burns-Johnson 318 "Sad or fascinating?" 0:12:26
Influences IRL, Production Mark LaCroix 61 "Schrödinger’s Animal Crossing." 0:02:49
Multi-Generational Gaming Gaming, IRL Martha Megarry 153 "She also cheats a lot." 0:04:49
Work Spaces IRL, Tools Stephen McGregor 76 "Smart lazy." 0:52:06
Arcades Gaming, IRL Stephen McGregor 170 "Stephen, his arms wide!" 0:50:39
Educating Intuition IRL, Misc. Ellen Burns-Johnson 323 "Sweet, sweet Toronto sounds." 0:52:56
Gamedev Philosophies IRL, Misc. Martha Megarry 77 "That gets real meta, real fast." 0:45:26
Multitasking in Game Development IRL Mark LaCroix 28 "That makes me retroactively nervous." 0:48:33
Parasocial Relationships IRL, Narrative Ellen Burns-Johnson 266 "That’s not a friendship!" 0:09:25
Exploits Gaming, IRL Stephen McGregor 222 "The anitidote to hype." 0:36:36
Games to Play While Social Distancing Gaming, IRL Martha Megarry 169 "The new normal." 0:34:14
Working From Home IRL Stephen McGregor 169 "The new normal." 0:09:00
What We Did On Our Winter Break (2023) IRL, Meta 337 "The Roboston Sessions" n/a
Gaming Habits Gaming, IRL Mark LaCroix 106 "They don't call it 'full.'" 0:46:05
Imposter Syndrome (revisited) IRL Stephen McGregor 57 "This misinformation vortex." One year of Nice Games Club! 0:03:06
Watching Games Gaming, IRL Mark LaCroix 10 "Try it once." 0:01:28
Losing IRL Stephen McGregor 37 "Ugly and hard to use." 1:06:40
What We Did On Our Winter Break (2020) IRL, Meta 162 "We are making progress toward that, then." n/a
Impostor Syndrome IRL Stephen McGregor 1 "We in this." 0:01:58
Future Projects IRL Stephen McGregor 32 "We joke here." 0:04:31
Licensing IRL, Production Mark LaCroix 310 "What's a little grand larceny?" 0:10:27
Building Blocks of Design Art, Game Design, IRL, Tabletop, Tools Osama Dorias 211 Building Blocks of Design n/a
Business Speak Events, IRL, Marketing Tiffany Otto 202 Business Speak n/a
Transmedia IRL Felix Foster, Lane Davis 13 Co-op Recap: Transmedia n/a
Co-op Studios IRL, Production Reese Valentine, Mackenzie Denker 221 Co-op Studios n/a
Creative Career Paths Art, Game Design, IRL, Misc. Will Bredbeck 335 Creative Career Paths n/a
Designing for VR Game Design, IRL, VR / AR / XR Dana Ware 230 Designing for VR n/a
Bad Gamedev Habits IRL Dale LaCroix 47 Evil Games Club 2! 0:52:39
Reravel IRL, Tabletop Dale LaCroix 160 Evil Games Club 4! 0:35:40
Working From Home IRL Dale LaCroix 189 Evil Games Club 5! 0:04:47
Gamer Motivation Profile Gaming, IRL Adia Alderson 33 Evil Games Club! 0:15:20
An Evil Introduction IRL Dale LaCroix 33 Evil Games Club! 0:01:44
Extracurricular Activities Events, IRL Ryan Foss 11 Extracurricular Activities n/a
Gamedev in Peru IRL, Production Daniela Gamarra 267 Gamedev in Peru n/a
Games Education Art, IRL Reese Valentine 16 Games Education n/a
Getting Things Going IRL Rick Stemm 319 Getting Things Going n/a
Giblet the Trash Can Game Design, IRL Ellen Burns-Johnson 227 Giblet the Trash Can n/a
Indiedev During the Pandemic Game Design, IRL Glen Henry 188 Indiedev During the Pandemic n/a
Leadership IRL, Production Frani Esquenazi 317 Leadership n/a