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Merging Audio and Gameplay in Cocoon with Jakob Schmid from 2023-12-11T07:39
Senior Creative Director Bryan Intihar Talks Marvel's Spider-Man 2 from 2023-12-04T18:29
Blasphemous II with The Game Kitchen's Enrique Cabeza&David Erosa from 2023-11-27T05:30
From Darksiders to Remnant II with David Adams&Ben Gabbard from 2023-11-20T05:30
Super Evil Megacorp's Kristian Segerstrale from 2023-11-13T05:09
Double Fine's Kevin Johnson Shares His Game Dev Journey from 2023-11-06T05:27
Creative Director Sam Lake Talks Alan Wake 2 and Live Action Film in Games from 2023-10-30T04:43
Naughty Dog's Arne Meyer Talks Community and Game Dev Culture from 2023-10-23T04:39
Creating Galactic Ripple Effects in EVE Online with CCP's Hilmar Veigar Pétursson from 2023-10-17T19:27
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Judas, Writing and Narrative in Games with Bioshock Creator Ken Levine from 2023-10-09T04:30
Starfield with Bethesda's Todd Howard from 2023-09-25T08:06
Exploring Humanity with Enhance's Mark MacDonald from 2023-09-18T04:32
Creating Complex Conversation Systems in Oxenfree II: Lost Signals from 2023-09-11T05:24
Making Dave the Diver Endearing with Jaeho Hwang and Nolan King from 2023-09-04T07:13
Final Fantasy XVI Actor Ben Starr from 2023-08-28T04:30
BattleBit Remastered with Max "Larry" Fink from 2023-08-21T05:40
Actor Laura Bailey Talks About Her Career and Stray Gods from 2023-08-14T04:16
Re-release: Ratchet&Clank: Rift Apart Creative Director, Marcus Smith from 2023-07-31T08:38
We're back with one of our past episodes with Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Creative Director, Marcus Smith!
Re-release: Marvel’s Spider-Man Creative Director, Bryan Intihar from 2023-07-24T09:52
We're on a break from new content this week, but check out one of our past episodes with Bryan Intihar, Creative Director at Insomniac Games for Marvel’s Spider-Man!
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Creating More Star Wars Music than John Williams with Composer Gordy Haab from 2023-07-17T04:30
Creating a Rhythm-Action Game with Hi-Fi Rush Director John Johanas from 2023-07-03T04:30
From Metal Gear to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor with Composer Stephen Barton from 2023-06-26T04:20
Sarah and Colin Northway Discuss I Was a Teenage Exocolonist from 2023-06-19T19:31
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Diablo IV Game Director Joe Shely from 2023-06-12T04:30
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Creating the "Gamiest Game" in Neon White with Ben Esposito from 2023-06-05T04:30
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From Blizzard to Vox Machina with Composer Neal Acree from 2023-05-29T04:56
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Procedural Music Composition with Composer Chance Thomas from 2023-05-22T05:54
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Shiny Shoe's Mark Cooke talks Monster Train and Inkbound from 2023-05-08T12:00
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The Last Spell with Ishtar Games' Benjamin Coquelle and Bruno Laverny from 2023-04-24T04:30
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Real World Inspirations in Tchia with Awaceb's Phil Crifo from 2023-04-17T04:30
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The History of Dwarf Fortress with Zach and Tarn Adams - Part 2 from 2023-04-03T04:30
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The History of Dwarf Fortress with Zach and Tarn Adams - Part 1 from 2023-03-27T04:30
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Music, Actors, and the Sound of Rats in A Plague Tale: Requiem from 2023-03-20T04:30
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Korean Game Development with Pearl Abyss America CEO, Jeonghee "JJ" Jin from 2023-03-13T04:30
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök Composer Stephanie Economou from 2023-03-06T05:30
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Directing God of War Ragnarök with Eric Williams of Santa Monica Studio from 2023-02-20T05:30
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Opus and Taiwanese Game Development with Sigono's Scott Chen from 2023-02-06T05:30
Trent Kusters chats with Scott Chen of the Taiwanese independent s...
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IMMORTALITY Composer Nainita Desai from 2023-01-30T05:30
Austin Wintory chats with composer and Emmy winner Nainita Desai. Together th...
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A NieR Retrospective with YOKO TARO, Yosuke Saito, and Keiichi Okabe from 2023-01-23T05:30
The audio version of this interview is entirely in Japanese. To watch the subtitled version, please visit our Youtube channel.
