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Topic Category Host or Guest # Episode Starts at
Sega Consoles Hardware Mark LaCroix # Sega Consoles n/a
Impostor Syndrome IRL Stephen McGregor 1 "We in this." 0:01:58
VR Development VR / AR / XR Martha Megarry 1 "We in this." 0:55:57
Gaming Events Events, Gaming Mark LaCroix 1 "We in this." 0:22:38
Steam Greenlight Marketing, Production Beth Korth, Andy Korth 2 Steam Greenlight n/a
Westworld as a Video Game Misc. Mark LaCroix 3 "It's against the law to stop." 0:02:00
Designing Games for Non-Gamers Game Design Stephen McGregor 3 "It's against the law to stop." 0:27:30
Crafting Systems Game Design Martha Megarry 3 "It's against the law to stop." 0:11:44
Developer Art! Art Mark LaCroix 5 "Bananas, from here to eternity." 0:42:08
Game Jams! Events Stephen McGregor 5 "Bananas, from here to eternity." 0:20:55
Interactive Fiction Narrative Adia Alderson 6 Co-op Recap: Interactive Fiction n/a
Music for Indie Games Audio Troy Strand 7 Music for Indie Games n/a
Designing Party Games Game Design Mark LaCroix 8 "Will you be the best with me?" 0:38:30
Strategy Guides and Wikis Gaming, Tools Martha Megarry 8 "Will you be the best with me?" 0:20:45
Martha's Nicest (2016) Nicest Martha Megarry 9 Nicest of 2016 n/a
Consensus Pick (2016) Nicest Mark LaCroix, Martha Megarry, Stephen McGregor 9 Nicest of 2016 n/a
Stephen's Nicest (2016) Nicest Stephen McGregor 9 Nicest of 2016 n/a
Mark's Nicest (2016) Nicest Mark LaCroix 9 Nicest of 2016 n/a
Narrative in Games Narrative Stephen McGregor 10 "Try it once." 0:13:00
Watching Games Gaming, IRL Mark LaCroix 10 "Try it once." 0:01:28
Board Games Tabletop Martha Megarry 10 "Try it once." 0:29:27
Extracurricular Activities Events, IRL Ryan Foss 11 Extracurricular Activities n/a
Tools of the Trade Tools Martha Megarry 12 "Can I tweet about this?" 0:32:33
Work/Life Balance IRL Stephen McGregor 12 "Can I tweet about this?" 0:18:22
Glitch’s Immersion Program Tools Mark LaCroix 12 "Can I tweet about this?" 0:04:00
Transmedia IRL Felix Foster, Lane Davis 13 Co-op Recap: Transmedia n/a
Solo Development IRL Will Tice 14 Solo Development n/a
Messages and Meanings Game Design Mark LaCroix 15 "We are artists and we should be artists." 0:52:56
Project Management Production, Tools Martha Megarry 15 "We are artists and we should be artists." 0:33:26
Demoing and Playtesting Production Stephen McGregor 15 "We are artists and we should be artists." 0:03:27
Games Education Art, IRL Reese Valentine 16 Games Education n/a
Train Jam Interviews Events Dylan Skerbitz 17 GDC 2017 Special (Part 1) 0:13:13
Star Trek: Bridge Crew Gaming, VR / AR / XR Mark LaCroix, Dylan Skerbitz 17 GDC 2017 Special (Part 1) 0:55:35
Train Jam Events Martha Megarry 17 GDC 2017 Special (Part 1) 0:00:58
Adventures in Conference Scheduling Events Mark LaCroix 17 GDC 2017 Special (Part 1) 0:52:35
GDC 2017 Sessions Events Martha Megarry 17 GDC 2017 Special (Part 1) 0:35:06
Day of the Devs at Alamo Drafthouse Events Mark LaCroix 17 GDC 2017 Special (Part 1) 0:24:21
Experimental Games Workshop Events Mark LaCroix 18 GDC 2017 Special (Part 2) 0:36:32
Flash Games Postmortem Events Mark LaCroix 18 GDC 2017 Special (Part 2) 0:34:46
Nintendo Switch Launch Gaming, Hardware Stephen McGregor 18 GDC 2017 Special (Part 2) 0:19:48
GDC 2017 Sessions Events Martha Megarry 18 GDC 2017 Special (Part 2) 0:02:40
Micro-Postmortems Events Mark LaCroix 18 GDC 2017 Special (Part 2) 0:38:22
User Interfaces Game Design Mark LaCroix 19 "Pick up all the things." 0:42:26
Point and Clicks Game Design Martha Megarry 19 "Pick up all the things." 0:26:28
Prototyping Game Design Stephen McGregor 19 "Pick up all the things." 0:05:18
Problematic Games Gaming Sara Ferret, Ajuawak Kapashesit 20 Co-Op Recap: Problematic Games n/a
Procedural Generation Programming Martha Megarry 21 "Mutual butt-kicking." 0:35:40
Bots! Bots! Bots! Game Design Mark LaCroix 21 "Mutual butt-kicking." 0:19:44
Getting Out of a Rut IRL Stephen McGregor 21 "Mutual butt-kicking." 0:02:54
Putting on a GlitchCon! Events Alex Chang 22 Putting on a GlitchCon! n/a
Competition Gaming Stephen McGregor 24 "I trolled myself." 0:43:20
Nintendo Switch Gaming, Hardware Martha Megarry 24 "I trolled myself." 0:23:49
Taxes and Business IRL Mark LaCroix 24 "I trolled myself." 0:01:51
Violence in Games Game Design Dev Jana 25 Violence in Games n/a
Console vs. PC Development Hardware Mark LaCroix 26 "The Stevechievement." 0:54:44
Art Direction Art Stephen McGregor 26 "The Stevechievement." 0:33:38
Version Control Production, Tools Martha Megarry 26 "The Stevechievement." 0:03:58
LIVE from GlitchCon 2017 Events, IRL Rebekah Saltsman, Adam Saltsman 27 LIVE from GlitchCon 2017 n/a
Game Design Primer Game Design Stephen McGregor 28 "That makes me retroactively nervous." 0:31:06
Multitasking in Game Development IRL Mark LaCroix 28 "That makes me retroactively nervous." 0:48:33
Starting Your Next Project IRL Lane Davis 29 "I am a Juice Journeyman!" 0:31:19
Changing Your Mind Game Design Lane Davis 29 "I am a Juice Journeyman!" 0:14:57
Serial Game Design Game Design Lane Davis 29 "I am a Juice Journeyman!" 0:03:05
Video Game Juice Game Design Lane Davis 29 "I am a Juice Journeyman!" 0:35:18
Difficulty Game Design Stephen McGregor 30 "75% sure." 0:54:27
Mobile Games Gaming, Hardware Martha Megarry 30 "75% sure." 0:23:34
Runtimes, SDKs, and APIs Tools Mark LaCroix 30 "75% sure." 0:02:31
Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX Nic VanMeerten 31 Games User Research and Analytics n/a
Racing Games Gaming Martha Megarry 32 "We joke here." 0:53:02
Steam Direct Hardware, Marketing Mark LaCroix 32 "We joke here." 0:37:40
Future Projects IRL Stephen McGregor 32 "We joke here." 0:04:31
Mario Kart Gaming Dylan Skerbitz 33 Evil Games Club! 1:22:23
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
Building a PC Hardware Martha Megarry 34 "My computer vapes." 0:05:08