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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
South by Southwest 2024 Events, Misc., News Mark LaCroix 345 "Everything is everything." 0:09:52
Space Exploration games Gaming Martha Megarry 106 "They don't call it 'full.'" 0:06:18
Special In-Person Special IRL, Meta, Misc. Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 220 “My face is over here.” Special In-Person Special n/a
Speedrunning Gaming Martha Megarry 36 "Maybe a Zeldo." 0:47:42
Spirit Island Spirits Game Design, Tabletop Stephen McGregor 359 "Imagine it's running on a potato." 0:46:49
Splatoon 2, ur, I mean Shooters Gaming Martha Megarry 41 "Proper ones and twos." 1:13:45
Square Enix at E3 2019 News 135 E3 2019 Special 0:34:50
Star Trek Games Gaming Mark LaCroix 89 "A mean secret that stays in this room." 0:31:20
Star Trek games (from Enterprising Individuals) Gaming, IRL Mark LaCroix 233 Star Trek games (from Enterprising Individuals) n/a
Star Trek: Bridge Crew Gaming, VR / AR / XR Mark LaCroix, Dylan Skerbitz 17 GDC 2017 Special (Part 1) 0:55:35
Starting a Game IRL Martha Megarry 71 "Martha's philosophy on life." 0:39:18
Starting Projects IRL, Production Ellen Burns-Johnson 171 "Martha, Martha, Martha!" 1:11:55
Starting Your Next Project IRL Lane Davis 29 "I am a Juice Journeyman!" 0:31:19
Stealth Games Game Design Martha Megarry 140 "We’re criming you!" 0:01:30
Steam Hardware, Marketing Stephen McGregor 68 "Videogame turducken." 0:10:06
Steam Direct Hardware, Marketing Mark LaCroix 32 "We joke here." 0:37:40
Steam Greenlight Marketing, Production Beth Korth, Andy Korth 2 Steam Greenlight n/a
Stephen's "Rule of Threes" Game Design Stephen McGregor 304 "Play thrice, and make thrice." 0:17:30
Stephen's Most Anticipated (for 2018) Nicest Stephen McGregor 66 Nicest of 2017 0:38:35
Stephen's Most Anticipated (for 2019) Nicest Stephen McGregor 113 Nicest of 2018 n/a
Stephen's Nicest (2016) Nicest Stephen McGregor 9 Nicest of 2016 n/a
Stephen's Nicest (2018) Nicest Stephen McGregor 113 Nicest of 2018 n/a
Stephen’s Nicest (2017) Nicest Stephen McGregor 66 Nicest of 2017 0:32:33
Stephen’s Travelogue! Events Stephen McGregor 135 E3 2019 Special 0:56:03
Storytelling Game Design, Narrative Mark LaCroix 222 "The anitidote to hype." 0:10:00
Strategy Guides (revisited) Gaming Stephen McGregor 57 "This misinformation vortex." One year of Nice Games Club! 1:06:04
Strategy Guides and Wikis Gaming, Tools Martha Megarry 8 "Will you be the best with me?" 0:20:45
Support Systems IRL Stephen McGregor 276 "Always be the banker." 53:57
Taking Feedback IRL Stephen McGregor 154 "Abstracted to the point of silliness." 0:26:06
Targeting Multiple Platforms Programming Mark LaCroix 359 "Imagine it's running on a potato." 0:06:56
Taxes and Business IRL Mark LaCroix 24 "I trolled myself." 0:01:51
Teaching Gamedev to Young People Game Design, IRL Truman Simpson 263 Teaching Gamedev to Young People n/a
Teaching Gamedev to Young People, Again! Game Design, IRL Chris Totten 264 Teaching Gamedev to Young People, Again! n/a
Team Building IRL, Production Stephen McGregor 123 "Does this game mechanic spark joy?" 0:01:57
The art of Saying No Production Dale LaCroix 385 "You shouldn't pet the wolf." 1:33
The Ethics of Engagement Game Design Ellen Burns-Johnson 284 "Shiny rocks get me every time." 0:36:22