From Hearthstone to MARVEL SNAP with Second Dinner's Ben Brode from 2023-01-16T18:32
Trent Kusters chats with Ben Brode, Co-Founder and Chief Development Of...
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"Development Under Siege" with tinyBuild's Alex Nichiporchik from 2022-12-19T05:30
Trent Kusters and tinyBuild CEO Listen
Pitching a 16th-Century Murder Mystery Game with Obsidian's Josh Sawyer from 2022-12-12T18:01
Trent Kusters chats with Josh Sawyer, the Game Director behind Listen
Creating Escape Room Video Games with Wyatt Bushnell and Mike Salyh from 2022-12-05T05:30
Trent Kusters chats with Mike Salyh and Listen
Horizon Forbidden West and Gotham Knights Composer Duo, The Flight from 2022-11-21T06:50
Austin Wintory chats with the composer duo collectively known as The Flight Listen
Creating Cult of the Lamb with Julian Wilton from 2022-11-07T17:33
Trent Kusters chats with Massive Monster's Listen
Return to Monkey Island with Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman from 2022-10-31T17:10
Austin Wintory chats with 2 of the creators behind the Monkey Island ...
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PlayStation London Studio with Tara Saunders and Stuart Whyte from 2022-10-27T13:00
Ted Price chats with PlayStation London Studio Co-Studio Heads,...
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From Silent Hill to Immortality with Sam Barlow from 2022-10-24T04:30
Trent Kusters chats with Game Director at Half Mermaid, Listen
Re-release: ID@Xbox Director, Chris Charla from 2022-10-11T17:23
We're on a break from new content this week, but check out one of our past episodes with recent GMN host, Chris Charla of ID@Xbox!
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Co-Running a Game Studio with Iron Galaxy's Adam Boyes and Chelsea Blasko from 2022-10-03T04:30
Chris Charla chats with Chelsea Blasko and Listen
The History of Housemarque with Co-founder Ilari Kuittinen from 2022-09-26T04:30:52
Ted Price chats with Ilari Kuittinen, Studio Head & Co-founder ...
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Arcane with Alex Yee and Christian Linke from 2022-09-19T04:30:06
Ted Price chats with Christian Linke and Alex Yee, two o...
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Weird West with Raphaël Colantonio from 2022-08-29T04:27:59
Trent Kusters chats with Raphaël Colantonio, the President and C...
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Horizon: Forbidden West with Guerrilla's Mathijs de Jonge from 2022-08-22T04:30:47
Ted Price chats with Guerrilla's Listen
Moss Book II with Polyarc's Chris Alderson and Josh Stiksma from 2022-08-08T04:30:34
Trent Kusters chats with Polyarc's Listen
Halo Infinite with Joseph Staten from 2022-08-01T04:30:33
Ted Price chats with Joseph Staten, the Head of Creative at Listen
Deathloop Composer Tom Salta from 2022-07-25T04:30:10
Austin Wintory chats with Composer Tom Salta. Together they discuss his ca...
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The Artful Escape with Johnny Galvatron from 2022-07-18T04:30:03
Trent Kusters chats with Johnny Galvatron, the Creative Direct...
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New World Game Director, Scot Lane from 2022-07-05T04:30:22
Ted Price chats with New World Game Director, Scot Lane Listen
Sable with Gregorios Kythreotis and Martin Kvale from 2022-06-27T05:13:12
Trent Kusters chats with Gregorios Kythreotis (Creative Director...
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Exploring the Destiny Universe with Bungie's Luke Smith from 2022-06-13T04:30:54
Ted Price chats with Bungie's <...
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Exploring Tunic with Andrew Shouldice from 2022-06-06T04:30:41
Chris Charla chats with Andrew Shouldice, the game developer and designer behind Tunic. Together they discuss his journey into game development and the decision to go indie; the influences behin...
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Writer and Content Creator, Alanah Pearce from 2022-05-30T03:41:44
Xalavier Nelson Jr. chats with writer and content creator Alanah Pearce Listen
Rainbow Billy with Christopher Chancey from 2022-05-23T05:57:02
Trent Kusters chats with ManaVoid Entertainment's Listen
Before Your Eyes with Oliver Lewin and Graham Parkes from 2022-05-16T04:30:15
Corey May speaks with the Oliver Lewin and Listen
Unpacking Composer and Sound Designer, Jeff van Dyck from 2022-05-09T04:30:19
Austin Wintory chats with Jeff van Dyck, the composer and sound designe...
