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Topic Category Host or Guest # Episode Starts at
Microsoft E3 2019 News 135 E3 2019 Special 0:16:57
Milestone Builds Production Mark LaCroix 251 “Done enough.” 0:13:18
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 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
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
Online Events Events, IRL Mark LaCroix 191 "Claps in the chat." 0:10:15
Online Play Game Design, Programming, Tools Stephen McGregor 195 "Human, play Dom-jot?" 0:52:57
Open Source Software Programming, Tools Mark Mandel 217 Open Source Software n/a
Optimization Programming Mark LaCroix 112 "How would I know that?" 0:04:53
Optimization Hardware, Production, Programming Jarryd Huntley 366 Optimization n/a
Others at E3 2019 News 135 E3 2019 Special 0:54:37
Our accomplishments IRL Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 336 Nicest of 2023 0:10:30
Pacing Mechanics Game Design Mark LaCroix 357 "Gentlemen, is this where the fisticuffs occur?" 0:34:34
Parasocial Relationships IRL, Narrative Ellen Burns-Johnson 266 "That’s not a friendship!" 0:09:25
Parries Game Design Stephen McGregor 361 "The lensing effect of the window." 0:28:56
Partnering Up Production Ellen Burns-Johnson 339 "Things just happen, somewhere." n/a
Patches and Add-on Content Programming Stephen McGregor 136 "E for Everybody!" 0:15:29
PC Games Market Marketing, Production Mark LaCroix 82 "This is why I subscribe." 0:34:23
Pen and Paper Games Tabletop Mark LaCroix 34 "My computer vapes." 0:37:18
Physical Games Physical Games Martha Megarry 84 "We should go outside!" 0:41:21
Physical Releases for Indies Marketing, Production Ryan Brown 283 Physical Releases for Indies n/a
Physics 101 Programming Scott Lembcke 358 Physics 101 n/a
Pitching Tabletop Games Marketing, Physical Games, Tabletop Peter Yang 231 Pitching Tabletop Games n/a
Pitching to Consoles Hardware, Marketing Mark LaCroix 101 "Don’t start with me." 0:05:11
Pivoting IRL Ellen Burns-Johnson 351 "One thing cannot hold all the passion I have." 0:11:20
Platformers Game Design, Gaming Martha Megarry 87 "Not for me I hate them." 0:05:55
Player Agency Game Design, Narrative Stephen McGregor 87 "Not for me I hate them." 0:48:55
Player Count Game Design, Hardware Mark LaCroix 245 "Gamedev is jazz." 0:08:33
Player Friction Game Design, Gaming Stephen McGregor 345 "Everything is everything." 1:08:31
Player Motivations Game Design, Gaming Mark LaCroix 314 "Salt, in everything?" 0:26:57
Player Trust Game Design Stephen McGregor 296 "Metroid is very serious." 0:48:39
Playing Outside Your Genre / Difficulty Accessibility, Game Design Adia Alderson, Dylan Skerbitz 213 Evil Games Club 6! 0:05:21
Playtesting Production Dale LaCroix 46 Playtesting n/a
Point and Clicks Game Design Martha Megarry 19 "Pick up all the things." 0:26:28
Pokémon Gaming Martha Megarry 112 "How would I know that?" 0:54:18
Polish Production, Programming, UI / UX Ellen Burns-Johnson 333 "Am I making a joke?" 0:42:09
Polymorphism Programming Mark LaCroix 328 "Smarter, more evolved." 0:04:48
Porting Your Game Hardware, Programming Mark LaCroix 175 "Kapow?" 0:44:11