Podcasts by The Game Dev Show

TGDS S2E28 Alix Wilton Regan - Actor – Games Voiceover - Assassin’s Creed Origins – Cyberpunk 2077 from 2022-03-01T16:52:17

For the final episode of the season, we were delighted to be joined by Alix Wilton Regan, who is of course, the brilliant actor / voice behind Aya in Assassin’s Creed Origins, Alt Cunningham in ...

TGDS S2E27 Rasmus Poulsen - Franchise Art Director – IO Interactive – AAA Games – Art Direction – Hitman 2 from 2022-02-22T16:18:04

This week is our penultimate episode of The Game Dev Show and we are delighted to be joined by Rasmus Poulsen, Franchise Art Director for IO Interactive.  

Rasmus talks to us straigh...

TGDS S2E26 Luis Antonio Director at Twelve Minutes - Art Director - Rockstar - Ubisoft - Indie - The Witness from 2022-02-15T16:27:12

Join us for this week’s episode of The Game Dev Show with Luis Antonio, a master artist of games including Manhunt 2, Midnight Club, and The Witness, and the visionary director of Twelve Minutes...

TGDS S2E25 Jason Hayes Audio Director / Composer Imagendary Studios - World of Warcraft - Blizzard - Video Games Live from 2022-02-08T16:00

On this week’s episode of The Game Dev Show we’re joined by composer and industry legend, Jason Hayes! You might know Jason from his incredible compositions for World of Warcraft and Dota 2.

TGDS S2E24 David Turley - Shoutcaster for League of Legends - Esports Commentator - Riot - Phreak - Warcraft 3 from 2022-02-01T16:41:28

This week on The Game Dev Show we host the legendary Riot and League of Legends Shoutcaster, and Content Specialist, David Turley.

David takes us through his journey from outcast at schoo...

TGDS S2E23 Ben McCaw - Narrative Director at Guerrilla - Horizon Forbidden West - Ubisoft - Warner Bros - Prince of Persia from 2022-01-25T16:10:05

Join us on this week's episode of The Game Dev Show where we chat with the wonderful Ben McCaw, Narrative Director at Guerrilla, currently working on the soon-to-be-released Horizon Forbidden We...

TGDS S2E22 Quinn Duffy - Design Director - Relic - Blackbird Interactive - Company of Heroes - Age of Empires 4 - Homeworld from 2022-01-18T16:48:01

This week on The Game Dev Show we sit down with Quinn Duffy, Design Director on 2021’s Age of Empires 4, for an exclusive interview following his departure from Relic after 24 years’ with the st...

TGDS S2E21 James Batchelor Editor-in-Chief at Gamesindustry.biz - MCV - Develop - PC Gamer - Games Industry Journalism from 2022-01-11T16:27:13

This week on The Game Dev Show we are joined by the (reluctantly titled) veteran industry journalist and Editor-in-Chief at Gamesindustry.biz, James Batchelor.

James takes us through his ...

TGDS S2E20 Abubakar Salim - Founder & CEO Silver Rain Games - EA - Raised by Wolves from 2022-01-04T16:04:40

Happy New Year!

On 2022's first episode of The Game Dev Show we host the brilliantly talented Abubakar Salim, Founder of Silver Rain Games.

Abubakar takes us through his unique jou...

TGDS S1E1 Andreas Gschwari - CCO Modern Wolf - Splash Damage - nDreams - Indie Innovation from 2022-01-04T10:24:08

This is the official launch of The Game Dev Show! We are incredibly excited to share our work telling the stories of the greatest game creators in the world. Our First guest is Andreas Gschwari ...

TGDS S2E19 Dr. Jo Twist - CEO at UKIE - Commissioning Editor Channel 4 - Commissioner at the BBC from 2021-12-21T16:10:16

On this week’s episode of The Game Dev Show, we sat down with the brilliant Dr. Jo Twist, CEO of UKIE, the UK’s independent Trade Association for Interactive Entertainment.

Jo takes us fr...

TGDS S2E18 James Brooksby - CEO Absolutely Games - Kuju - Doublesix - Born Ready Games - Warhammer 40k - Firewarrior from 2021-12-14T17:10:09

This week on The Game Dev Show we are joined by the fantastic James Brooksby, CEO @ Absolutely Games.

James talks about being CEO at several games companies, the indie games space, and th...

TGDS S2E17 Ambre Lizurey - Director of Operations at EA Motive - Star Wars: Squadrons - Ubisoft - Assassin's Creed - Prince of Persia from 2021-12-07T16:06:38

This week on The Game Dev Show we had the pleasure of sitting down with Ambre Lizurey, Director of Operations at EA Motive.

Ambre walks us through her path into the industry, to Ubisoft a...

