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Topic Category Host or Guest # Episode Starts at
GDC 2017 Sessions Events Martha Megarry 18 GDC 2017 Special (Part 2) 0:02:40
GDC 2018 Highlights Events Mark LaCroix 80 GDC 2018 Special 0:02:17
The MIX 2019 Events Mark LaCroix 124 GDC 2019 Special 0:49:05
Dale Makes GDC Magic Events Dale LaCroix 124 GDC 2019 Special 0:25:17
Game Workers Unite! Events Mark LaCroix 124 GDC 2019 Special 1:11:16
GDC 2019 Sessions Events Mark LaCroix 124 GDC 2019 Special 0:08:06
Mark Does GDC Business Events Mark LaCroix 124 GDC 2019 Special 0:53:56
GDC 2021 Sessions Events Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 228 GDC 2021 Special n/a
GDC 2022 Special (Part 1) Events Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Dale LaCroix, Ellen Burns-Johnson 257 GDC 2022 Special (Part 1) n/a
GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Dale LaCroix, Ellen Burns-Johnson 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) 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
Global Game Jam 2018 Events 70 Global Game Jam 2018 Special n/a
Horror Games 101 Game Design Samuel Guglielmo, Nikk F, Conner Rush, Schera Wyss, Henry Hoare 325 Horror Games 101 (with multiple guests) n/a
Horror Games 201 Game Design James Pratt, Torple Dook, Max Kunze 327 Horror Games 201 (with multiple guests) n/a
Impostor Syndrome Art Heather Gartner 194 Impostor Syndrome 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
Learning Through Games Game Design, UI / UX Ellen Burns-Johnson 75 Learning Through Games n/a
Level and Interaction Design Game Design Nina Marotta 269 Level and Interaction Design n/a
Level Editors Game Design, Programming, Tools, UI / UX Charles McGregor 183 Level Editors n/a
LIVE from GlitchCon 2017 Events, IRL Rebekah Saltsman, Adam Saltsman 27 LIVE from GlitchCon 2017 n/a
Machine Learning Narrative, Programming Anna-Lena Pontet, Luzia Hüttenmoser 261 Machine Learning n/a
Media Influences Game Design, IRL, Narrative Xalavier Nelson Jr. 193 Media Influences n/a
Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games Trenton Greyoak 329 Megagames n/a
Mental Health IRL, Production Alanna Linayre 186 Mental Health n/a
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
Music for Indie Games Audio Troy Strand 7 Music for Indie Games n/a
Narrative Design Narrative Beth Korth 132 Narrative Design n/a
Neurodiversity in Gamedev Events, IRL Adam Clewes-Boyne 271 Neurodiversity in Gamedev (with Adam Clewes-Boyne) n/a
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
Stephen’s Nicest (2017) Nicest Stephen McGregor 66 Nicest of 2017 0:32:33
Mark’s Nicest (2017) Nicest Mark LaCroix 66 Nicest of 2017 0:22:09
Martha's/Mortho's Most Anticipated (for 2018) Nicest Martha Megarry 66 Nicest of 2017 n/a
Martha’s/Mortho’s Nicest (2017) Nicest Martha Megarry 66 Nicest of 2017 0:08:19
Stephen's Most Anticipated (for 2018) Nicest Stephen McGregor 66 Nicest of 2017 0:38:35
Mark's Nicest (2018) Nicest Mark LaCroix 113 Nicest of 2018 n/a
Mark's Most Anticipated (for 2019) Nicest Mark LaCroix 113 Nicest of 2018 n/a
Ellen's Nicest (2018) Nicest Ellen Burns-Johnson 113 Nicest of 2018 n/a
Martha's Most Anticipated (for 2019) Nicest Martha Megarry 113 Nicest of 2018 n/a
Martha's Nicest (2018) Nicest Martha Megarry 113 Nicest of 2018 n/a
Ellen's Most Anticipated (for 2019) Nicest Ellen Burns-Johnson 113 Nicest of 2018 n/a
Stephen's Nicest (2018) Nicest Stephen McGregor 113 Nicest of 2018 n/a
Local Releases (2018) News 113 Nicest of 2018 n/a
Stephen's Most Anticipated (for 2019) Nicest Stephen McGregor 113 Nicest of 2018 n/a
Most Anticipated (for 2020) Nicest Mark LaCroix, Martha Megarry, Stephen McGregor 161 Nicest of 2019 0:25:39
Nicest (2019) Nicest Mark LaCroix, Martha Megarry, Stephen McGregor 161 Nicest of 2019 0:08:05
Local Releases (2019) News 161 Nicest of 2019 0:02:26
Gamedev Resolutions (for 2020) Nicest Mark LaCroix, Martha Megarry, Stephen McGregor 161 Nicest of 2019 0:36:07
Nicest (2020) Nicest Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 206 Nicest of 2020 0:32:46
What We're Working On (in 2021) Nicest Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 206 Nicest of 2020 1:12:17
Local Releases (2020) News 206 Nicest of 2020 0:20:56
Gamedev Resolutions (for 2021) Nicest Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 206 Nicest of 2020 1:01:29
Most Anticipated (for 2021) Nicest Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 206 Nicest of 2020 0:48:39
Gamedev Resolutions / What We're Working On (for 2022) IRL Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 246 Nicest of 2021 1:26:51
Most Anticipated (for 2022) Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 246 Nicest of 2021 1:10:25
Nicest (2021) Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 246 Nicest of 2021 0:43:17
Local Releases (2021) IRL Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 246 Nicest of 2021 0:13:45
Most Anticipated of 2023 Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson, Holly Harrison 291 Nicest of 2022 0:49:28
Nicest of 2022 Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson, Holly Harrison 291 Nicest of 2022 0:04:56
2024 Gamedev Resolutions IRL Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 336 Nicest of 2023 1:16:13
Most Anticpated of 2024 Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 336 Nicest of 2023 1:01:08
Nicest of 2023 Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 336 Nicest of 2023 0:29:11
Our accomplishments IRL Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 336 Nicest of 2023 0:10:30
Nostalgia and the Lo-fi Aesthetic Art Marina Kittaka 141 Nostalgia and the Lo-fi Aesthetic n/a
Open Source Software Programming, Tools Mark Mandel 217 Open Source Software n/a
Physical Releases for Indies Marketing, Production Ryan Brown 283 Physical Releases for Indies n/a
Pitching Tabletop Games Marketing, Physical Games, Tabletop Peter Yang 231 Pitching Tabletop Games n/a
Nice Thinking Notes Game Design Ellen Burns-Johnson 295 Pizza Land n/a
Playtesting Production Dale LaCroix 46 Playtesting n/a
Postmortem: "C.A.R.L." Game Design, Marketing, Production Andrew Kenady 297 Postmortem: "C.A.R.L." n/a
Postmortem: "Infernax" Production Hunter Bond, Mike Ducarme 256 Postmortem: "Infernax" n/a