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Guild Wars 2 Composer, Maclaine Diemer from 2022-05-02T04:28:30
Austin Wintory chats with Maclaine Diemer, one of the compos...
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Unpacking with Wren Brier and Tim Dawson from 2022-04-25T04:15:04
Trent Kusters (Co-Founder and Studio Director of League of Geeks) chats...
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Resident Evil Village Actor, Maggie Robertson from 2022-04-18T04:30:24
At the 2022 D.I.C.E. Summit, Austin Wintory chats with actor Listen
It Takes Two Lead Sound Designer, Philip Eriksson from 2022-04-11T04:30:26
At the 2022 D.I.C.E. Summit, Austin Wintory chats with Philp Eriks...
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Shannon Loftis of World's Edge Studio, Microsoft from 2022-04-04T18:44:50
Ted Price chats with Shannon Loftis, the retiring VP of Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios and Studio Head of World's Edge Studio. Together they look back on her long a...
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Darkest Dungeon with Tyler Sigman from 2022-03-14T04:30:34
Robin Hunicke chats with Tyler Sigman, Co-Founder of Listen
DEATHLOOP Director, Dinga Bakaba from 2022-02-14T05:30:06
Ted Price chats with Dinga Bakaba, the director behind the critically ac...
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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy with Jean-François Dugas and Mary DeMarle from 2022-01-25T06:45:11
Ted Price chats with Jean-François Dugas and Mary DeMarle from Ei...
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Unsighted with Tiani Pixel&Fernanda Dias from 2021-12-19T09:43:41
Robin Hunicke chats with the duo behind Listen
Buzz Burrowes, Audio System Architect at Epic Games from 2021-12-13T05:39:56
Austin Wintory chats with audio engineer, architect, and programmer ...
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Double Fine Art Director, Lisette Titre-Montgomery from 2021-12-06T06:36:25
Robin Hunicke chats with Art Director Listen
Back 4 Blood Composer, Martin Stig Andersen from 2021-11-22T08:54:52
Austin Wintory chats with composer and sound designer Listen
Kena: Bridge of Spirits with Mike and Josh Grier from 2021-11-08T11:27:21
Ted Price chats with brothers Mike and Josh Grier, co-founders of Ember Lab Listen
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year from 2021-11-05T19:19:25
Brought to you by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the 24th Annual #DICEAwards is an annual awards celebration by game makers for game makers, honoring ...
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24th #DICEAwards Roundtable: Fighting Game of the Year from 2021-11-04T23:02:40
Brought to you by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the 24th Annual #DICEAwards is an annual awards celebration by game makers for game makers, honoring ...
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Far Cry 6 Audio Director, Eduardo Vaisman from 2021-11-01T07:41:12
Austin Wintory chats with audio director, Eduardo Vaisman. Together ...
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24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction from 2021-10-29T20:46:55
Brought to you by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the 24th Annual #DICEAwards is an annual awards celebration by game makers for game makers, honoring ...
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24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Racing Game of the Year from 2021-10-28T17:32:24
Brought to you by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the 24th Annual #DICEAwards is an annual awards celebration by game makers for game makers, honoring ...
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Psychonauts 2 Composer, Peter McConnell from 2021-10-18T04:30
Austin Wintory chats with luminary composer Listen
Twelve Minutes with Luis Antonio from 2021-10-04T04:30
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game from 2021-10-03T19:08:50
Brought to you by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the 24th Annual #DICEAwards is an annual awards celebration by game makers for game makers, honoring ...
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24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Online Game of the Year from 2021-10-02T19:08:50
Brought to you by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the 24th Annual #DICEAwards is an annual awards celebration by game makers for game makers, honoring ...
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24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Character from 2021-10-01T23:03:10
Brought to you by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the 24th Annual #DICEAwards is an annual awards celebration by game makers for game makers, honoring ...
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Adam Volker and Bohdon Sayre of Flight School Studio from 2021-09-27T04:30
Robin Hunicke chats with Listen
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Sports Game of the Year from 2021-09-26T16:00
Brought to you by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the 24th Annual #DICEAwards is an annual awards celebration by game makers for game makers, honoring the games that connect us aroun...
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24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Immersive Reality Game of the Year from 2021-09-25T16:00
Brought to you by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the 24th Annual #DICEAwards is an annual awards celebration by game makers for game makers, honoring the games that connect us aroun...