TGDS S2 Lorne Lanning pt.2 - Oddworld Inhabitants Co-founder and CCO - Abe's Oddysee - Oddworld: Soulstorm from 2021-11-30T16:00

What defines ‘indie’? This week on TGDS we pick back up with the wonderful Lorne Lanning, creator of Oddworld Inhabitants, in part two of our special feature.

Lorne continues the story of...

TGDS S2E15 Lorne Lanning - Oddworld Inhabitants Co-founder and CCO - Abe's Oddysee - Oddworld Soulstorm - Badgers and Fake Glasses from 2021-11-24T17:56

This week's episode of The Game Dev Show is the first of a two-part special with the legendary Lorne Lanning, founder of Oddworld Inhabitants, and creator of the Oddworld series.

On the e...

TGDS S2E14 Greg Kasavin - Supergiant Games Creative Director - Hades - Bastion - Pyre - Transistor from 2021-11-16T17:32:37

On this week's episode of TGDS, we had the pleasure of speaking with Supergiant Games Creative Director Listen

TGDS S2E13 - Tracy Fullerton - University of Southern California - Game Innovation Lab - Professor - Director from 2021-11-09T17:32:01

On The Game Dev Show this week we sat down with the brilliant Professor, and Director, Tracy Fullerton from the Listen

TGDS S2E12 Alisha Thayer - Crystal Dynamics - Senior Technical Designer - Tomb Raider - Max Payne from 2021-11-02T16:53:18

This week on the Game Dev Show I had the pleasure of sitting down with the wonderful Alisha Thayer, Senior Technical Designer at Crystal Dynamics. 

Alisha takes us through her impres...

TGDS S2E11 Feargus Urquhart - Obsidian Entertainment from 2021-10-26T17:36:05

What do Planescape Torment, Baldur's Gate, Fallout, Knights of the Old Republic 2, Neverwinter Nights 2, Pillars of Eternity, and The Outer Worlds all have in common? Well that's simple, it's @F...

TGDS S2E10 Warren Spector pt.2 - Otherside from 2021-10-19T15:21:08

Are character classes a liberating choice or a prohibitive cage?

This week on the game dev show we conclude the two part special with Listen

TGDS S2E9 Warren Spector - Otherside Entertainment from 2021-10-12T19:08:50

This week on The Game Dev Show we’ve got the first part of our two-part interview with the legendary Warren Spector, Studio Director at OtherSide Entertainment and all-round industry veteran. Listen

TGDS S2E8 Curtis Cherrington - Electronic Arts (EA) from 2021-10-05T13:55:31

Join us for this week’s episode of The Game Dev Show where we’ve been lucky enough to speak to Curtis Cherrington, Senior Manager ...

TGDS S2E7 Celia Hodent - Phd in psychology and Game UX Consultant from 2021-09-28T15:37:02

On this week's episode of The Game Dev Show we had the pleasure of hosting UX Game Consultant, Phd in psychology, and author of The Psychology of Video Games and The Gamer's Brain, Celia Hodent....

TGDS S2E6 Yoan Fanise - DigixArt from 2021-09-21T14:59:22

On this week's episode of The Game Dev Show, we've had the chance to speak to DigixArt's Listen

TGDS S2E5 Preston Watamaniuk - BioWare from 2021-09-14T14:30:28

This week on The Game Dev Show we’ve been lucky enough to speak to Preston Watamaniuk, Game ...

TGDS S2E4 Jorge Sanchez Magdaleno - Mediatonic Games from 2021-09-07T15:52:14

Delighted to have hosted Art Director Jorge Sanchez Magdaleno from Med...

TGDS S2E3 Ville Rauma - Fingersoft from 2021-08-31T15:27:07

This week on The Game Dev Show we are joined by Fingersoft's COO Ville Rauma.

Ville takes us through many points in his uni...

TGDS S2E2 Justin Ma - Subset Games from 2021-08-24T18:04:04

Season 2 of TGDS continues this week as we chat with the serene Indie genius, Justin Ma, co-Founder of Subset Games and co-creator of FTL and Into The Breach.

We cover Justin’s career at ...

TGDS S2E1 Michael Fridley - Squanch Games from 2021-08-17T14:58:04

For the first episode of season 2, Kaley and Luke are joined by Michael Fridley. Mike is the Studio Director of Squanch Games

Kaley and Luke explore Mike's journey in the games industry, ...

TGDS Season 1 Recap from 2021-08-06T12:46:14

A short episode where Kaley and Luke discuss some of their favourite moments of season one, before the imminent launch of season 2. Features various guests from the games industry. 

TGDS Ep 31/ Marty O'Donnell/ Halo Trilogy Composer/ Games Music from 2021-02-18T22:13:29

We are nearing the end of season 1, but wanted to go out on a special episode. For our last guested episode of Season 1, we are joined by Marty O'Donnell who is, of course, the brilliant compose...

