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Topic Category Host or Guest # Episode Starts at
Maintaining an Open-Source Project Programming Mark LaCroix 270 "Killed the flightmaster, killed the griffin..." 0:21:25
Making a Demo Marketing, Production Mark LaCroix 84 "We should go outside!" 0:12:40
Making Games for Spaces Events, Physical Games Martha Megarry 147 "In situ." 0:47:04
Making Science Fiction Worlds Game Design Stephen McGregor 379 "A Paragraph Signing" 0:54:10
Making Your Own Tools Tools Stephen McGregor 45 "Qapla'!" 0:44:57
Mario Kart Gaming Dylan Skerbitz 33 Evil Games Club! 1:22:23
Mark Does GDC Business Events Mark LaCroix 124 GDC 2019 Special 0:53:56
Mark's Most Anticipated (for 2019) Nicest Mark LaCroix 113 Nicest of 2018 n/a
Mark's Nicest (2016) Nicest Mark LaCroix 9 Nicest of 2016 n/a
Mark's Nicest (2018) Nicest Mark LaCroix 113 Nicest of 2018 n/a
Marketing 001 Marketing Ellen Burns-Johnson 142 "Space ferret seeks PR support." 0:28:08
Mark’s Nicest (2017) Nicest Mark LaCroix 66 Nicest of 2017 0:22:09
Martha's Most Anticipated (for 2019) Nicest Martha Megarry 113 Nicest of 2018 n/a
Martha's Nicest (2016) Nicest Martha Megarry 9 Nicest of 2016 n/a
Martha's Nicest (2018) Nicest Martha Megarry 113 Nicest of 2018 n/a
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
Media Influences Game Design, IRL, Narrative Xalavier Nelson Jr. 193 Media Influences n/a
Media Relations Marketing, Production Holly Harrison 89 "A mean secret that stays in this room." 0:01:25
Meetings IRL, Production Stephen McGregor 236 "Forged by that experience." 0:50:28
Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games Trenton Greyoak 329 Megagames n/a
Mental Health IRL, Production Alanna Linayre 186 Mental Health n/a
Mental Health and Discrimination Game Design, Gaming, Narrative Ashley Phipps 390 Mental Health and Discrimination n/a
Merch Marketing Mark LaCroix 71 "Martha's philosophy on life." 0:07:49
Messages and Meanings Game Design Mark LaCroix 15 "We are artists and we should be artists." 0:52:56
Messages and Meanings (revisit) Game Design, Meta Stephen McGregor 200 "A Spark Plug." 200th Episode Special 1:13:45
Messages and Meanings (revisited) Game Design Mark LaCroix 57 "This misinformation vortex." One year of Nice Games Club! 0:48:44
Metroidvania Level Design Game Design Stephen McGregor 158 "Space ferrets lift off!" Widget Satchel Special 0:10:29
Micro-Postmortems Events Mark LaCroix 18 GDC 2017 Special (Part 2) 0:38:22
Microsoft E3 2019 News 135 E3 2019 Special 0:16:57
microStudio Programming, Tools Lydia Symchych 404 "Okay, I need to learn buttons." 0:12:09
Milestone Builds Production Mark LaCroix 251 “Done enough.” 0:13:18
Min-Maxing Game Design Stephen McGregor 404 "Okay, I need to learn buttons." 0:37:00
Minigames Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 294 "Layers and layers of hair." 0:39:45
Mobile Games Gaming, Hardware Martha Megarry 30 "75% sure." 0:23:34
Modding Gaming Stephen McGregor 103 "Put it in a WordSpace!" 0:05:00
Most Anticipated (for 2020) Nicest Mark LaCroix, Martha Megarry, Stephen McGregor 161 Nicest of 2019 0:25:39
Most Anticipated (for 2021) Nicest Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 206 Nicest of 2020 0:48:39
Most Anticipated (for 2022) Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 246 Nicest of 2021 1:10:25
Most Anticipated of 2023 Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson, Holly Harrison 291 Nicest of 2022 0:49:28
Most Anticpated of 2024 Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 336 Nicest of 2023 1:01:08
Motion Controls Hardware, Programming Mark LaCroix 140 "We’re criming you!" 0:28:52
Multi-Generational Gaming Gaming, IRL Martha Megarry 153 "She also cheats a lot." 0:04:49
Multitasking in Game Development IRL Mark LaCroix 28 "That makes me retroactively nervous." 0:48:33
Music for Indie Games Audio Troy Strand 7 Music for Indie Games n/a
Naming Files Production Lydia Symchych 414 "That's an interesting example." 0:05:26
Naming Things Game Design, Marketing, Production Mark LaCroix 166 "When in doubt, call it Gan Ainm." 0:17:47
Narrative Design Narrative Beth Korth 132 Narrative Design n/a
Narrative in Games Narrative Stephen McGregor 10 "Try it once." 0:13:00
Narrative Pacing Game Design, Narrative Stephen McGregor 266 "That’s not a friendship!" 0:45:21
Nature in Games Art Ellen Burns-Johnson 226 "The Corrupt Goo." 0:54:54
Navigation IRL, UI / UX Dale LaCroix 156 "All your maps are belong to us." 1:00:52
NDAs Marketing Mark LaCroix 181 "I’m ashamed, but also so proud." 0:19:20
Neurodiversity in Gamedev Events, IRL Adam Clewes-Boyne 271 Neurodiversity in Gamedev (with Adam Clewes-Boyne) n/a
Next-Gen Console Reveals Events, Hardware 168 "GDC" 2020 Special 0:39:52
Nice Games Alliance Workshops Events, IRL Mark LaCroix, Beth Korth 382 Nice Games Alliance Workshops n/a
Nice Thinking Events Mark LaCroix 265 A Local Indies Tournament 0:13:12
Nice Thinking about NiceGameJam Games with Potential Game Design 309 The Nice Board Game Industrial Complex, a Nice Games Club Skunkworks Project 0:46:06
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
Nice Thinking about traveling to conferences Tabletop 309 The Nice Board Game Industrial Complex, a Nice Games Club Skunkworks Project n/a
Nice Thinking Notes Game Design Ellen Burns-Johnson 295 Pizza Land n/a
Nicest (2019) Nicest Mark LaCroix, Martha Megarry, Stephen McGregor 161 Nicest of 2019 0:08:05
Nicest (2020) Nicest Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 206 Nicest of 2020 0:32:46
Nicest (2021) Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 246 Nicest of 2021 0:43:17
Nicest of 2022 Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson, Holly Harrison 291 Nicest of 2022 0:04:56
Nicest of 2023 Gaming Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 336 Nicest of 2023 0:29:11
Nintendo at E3 2019 News 135 E3 2019 Special 0:38:27
Nintendo Switch Gaming, Hardware Martha Megarry 24 "I trolled myself." 0:23:49
Nintendo Switch Launch Gaming, Hardware Stephen McGregor 18 GDC 2017 Special (Part 2) 0:19:48
Noble Failures Hardware Mark LaCroix 153 "She also cheats a lot." 0:32:44
Noble Tools Tools Mark LaCroix 413 Noble Tools 0:13:22
Nostalgia Gaming Stephen McGregor 82 "This is why I subscribe." 0:06:43
Nostalgia and the Lo-fi Aesthetic Art Marina Kittaka 141 Nostalgia and the Lo-fi Aesthetic n/a
Novelty Game Design Stephen McGregor 218 "Kids like cubes these days." 12:27
Off-Ramps Game Design, Gaming Stephen McGregor 268 "No referees?!" 0:50:00