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24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Animation from 2021-09-24T19:12:13
Brought to you by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the 24th Annual #DICEAwards is an annual awards celebration by game makers for game makers, honoring ...
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Peanut Button's Asaf and Eyal Geva from 2021-09-20T04:39:33
Robin Hunicke chats with Asaf and Eyal Geva Listen
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Immersive Reality Technical Achievement from 2021-09-19T16:30
Brought to you by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the 24th Annual #DICEAwards is an annual awards celebration by game makers for game makers, honoring ...
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24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Family Game of the Year from 2021-09-18T16:30
Brought to you by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the 24th Annual #DICEAwards is an annual awards celebration by game makers for game makers, honoring ...
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24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design from 2021-09-17T17:30:24
Brought to you by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the 24th Annual #DICEAwards is an annual awards celebration by game makers for game makers, honoring the games that connect us aroun...
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The Ascent with Neon Giant's Arcade Berg&Tor Frick from 2021-09-13T04:30
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition from 2021-09-12T16:00
Listen to our extended roundtable conversations from the 24th Annual #DICEAwards, moderated by Spawn on Me's Kahlief Adams, with candid conversations and insights ...
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24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction from 2021-09-11T16:00
Listen to our extended roundtable conversations from the 24th Annual #DICEAwards, moderated by Spawn on Me's Kahlief Adams, with candid conversations and insights ...
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24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Technical Achievement from 2021-09-10T19:22:34
Listen to our extended roundtable conversations from the 24th Annual #DICEAwards, moderated by Spawn on Me's Kahlief Adams, with candid conversations and insights ...
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Sr. Director of Sound at PlayStation Studios, Phillip Kovats from 2021-09-06T04:30
Austin Wintory chats with Listen
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Mobile Game of the Year from 2021-09-05T21:49:52
Listen to our extended roundtable conversations from the 24th Annual #DICEAwards, moderated by Spawn on Me's Kahlief Adams, with candid conversations and insights ...
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24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Action Game of the Year from 2021-09-05T01:26:18
Listen to our extended roundtable conversations from the 24th Annual #DICEAwards, moderated by Spawn on Me's Kahlief Adams, with candid conversations and insights ...
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24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Story from 2021-09-02T21:43:03
Listen to the nominees for the 24th Annual #DICEAwards Outstanding Achievement in Story chat with one another in intimate roundtable sessions, moderated by Spawn o...
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Velan Studios Founders, Guha and Karthik Bala from 2021-08-30T04:33:56
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Adventure Game of the Year from 2021-08-29T18:42:52
Listen to the nominees for the 24th Annual #DICEAwards Adventure Game of the Year chat with one another in intimate roundtable sessions, moderated by Spawn on Me's...
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24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Game Design from 2021-08-28T00:08:37
Watch our extended roundtable conversations from the 24th Annual #DICEAwards, moderated by Spawn on Me's Kahlief Adams, with candid conversations and insights from...
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24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Role-Playing Game of the Year from 2021-08-27T00:24:10
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Elder Scrolls Online Director, Matt Firor from 2021-08-23T04:22:14
Composer, Singer, Songwriter, Mark Mothersbaugh from 2021-08-16T06:15:04
Austin Wintory chats with Listen
Arkane Studios Director, Harvey Smith from 2021-08-09T04:30
Insomniac Games Founder, Ted Price from 2021-08-02T04:30
In this special 100th episode of the Game Maker's Notebook, we turn the tables on longtime host Listen
Blizzard Entertainment President, J. Allen Brack from 2021-07-18T05:28:26
Ratchet&Clank: Rift Apart Creative Director, Marcus Smith from 2021-07-12T04:30
Returnal with Harry Krueger from 2021-07-06T04:30
Ted Price chats with Housemarque's Harry Krueger about their recently rele...
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Resident Evil Village Composer, Brian D'Oliveira from 2021-06-28T06:11:58
Austin Wintory chats with Composer Listen
It Takes Two with Josef Fares, Hazelight Studios from 2021-06-21T04:30
Funomena Producer, Arshea Bimal from 2021-06-14T04:30
Robin Hunicke chats with Listen
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable Series: Role-Playing Game of the Year from 2021-06-10T19:15:24
The #DICEAwards is an annual awards celebration by game makers for game makers, honoring the games that connect us around the globe.
