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Your nice hosts have covered hundreds of topics over the years, so we've categorized them here! Select a category, or browse the whole list. You can sort by topic name, episode name, or episode number.
Topic Category Host or Guest # Episode Starts at
Strategy Guides and Wikis Gaming, Tools Martha Megarry 8 "Will you be the best with me?" 0:20:45
Video Game Immersion Gaming Stephen McGregor 42 "You can see the cabbage in it." 0:05:54
Main Menus and First Impressions UI / UX Mark LaCroix 42 "You can see the cabbage in it." 0:39:27
Save Data Programming Mark LaCroix 289 "You lost all your dragons." 0:08:46
Interdisciplinary Communication Production Stephen McGregor 289 "You lost all your dragons." 48:44
Fall Damage Game Design Stephen McGregor 308 "You've probably seen them in Zelda." 56:40
Lessons from Tears of the Kingdom Game Design Mark LaCroix 308 "You've probably seen them in Zelda." 0:26:40
Nice Thinking Events Mark LaCroix 265 A Local Indies Tournament 0:13:12
Agile Development Production Eric Johnson 155 Agile Development n/a
Board Game Design Game Design, Tabletop David R. Megarry 150 Board Game Design n/a
Building Blocks of Design Art, Game Design, IRL, Tabletop, Tools Osama Dorias 211 Building Blocks of Design n/a
Building Substance Art, Production, Tools Sébastien Deguy, Jérémie Noguer 174 Building Substance n/a
Business Speak Events, IRL, Marketing Tiffany Otto 202 Business Speak n/a
Character Dialogue Game Design, Production Felix Foster 67 Character Dialogue n/a
Characterization in Pet Management Games Art, Game Design, Gaming Sarah Yu, Beth 290 Characterization in Pet Management Games n/a
Cheating, Part 2 Game Design, Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 316 Cheating, Part 2 0:16:58
Interactive Fiction Narrative Adia Alderson 6 Co-op Recap: Interactive Fiction n/a
Problematic Games Gaming Sara Ferret, Ajuawak Kapashesit 20 Co-Op Recap: Problematic Games n/a
Transmedia IRL Felix Foster, Lane Davis 13 Co-op Recap: Transmedia n/a
Co-op Studios IRL, Production Reese Valentine, Mackenzie Denker 221 Co-op Studios n/a
Community Development Game Design, Marketing, Production Christine Marten 184 Community Development n/a
Community Managment Marketing Holly Harrison 40 Community Managment n/a
Creative Career Paths Art, Game Design, IRL, Misc. Will Bredbeck 335 Creative Career Paths n/a
Designing a Spiritual Successor Game Design, Gaming, Production Dmitry Samartsev, aka Special Bread 279 Designing a Spiritual Successor n/a
Designing for VR Game Design, IRL, VR / AR / XR Dana Ware 230 Designing for VR n/a
Designing like a Dungeon Master Game Design, Narrative, Tabletop Katrina Ostrander, Jon Kiehne 247 Designing like a Dungeon Master n/a
Developer/Publisher Relations Production August Brown 120 Developer/Publisher Relations n/a
Google Stadia at E3 2019 Hardware, News 135 E3 2019 Special 0:05:28
Square Enix at E3 2019 News 135 E3 2019 Special 0:34:50
Stephen’s Travelogue! Events Stephen McGregor 135 E3 2019 Special 0:56:03
Bethesda at E3 2019 News 135 E3 2019 Special 0:22:49
Others at E3 2019 News 135 E3 2019 Special 0:54:37
Microsoft E3 2019 News 135 E3 2019 Special 0:16:57
Nintendo at E3 2019 News 135 E3 2019 Special 0:38:27
Early Access Marketing, Production Sami Sati and Erick Sati 242 Early Access n/a
Bad Gamedev Habits IRL Dale LaCroix 47 Evil Games Club 2! 0:52:39
Game Jams Events Dylan Skerbitz 47 Evil Games Club 2! 0:26:23
Crafting Systems Game Design Adia Alderson 47 Evil Games Club 2! 0:02:46
Video Game Nostalgia Gaming Dylan Skerbitz 160 Evil Games Club 4! 1:01:15
Reravel IRL, Tabletop Dale LaCroix 160 Evil Games Club 4! 0:35:40
Writing for Games Game Design, Narrative Adia Alderson 160 Evil Games Club 4! 0:10:00
Escapist Games Gaming Dylan Skerbitz 189 Evil Games Club 5! 0:45:46
Small Projects Game Design, Narrative Adia Alderson 189 Evil Games Club 5! 0:45:46
Working From Home IRL Dale LaCroix 189 Evil Games Club 5! 0:04:47
Cheating Game Design, Gaming Dale LaCroix 213 Evil Games Club 6! 0:34:48
Playing Outside Your Genre / Difficulty Accessibility, Game Design Adia Alderson, Dylan Skerbitz 213 Evil Games Club 6! 0:05:21
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
Extracurricular Activities Events, IRL Ryan Foss 11 Extracurricular Activities n/a
Families in Games Gaming Beth Korth, Andy Korth 204 Families in Games n/a
Fusing Genres Game Design, Marketing Millie Walker 287 Fusing Genres n/a
Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio Chel Wong 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows n/a
Adventurer, Please Game Design, Tabletop 250 Game Dev London does Nice Games Jam 0:41:19
Safecracker!! Game Design, Tabletop 250 Game Dev London does Nice Games Jam 0:18:36
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
Gameful UX Game Design, UI / UX Allan Rust 215 Gameful UX n/a
GameMaker Programming, Tools Seth Fulkerson 344 GameMaker n/a
Games Education Art, IRL Reese Valentine 16 Games Education n/a
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
Day of the Devs at Alamo Drafthouse Events Mark LaCroix 17 GDC 2017 Special (Part 1) 0:24:21
Star Trek: Bridge Crew Gaming, VR / AR / XR Mark LaCroix, Dylan Skerbitz 17 GDC 2017 Special (Part 1) 0:55:35
Train Jam Interviews Events Dylan Skerbitz 17 GDC 2017 Special (Part 1) 0:13:13
Adventures in Conference Scheduling Events Mark LaCroix 17 GDC 2017 Special (Part 1) 0:52:35
Train Jam Events Martha Megarry 17 GDC 2017 Special (Part 1) 0:00:58
GDC 2017 Sessions Events Martha Megarry 17 GDC 2017 Special (Part 1) 0:35:06
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
Micro-Postmortems Events Mark LaCroix 18 GDC 2017 Special (Part 2) 0:38:22