TGDS Ep 30/ Mike Wilson/ Devolver/ Cat Daddy/ Games Industry Founder from 2021-02-11T22:20:06

We are so thrilled to host Mike Wilson from Devolver this week! Mike is an absolute Games Industry godperson. He takes Luke and Kaley through his history in the Industry, including insider knowl...

TGDS Ep 29/ Blazej/ Moon Studios/ Outsourced Art/ Producers/ Career Transitions from 2021-02-04T18:03:27

Our week 29 guest is THE Producer from Moon Studios, Blazej! Luke and Kaley talk about Blazej's career transition from telecom to games industry producer and how he has found success, how to nav...

TGDS Ep 28/ Kassi O'Connor/ External Dev/ Machine Learning from 2021-01-26T20:33:22

Our legend of a guest this week is Kassi O'Connor from Glu Mobile. Kassi has spent well over a decade in the industry carving out a niche for herself as the bridge between internal and external ...

TGDS Ep 27/ Mike Rose/ No More Robots/ Indie Publishing from 2021-01-19T19:43:50

Our week 27 guest is Mike Rose from No More Robots who talks to us about his unique perspective on Indie Publishing, games Marketing and PR, game reviews, why he founded No More Robots, and even...

TGDS Ep26/ Rami Ismail Pt 2/ How Culture is Reflected in Games from 2021-01-12T18:47:36

Part 2 with Rami Ismail! If you haven't listened to part one yet, go back and start there (episode 25), and then join us back here for everything in Rami's journey post-Vlambeer. We talk about h...

TGDS Ep 25/ Rami Ismail Part 1/ Cookie Mutiny/ Founding Vlambeer from 2021-01-05T20:28:07

We're starting 2021 with a special two part episode with the incredible Rami Ismail.  Rami has been such an influential part of the games industry from when he founded Vlambeer to becoming ...

TGDS Ep 24/ Dr. Mick Donegan/ Special Effect/ Accessibility in Games from 2020-12-22T17:02:48

We wanted to end this incredibly challenging year with some special content, so for this week we are featuring Dr. Mick Donegan from Special Effect; Special Effect is a UK-based Non Profit Organ...

TGDS ep 23/ Jacquie Shriver Sladeck/ Games VO/ Cyberpunk 2077 from 2020-12-15T18:44:21

Our Cyberpunk 2077 theme continues this week with Jacquie Shriver Sladeck from SIDE who is our week 23 guest. Jacquie has been working in games VO since it's infancy and has truly been a pioneer...

TGDS Ep 22/ Cherami Leigh/ Cyberpunk 2077 Female V/ Games Voice Acting from 2020-12-10T18:04:38

Cherami Leigh is our week 22 guest and she talks to us about what it meant to  provide the Female Voice of V on Cyberpunk 2077. Cherami has an incredible dossier of work including voicing G...

TGDS Ep 21/ AJ Grand-Scrutton/ Beards/ Dlala Studios/Battletoads from 2020-12-03T18:02:08

Episode 20 features AJ Grand-Scrutton from Dlala Studios. We talk about his incredible beard, the advantages of having a Chief Dog Officer, what it's like to work with a sibling (AJ refuses to b...

TGDS Ep 21/ AJ Grand Scratton/ Beards/ Dlala Studios/Battletoads from 2020-12-03T18:02:08

Episode 20 features AJ Grand Scratton from Dlala Studios. We talk about his incredible beard, the advantages of having a Chief Dog Officer, what it's like to work with a sibling (AJ refuses to b...

TGDS Ep 20/ Shelby M/ Oregon Trail/ Relaxing Games/ Creativity from 2020-11-24T21:12:44

Our week nineteen guest is Shelby Moledina Co-founder, COO, and Game Director of Double Loop games. We talk about why creativity needs parameter (and accidently slam Star Citizen... sorry Chris ...

TGDS Ep 19/ Jess L/ Games, Beer, Marathons from 2020-11-17T17:14:22

Jess Lebow from uGen is our guest for week 18 and he is an absolute delight. Not only is he the Founder and Chief Design Architect at uGen, he is a marathoner and beer-brewer extraordinaire. Jes...

TGDS Ep 18/ Mark S/ What Does A Producer Do?/ The Wikipedia of Games from 2020-11-10T17:02:06

For week 18, Luke and Kaley are thrilled to Host Mark Simmons from Freejam Games. Mark has accomplished incredible things in his time as the founder of Freejam, and we talk about how he has crea...

TGDS Ep 17/ Robert B/ Games As Art from 2020-11-03T21:22:10

Our Guest for week 17 is the incredible Robert Bäckström from Limit Break. We talk about how the punk music scene influenced his work in games, why long winters make for hard workers, and games ...