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Celeste Composer, Lena Raine from 2021-06-07T04:30
Austin Wintory chats with composer Listen
Thomas Mahler&Gennadiy Korol of Moon Studios from 2021-05-31T04:30
Chelsea Blasko of Iron Galaxy Studios from 2021-05-25T05:06:17
Robin Hunicke chats with Listen
Quantic Dream Founder&Director, David Cage from 2021-05-17T04:30
Braid and The Witness Creator, Jonathan Blow from 2021-05-09T18:04:21
Dr. Mitu Khandaker of Glow Up Games from 2021-05-03T04:30
Robin Hunicke chats with Listen
Oddworld with Lorne Lanning from 2021-04-28T04:30:05
Stray Bombay Co-Founder, Kimberly Voll from 2021-04-19T04:30
Robin Hunicke chats with Listen
Naughty Dog Co-President, Evan Wells from 2021-04-12T04:30
Randy Pitchford of Gearbox Entertainment from 2021-04-05T04:30
Portal&Half-Life: Alyx Writer, Erik Wolpaw from 2021-03-29T04:30
Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator, Jörg Neumann from 2021-03-15T04:30
Ted Price chats with Jörg Neumann, Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Tog...
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Assassin's Creed Composer, Jesper Kyd from 2021-03-01T05:30
ABZÛ and The Pathless with Giant Squid's Matt Nava from 2021-02-15T05:30
Watch Dogs: Legion with Ubisoft's Clint Hocking from 2021-01-29T05:30
Ted Price chats with Ubisoft's Clint Hocking about the societal comm...
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Spelunky's Derek Yu from 2021-01-25T05:30
Robin Hunicke chats with Listen
Game Developer and Educator, Jesse Schell from 2021-01-18T05:30
Robin Hunicke chats with Listen
Call of Duty and Mass Effect Composer, Jack Wall from 2021-01-11T05:30
Austin Wintory chats with composer Listen
Bugsnax with Philip Tibitoski from 2021-01-04T05:30
Robin Hunicke chats with Listen
Hades with Supergiant Games' Amir Rao and Greg Kasavin from 2020-12-21T06:45:43
Cyberpunk 2077 Composer, Marcin Przybyłowicz from 2020-12-14T19:07:04
Austin chats with CD PROJEKT RED composer Marcin Przybyłowicz to discuss his work on the Witcher series ...
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Narrative Director Xalavier Nelson Jr. from 2020-12-07T05:00
Robin Hunicke chats with writer and narrative director Listen
Baldur's Gate 3 Composer, Borislav Slavov from 2020-11-30T05:00
Austin Wintory chats with composer Listen
Nour with Terrifying Jellyfish's TJ Hughes from 2020-11-23T05:01:49
Robin Hunicke chats with digital artist and game designer Listen
Fall Guys with Mediatonic's Joe Walsh&Joel Herber from 2020-11-09T05:00
Insomniac Games' Ted Price chats with Listen
Dealing with Death in Spiritfarer - Nicolas Guérin&William Dubé of Thunder Lotus Games from 2020-10-26T04:00
Insomniac Games' Ted Price chats with Nicolas Guérin and William Dubé from...
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The Last of Us Series Composer, Gustavo Santaolalla from 2020-10-12T04:00
Austin Wintory chats with composer Listen
Apex Legends Development Director, Tim Lewinson from 2020-09-28T04:00
Funomena's Robin Hunicke chats with Tim Lewinson, Development Director on ...
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Ghost of Tsushima with Brian Fleming from 2020-09-14T06:18:09
Ted Price chats with Sucker Punch Productions Co-Founder and Producer Bri...
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Game Developer Ben Wilson from 2020-09-08T05:23:09
Robin Hunicke chats with game developer Listen
Ghost of Tsushima Composer, Ilan Eshkeri from 2020-08-24T04:00
Austin Wintory chats with Ilan Eshkeri, one half of the composing team ...
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Writer and Narrative Designer, Kim Belair from 2020-08-10T04:00
Robin Hunicke chats with Kim Belair of Sweet Baby Inc. to discuss ho...