The Future of Nice Games Club Meta 57 "This misinformation vortex." One year of Nice Games Club! 1:13:57
The Gaming Press Gaming, IRL, Marketing Ben Hanson 88 The Gaming Press n/a
The GDC That Wasn't Events, IRL 168 "GDC" 2020 Special 0:12:40
The Intersection of Puzzle and Story Game Design, Narrative, Production Ron Gilbert 354 The Intersection of Puzzle and Story n/a
The Logistics of Moving On IRL, Production Zach Barth 293 The Logistics of Moving On n/a
The MIX 2019 Events Mark LaCroix 124 GDC 2019 Special 0:49:05
The New Clubhouse IRL, Meta Mark LaCroix 235 The New Clubhouse n/a
The Psychology of Animation Art, Game Design, UI / UX Ellen Burns-Johnson 304 "Play thrice, and make thrice." 0:48:16
The State of "Dogpile!" IRL, Tabletop Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Ellen Burns-Johnson 311 The State of "Dogpile!" n/a
The Taxonomy of Horse Games Game Design, Gaming, Production Alice Ruppert 303 The Taxonomy of Horse Games n/a
Theming vs. Aesthetics Game Design Ellen Burns-Johnson 361 "The lensing effect of the window." 0:06:40
Therapeutic Games Game Design, Tabletop Adam Davis 219 Therapeutic Games n/a
Thinky Bits (Off-Screen Gameplay) Game Design Ellen Burns-Johnson 347 "A slow meat computer" 0:49:17
Time Management Misc. Beth Korth 355 "Ellen's going to be so mad!" 0:31:35
Tiny Horrors Game Design, Narrative Rosalie Vile 299 Tiny Horrors n/a
Tiny Interactions Game Design Lydia Symchych 385 "You shouldn't pet the wolf." 0:31:30
Tips for Designing Games for Learning Events, Game Design, UI / UX Ellen Burns-Johnson 203 Tips for Designing Games for Learning n/a
Tools of the Trade Tools Martha Megarry 12 "Can I tweet about this?" 0:32:33
Train Jam Events Martha Megarry 17 GDC 2017 Special (Part 1) 0:00:58
Train Jam Interviews Events Dylan Skerbitz 17 GDC 2017 Special (Part 1) 0:13:13
Transmedia IRL Felix Foster, Lane Davis 13 Co-op Recap: Transmedia n/a
Turn-Based RPGs Gaming Martha Megarry 101 "Don’t start with me." 0:52:15
Turning off the Gamedev Brain IRL Stephen McGregor 367 "Numbers go up." 0:42:39
Tutorialization with Puzzles Game Design Luke Spierewka 371 Tutorialization with Puzzles n/a
Tutorials Game Design, UI / UX Stephen McGregor 90 "Press A to jump." 0:41:51
Unions IRL Martha Megarry 111 "Game workers unite!" 0:38:53
Unit Testing Programming Martha Megarry 133 “That wasn’t the angle I was going for.” 0:41:31
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
Unlocks Game Design Stephen McGregor 163 "Please cheat, I don't care." 0:06:19
Unreal Engine Game Design, Production, Programming, Tools Zack Gilbertson 307 Unreal Engine for Indies n/a
Upcoming Games Gaming Mark LaCroix 53 "Boo!" 0:04:41
User Interfaces Game Design Mark LaCroix 19 "Pick up all the things." 0:42:26
User Interfaces Art, UI / UX Jajeev Nithiananda 145 User Interfaces n/a
Verisimilitude Art, Game Design Ellen Burns-Johnson 278 "Insert interesting car here." 0:05:23
Version Control Production, Tools Martha Megarry 26 "The Stevechievement." 0:03:58
Video Game Events Events Martha Megarry 127 “When two colors of paint really love each other…” 0:09:21
Video Game Immersion Gaming Stephen McGregor 42 "You can see the cabbage in it." 0:05:54
Video Game IP Law Marketing, Misc., Production Haley MacLeon 388 Video Game IP Law n/a
Video Game Juice Game Design Lane Davis 29 "I am a Juice Journeyman!" 0:35:18