TGDS Ep 16/ Tanya X. Short/ Indie Innovation/ Gender Minorities in Games from 2020-10-27T18:01:45

Our guest for week 16 is Tanya X Short from Kitfox games. Tanya talks to us about how she keeps her work innovative, how she suggests Indies approach game dev, and how Montreal-based NFP Pixelle...

TGDS Ep 15/ Michael and Maxim/ Games Art/ Partnerships in Games/ XDS from 2020-10-20T17:14:51

Now that we've made the mold for The Game Dev Show, it's time to break the mold. For week 15, we took on the challenge of interviewing two guests at once. Our guests were Michael Casalino and Ma...

TGDS Ep 14/ Malek T/ Emerging Games Markets/ Esports from 2020-10-13T19:34:34

Sometimes our episodes linger with us for days after we record them. Episode 14 with Malek Teffaha from Ubisoft MENA is one of those. Malek runs comms, localization, and Esports for Ubisoft MENA...

TGDS Ep 13/ William B/ Billygoat Entertainment from 2020-10-06T18:14:38

Well, it had to happen at some point. William Barr from Billygoat Entertainment in Belfast is our week 13 guest, and our first guest to just troll Luke and Kaley the entire episode. Despite his ...

TGDS Ep 12/ Tyler S/ Darkest Dungeon/ Redhook Games from 2020-09-29T15:58:23

Welcome to week twelve of The Game Dev Show! Our guest this week is Tyler Sigman, one of the creative forces behind Redhook Games and Darkest Dungeon. Beyond talking about the creative process t...

TGDS Ep 11/ Pasi P/ Audio/ The Emotional Engine of A Game from 2020-09-22T16:40:39

Episode 11 brings us Pasi Pitkanen who is the head of Rovio audio. Pasi dispels the myth that audio is irrelevant to mobile games,  talks to us about his journey to where he is today, and e...

TGDS Ep 10/ Daniel M/ Toadman Interactive/ Mobile Game Dev from 2020-09-15T15:43:03

Episode ten is here and our guest is Daniel Mesonero from Toadman Interactive. Daniel has worked in so many different regions and countries within the games industry that he has an incredibly wi...

TGDS Ep9/ Nick Smart/ From The Depths from 2020-09-10T16:17:48

Our guest for week nine is the the physicist and founder of Brilliant Skies Nick Smart. Nick has created such an incredible From The Depths is a wildly creative sandbox game.  Game Ramble s...

TGDS Ep 8/ Katie G/ Parenting in Games/ VR from 2020-09-01T18:15:08

Our Guest for week eight is Katie Goode, who is the co-founder and Creative Director at Cornwall-base VR studio, Triangular Pixels. We talk gender equity in games and Katie breaks down the roots...

TGDS Ep 7 Xavier M/ The Energy Of A Producer from 2020-08-25T18:00:06

Our guest for episode seven is the philosopher/ Head of Line Production at Focus Home, Xavier Marot. Xavier is a man of many talents, from developing his own project management software, to prod...

TGDS Ep 6 David E/ Community Above Everything/ Open Worlds from 2020-08-20T20:28:43

This week, we were joined by David Ecker who is currently the Lead Producer at CCP where he works on Eve Online. David schooled us on live ops, player-led communities, and Pokemon Go tips and tr...

TGDS Ep 5 Miguel C/ Localization FTW/ Captain Morgan Lore from 2020-08-18T17:16:20

This week, we are joined by Miguel Corti. Miguel has been working in games for a decade and a half. He started in Localization but is now the is Senior Manager, Global Production at Capcom. You ...

TGDS Ep 4 Adam C /BAFTA Selection/ POC in Play from 2020-08-11T16:00:41

Adam Campbell is our guest this week! Adam is Co-founder of POC in Play and Director of Product at Azoomee  (Europe’s fastest growing kids’s media company). He is also a jury member of the ...

TGDS Ep3 Rosie B /Journey and Creative Process from 2020-08-04T18:29:44

For our third episode, we are joined by Rosie Ball! Rosie is a producer at Chucklefish, she has worked in the games industry for nearly a decade, and in that time, worked across disciplines, inc...

TGDS Ep 2 Ian Livingstone/ History of Warhammer/Teaching Future Generations from 2020-07-28T15:57:15

Our guest this week is the absolute legend, IAN LIVINGSTONE! We may have peaked early. We talk Warhammer, Games Workshop, DnD, Fighting Fantasy, Special Effect, and Lara Croft. This episode was ...

TGDS Ep 1 Andreas G/ Indie Innovation/ Taking Care of Your Devs from 2020-07-22T15:08:13

This is the official launch of The Game Dev Show! We are incredibly excited to share our work telling the stories of the greatest game creators in the world. Our First guest is Andreas Gschwari ...