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Untitled Goose Game with Nico Disseldorp and Jake Strasser from 2020-07-27T04:03:42
Robin Hunicke chats with Nico Disseldorp and Jake Strasser of House House
DOOM Eternal with id Software's Hugo Martin and Marty Stratton from 2020-07-13T15:54:34
Ted Price chats with Hugo Martin and Marty Stratton of Listen
Star Wars: The Old Republic Composer, Jesse Harlin from 2020-06-29T04:00
Jesse Harlin chats with Listen
Don't Starve's Jamie Cheng of Klei Entertainment from 2020-06-17T06:28:40
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Baba Is You Creator, Arvi Teikari from 2020-06-01T04:00
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Remember Me Composer, Olivier Deriviere from 2020-05-18T04:00
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Director of Control, Mikael Kasurinen from 2020-05-04T04:00
Remedy Entertainment’s Mikael Kasurinen joins Ted to discuss his studio's approach to handling the current pandemic, his game design philosophy, creating and nurtu...
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Half-Life: Alyx with Valve's Robin Walker from 2020-04-23T04:00
Robin Walker joins host Ted Price to discuss bringing back the Half-Life series with Half-Life: Alyx, the importance of audio in games and especially VR, and how V...
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Halo and Destiny Composer, Marty O'Donnell from 2020-04-06T02:53:10
Marty O’Donnell joins Austin Wintory on the Game Maker’s Notebook to discuss his early career before video games, his pioneering work as an Audio Director, and his...
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Emily Greer of Double Loop Games from 2020-03-24T05:39:12
Emily Greer sits down with Robin Hunicke during D.I.C.E. Summit to discuss her new start up Double Loop Games, her experience co-founding Kongregate, her understan...
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Epic Games Founder&CEO, Tim Sweeney from 2020-03-09T05:07:05
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Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer from 2020-02-24T09:20:23
Ted and Phil Spencer discuss the importance of being accessible to fans, what lies ahead for Xbox and Project xCloud, thoughts on monetization, the importance of s...
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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Director Stig Asmussen from 2020-01-05T22:37:49
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Life is Strange with Michel Koch and Raoul Barbet from 2019-12-23T04:30
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Troy Baker from 2019-12-16T04:30
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Mortal Kombat 11 Composer Wilbert Roget, II from 2019-12-09T04:30
Composer Wilbert Roget, II sits down with Austin Wintory to discuss his start working at LucasArts, composing in the Star Wars universe, creating the musi...
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God of War Composer Bear McCreary from 2019-12-02T04:30
Composer Bear McCreary chats with Austin Wintory to discuss creating the music for God of War, working together on Assassin's Creed Syndicate, th...
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Dreams with Media Molecule's Abbie Heppe from 2019-11-25T04:25:03
Abbie Heppe joins Robin Hunicke in Croatia with another episode recorded on location at D.I.C.E. Dubrovnik. Abbie and Robin discuss community management and commun...
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Maria Sayans of ustwo games from 2019-11-18T05:50:15
Maria Sayans joins Ted Price in Croatia with another episode recorded on location at D.I.C.E. Dubrovnik. Maria and Ted discuss the ethics of design, how game maker...
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ID@Xbox Director, Chris Charla from 2019-11-11T01:00
Chris Charla joins Ted Price at this past D.I.C.E. Dubrovnik conference. Chris discusses his journey from journalism to game development, his work overseeing Xbox’s independent projects, challen...
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The Outer Worlds Co-Game Director, Leonard Boyarsky from 2019-11-04T02:00
Leonard Boyarsky joins host Ted Price to talk about his career, creating Fallout, his approach to design and storytelling, lessons learned while working o...
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Riot Games' Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street from 2019-10-28T00:00
Riot Games' Greg Street sits down with Ted Price to discuss the 10th anniversary of League of Legends, Riot's plans for extending the LoL IP into differen...
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Head of Santa Monica Studio, Shannon Studstill from 2019-10-23T00:30
Head of Santa Monica Studio Shannon Studstill joins Ted to discuss the history of the studio, the evolution in their studio culture, women in game development, and the importance of community.
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Darren Korb of Supergiant Games from 2019-10-13T19:08:12
Composer Darren Korb (Bastion, Transistor, Pyre) joins host Austin Wintory to discuss the past 10 years at Supergiant, intentionally staying small as a studio, striving to match each team member cr...
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Indie Developers Gwen Frey and Jennifer Schneidereit from 2019-10-07T04:17:23
In this special two-in-one indie episode, host Robin Hunicke sits down with developers Gwen Frey followed by Jennifer Schneidereit to talk about their current and upcoming games, the inspirations b...
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Super Meat Boy Composer Danny Baranowsky from 2019-09-30T04:08:53
Composer Danny B sits down with host Austin Wintory to discuss his unique career path, taking one's work too seriously, freelance composing vs staff composing, and the risks of chasing fame and suc...
