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Topic Category Host or Guest # Episode Starts at
Frustration Game Design, Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 236 "Forged by that experience." 0:10:34
Fun in Games Game Design Ellen Burns-Johnson 175 "Kapow?" 0:11:09
Fusing Genres Game Design, Marketing Millie Walker 287 Fusing Genres n/a
Future Projects IRL Stephen McGregor 32 "We joke here." 0:04:31
Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio Chel Wong 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows n/a
Game Design Balance Game Design Stephen McGregor 119 "Let Reggie get back to work." 0:41:00
Game Design Primer Game Design Stephen McGregor 28 "That makes me retroactively nervous." 0:31:06
Game Dev as a Day Job IRL Stephen McGregor 111 "Game workers unite!" 0:11:44
Game Dev Success IRL Stephen McGregor 98 "I like naps." 0:36:10
Game Exhibits and Installations Physical Games Mark LaCroix 37 "Ugly and hard to use." 0:36:31
Game Identities Game Design Ellen Burns-Johnson 123 "Does this game mechanic spark joy?" 0:22:37
Game Jams Events Dylan Skerbitz 47 Evil Games Club 2! 0:26:23
Game Jams! Events Stephen McGregor 5 "Bananas, from here to eternity." 0:20:55
Game Length Game Design Stephen McGregor 131 “A secret room with secret stuff!” 0:13:08
Game Libraries Gaming Martha Megarry 142 "Space ferret seeks PR support." 0:02:49
Game Libraries (revisit) Gaming, Meta Martha Megarry 200 "A Spark Plug." 200th Episode Special 1:46:04
Game Overs Game Design, Narrative Stephen McGregor 353 "The super-powerful beam or whatever." n/a
Game Production Production Ryan Adams 352 Game Production n/a
Game Programming Programming Mark LaCroix 76 "Smart lazy." 0:09:13
Game Shows Game Design Mark LaCroix 237 "The drama of the reveal." 0:33:38
Game Trailers Marketing Mark LaCroix 144 "Explosions!" 0:43:27
Game Workers Unite! Events Mark LaCroix 124 GDC 2019 Special 1:11:16
Game-based Learning Events, Game Design, Production Jennifer Javornik 331 Game-based Learning n/a
Gamedev in Kenya Misc. 198 Gamedev in Kenya n/a
Gamedev in Peru IRL, Production Daniela Gamarra 267 Gamedev in Peru n/a
Gamedev in the Philippines Misc. Ryan Sumo 176 Gamedev in the Philippines n/a
Gamedev Philosophies IRL, Misc. Martha Megarry 77 "That gets real meta, real fast." 0:45:26
Gamedev Resolutions (for 2020) Nicest Mark LaCroix, Martha Megarry, Stephen McGregor 161 Nicest of 2019 0:36:07
Gamedev Resolutions (for 2021) Nicest Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 206 Nicest of 2020 1:01:29
Gamedev Resolutions / What We're Working On (for 2022) IRL Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 246 Nicest of 2021 1:26:51
Gameful UX Game Design, UI / UX Allan Rust 215 Gameful UX n/a
GameMaker Programming, Tools Seth Fulkerson 344 GameMaker n/a
GameMaker for Unity Devs Programming, Tools Stephen McGregor 274 "I’m not coding your game, y’all figure that out." 0:06:01
Gamepads Hardware Stephen McGregor 226 "The Corrupt Goo." 0:14:00
Gamer Motivation Profile Gaming, IRL Adia Alderson 33 Evil Games Club! 0:15:20
Games Education Art, IRL Reese Valentine 16 Games Education n/a
Games for Young Children Game Design, Marketing Ellen Burns-Johnson 199 "Random hilarious nonsense." 0:10:42
Games in Games Game Design, Gaming Mark LaCroix 68 "Videogame turducken." 0:43:35
Games in Other Media Game Design, Gaming, Narrative Ellen Burns-Johnson 195 "Human, play Dom-jot?" 0:15:25
Games to Play While Social Distancing Gaming, IRL Martha Megarry 169 "The new normal." 0:34:14
Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX Nic VanMeerten 31 Games User Research and Analytics n/a
Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX Hannah Murphy 35 Games User Research, Redux! n/a
Games With Your Dogs Game Design, Physical Games Ellen Burns-Johnson 254 Games With Your Dogs 0:10:25
Games You Get for Free Gaming Stephen McGregor 249 "I got all the moons." 15:00
Gaming Events Events, Gaming Mark LaCroix 1 "We in this." 0:22:38
Gaming Habits Gaming, IRL Mark LaCroix 106 "They don't call it 'full.'" 0:46:05
GDC 2017 Sessions Events Martha Megarry 17 GDC 2017 Special (Part 1) 0:35:06
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
GDC 2019 Sessions Events Mark LaCroix 124 GDC 2019 Special 0:08:06
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
Genre in Games Game Design, Meta Mark LaCroix 48 "I do business." 0:38:34
Getting Out of a Rut IRL Stephen McGregor 21 "Mutual butt-kicking." 0:02:54
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
Giving Talks Events, Marketing Stephen McGregor 229 "The random bobblehead." 0:45:29
Glitch’s Immersion Program Tools Mark LaCroix 12 "Can I tweet about this?" 0:04:00
Global Game Jam 2018 Events 70 Global Game Jam 2018 Special n/a
Google Stadia at E3 2019 Hardware, News 135 E3 2019 Special 0:05:28
Grind Game Design Ellen Burns-Johnson 320 "Stephen, explain this." 06:08
Grind Game Design, Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 224 "To whom it may concern." 0:47:59
Guns Game Design Mark LaCroix 234 "Godot! God-ot? Godot." 0:43:14
Hidden Information Game Design, Gaming Stephen McGregor 245 "Gamedev is jazz." 0:36:33
Holistic Game Design Game Design, Production Mark LaCroix 151 "I don't always want to do that." 0:20:11
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
Hub Worlds and Safe Houses Game Design Martha Megarry 104 "Safety gone!" 0:09:09
HUDs UI / UX Stephen McGregor 96 "But WE know what we're talking about." 0:53:49
Hypertheticals Physical Games Ellen Burns-Johnson 288 "Time is just a search bar away." 0:49:47
Idle Games Game Design, Gaming Mark LaCroix 282 "Today’s the day that I screw things up." 0:31:45
Illusions of Choice Game Design Mark LaCroix 238 "Just-In-Time Compiler." 37:28
Imposter Syndrome (revisited) IRL Stephen McGregor 57 "This misinformation vortex." One year of Nice Games Club! 0:03:06
Impostor Syndrome IRL Stephen McGregor 1 "We in this." 0:01:58