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Chandana Ekanayake of Falcon Age from 2019-09-23T02:14:55
Chandana Ekanayake joins host Robin on the show to talk about how he got his start under Todd Howard and Bethesda, work/life balance and studio culture, dealing with your game's community, and the ...
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Ori and the Blind Forest Composer Gareth Coker from 2019-09-03T03:25:47
Composer Gareth Coker sits down with host Austin Wintory to discuss his career before Ori and the Blind Forest, how he got his start creating mods, teaching English in Japan, and the importance of ...
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Journey Composer Austin Wintory from 2019-08-19T03:00
Composer Austin Wintory (Luna, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Journey) sits down with host Robin Hunicke to talk about their history together working on Journey, how sound and music can complete game ...
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Intel's Kim Pallister from 2019-08-05T01:00
Kim Pallister, Chief Segment Architect for Gaming for Intel's Client Computing Group, stops by to chat with Ted about the obstacles and advancements in VR/AR, the shift to cloud storage, the impact...
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Subnautica Director Charlie Cleveland from 2019-07-22T17:22:07
Charlie Cleveland (Subnautica, Natural Selection 2) joins guest host Greg Kasavin (Pyre, Transistor, Bastion) to talk about early access development, when to let go of a project, and tabletop games...
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Dead Space Composer Jason Graves from 2019-07-08T03:00
Composer Jason Graves (Dead Space series, Tomb Raider, Moss) joins fellow composer Austin Wintory to talk about his different approach to scoring Moss, his career journey to Dead Space, and designi...
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Bioshock Composer Garry Schyman from 2019-06-24T03:54:40
Composer Garry Schyman (Bioshock series, Destroy All Humans series, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor series) sits down with guest host Austin Wintory (Journey, ABZU, The Banner Saga series, Assassin'...
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Kiki Wolfkill and the Halo Universe from 2019-06-03T04:11:22
Kiki Wolfkill (Halo series, Fable) sits down with Ted to talk about her career as a race car driver, what transmedia really means, and the importance of diversity in the video game industry.
Amy Hennig from 2019-05-17T01:00
Industry legend Amy Hennig (Uncharted, Legacy of Kain) sits down with Ted to talk about coaching young developers, giving proper feedback, marrying narrative and design, and the evolution of develo...
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Lucas Pope's Return of the Obra Dinn from 2019-05-02T14:01:53
Robin Hunicke returns as guest host and sits down with Lucas Pope (Return of the Obra Dinn, Papers, Please). They discuss their start in games, formulating Papers Please, the urge to continue learn...
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Shuhei Yoshida of Sony Interactive Entertainment from 2019-04-18T22:16:50
Shuhei Yoshida joins Ted to talk about Sony's approach to new IP, his thoughts on VR, where the industry is heading, how players are evolving and what it means for developers.
Shuhei Yoshi...
Into the Breach with Justin Ma from 2019-04-04T10:00
At DICE19, Robin Hunicke chats with Justin Ma (FTL: Faster Than Light, Into the Breach) about following up on a successful game, development hurdles, finding strength in uncertainty, and discoverin...
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Bryan Intihar of Marvel's Spider-Man from 2019-03-14T16:27:10
To kick off season 2 of GMN, Ted sits down with Bryan Intihar (Spider-Man PS4) to talk about his journey from journalist to game developer, the challenges of working on an existing IP, and his pers...
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Vince Zampella of Respawn Entertainment from 2018-12-20T13:00
Vince Zampella (Call of Duty, Titanfall) stops by to chat with Ted about building successful companies, growing multiple teams, and making tough decisions in AAA development.
Zampella is t...
Mike Bithell of Bithell Games from 2018-11-28T17:09:57
Mike Bithell (Thomas Was Alone, Volume) joins guest host Robin Hunicke (Journey, Luna) to talk about team dynamics, developer career transitions, guide rails for young developers, and maintaining a...
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Kelly Wallick of Indie MEGABOOTH from 2018-10-24T08:00
Kelly Wallick sits down with guest host Robin Hunicke (Journey, Luna) to chat about curating online marketplaces to attract new consumers, designing humane software, and their lasting friendship. <...
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Jenova Chen from thatgamecompany from 2018-10-03T10:00
Jenova Chen (Journey, Flower) joins Ted on the show to talk about balancing creative risks, building a universally accepted game, interpreting test data like a doctor, and how thatgamecompany is ju...
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Jason Rubin of Oculus from 2018-09-19T13:13:29
Jason Rubin (Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter) stops by to chat with Ted about founding Naughty Dog, leaving and returning to the industry, and the current state of VR.
Rubin is the VP of C...
Ashraf Ismail of Assassin's Creed from 2018-08-14T13:31:29
Ashraf Ismail (Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Assassin's Creed Origins) sits down with Ted to talk about building large scale game systems, respecting cultures and history, the challenges of ques...
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Tim Schafer of Double Fine Productions from 2018-07-18T10:00
Industry veteren Tim Schafer (Psychonauts, Grim Fandango) stops by to chat with Ted about creating new IP, humor in games, celebrity culture, crowdfunding games, and Double Fine's publishing effort...
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Ghost of Tsushima Artist Romain Jouandeau from 2018-07-11T10:00
A special episode with Artist and Into the Pixel winner, Romain Jouandeau of Sucker Punch Productions for his winning piece “Cove” from upcoming game Ghost of Tsushima.
Bob Rafei of Big Red Bu...
Media Molecule's Siobhan Reddy from 2018-07-03T15:58:22
Siobhan Reddy (LittleBigPlanet) sits down with Ted to talk about the upcoming game Dreams, the importance of community support, user-generated content, and the "glitter and doom" that comes with be...
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Ready at Dawn's Ru Weerasuriya from 2018-06-06T10:00
Ru Weerasuriya (Lone Echo) chats with Ted about his experience starting a company, building his team's culture, the common thread in their respective games, and the world of virtual reality.
God of War's Cory Barlog from 2018-05-25T23:19:22
Cory Barlog (God of War) stops by to share with Ted stories from God of War's development, the impact of social media on games, the experience gained through failures, and the expectations of prese...
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Jeff Kaplan of Blizzard Entertainment from 2018-05-16T10:00
Jeff Kaplan (Overwatch, World of Warcraft) chats with Ted about Overwatch, quest design in MMOs, the differences between company and team culture, and how playing hours of EverQuest eventually led ...
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Mortal Kombat Creator, Ed Boon from 2018-05-02T10:00
Ed Boon (Mortal Kombat) joins Ted to talk about their origins as game developers, the history of Mortal Kombat, video game movies, his place in pop culture, and the challenges of leading a studio.<...
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Ian Dallas from 2018-04-18T10:00
Ian Dallas (The Unfinished Swan) sits down with Greg Rice (Broken Age) to talk about his journey into games, their thoughts on What Remains of Edith Finch (SPOILERS), maintaining a studio size of o...
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Sean Vanaman & Amir Rao from 2018-04-04T09:00
In this special episode, Sean Vanaman (Firewatch) and Amir Rao (Bastion, Transistor) meet up to talk about leadership challenges, the importance of team chemistry, job interview rejection stories, ...
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Todd Howard from 2018-03-14T16:07:54
Todd Howard of Bethesda Game Studios chats with Ted Price about the history, decisions, production challenges behind The Elder Scrolls and Fallout series, the relationship between games and their o...
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Nathan Vella from 2018-01-31T11:00
Capy's Nathan Vella stops by to chat with Ted Price of Insomniac Games about his journey from film into game development, leading a multi-project studio, comedy in games, and the future of indie de...
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Christina Norman from 2018-01-17T11:00
Christina Norman of Riot Games joins Insomniac Games' Ted Price to talk about League of Legends, game design, and how to foster a unique studio culture.
Christina is a lead designer at Ri...
Neil Druckmann from 2017-12-20T09:22:46
Neil Druckmann from Naughty Dog sits down with Insomniac Games' Ted Price to discuss trailer reactions, The Last of Us, narrative vs gameplay, and the drive to create something meaningful.
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Hermen Hulst from 2017-12-13T05:38:39
Guerrilla's Hermen Hulst joins Ted Price of Insomniac Games to discuss learning from other studios, going with your gut, maintaining team passion and morale, and how their roles have changed over t...
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Robin Hunicke from 2017-11-29T06:36:21
Robin Hunicke sits down with Insomniac Games' Ted Price to talk about building Journey, representing yourself and your game on stage, staying genuine, and amplifying new voices in the industry.
Brendan Greene AKA PlayerUnknown from 2017-11-13T20:20:57
Brendan Greene, aka PLAYERUNKNOWN, talks about being on welfare before PUBG, traveling the world and meeting fans, the importance of having a team you can trust, and the power of game mods.
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