Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
By Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
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Episodes: 249
Aug 6, 2019
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Candid conversations with game creators that dive deep into the art, craft, and process of making games.
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148: Carving Out Some Time with Adam Robinson-Yu (Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival)
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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147: Digging Deep with The Roottrees are Dead
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Epilogue: Final developer interview
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Finale Eggstravaganza - LIVE!
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - [REDACTED]
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Cyber Owls
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Campanella 3
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Seaside Drive
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Quibble Race
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Combatants
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Eggplant TV Plays De Mol (2025 season) - Interview with Wouter Verstichel
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Mini & Max
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Pilot Quest
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Elfazar's Hat
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Night Manor
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Into the Depths: Caves of Qud (Sidequests Special)
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Lords of Diskonia
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Grimstone
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Star Waspir
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Rakshasa
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Valbrace
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Hyper Contender
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May 30, 2025 |
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146: Ascending the Ranks with Jeff Dubbin (Competitive Lost Cities)
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May 27, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Campanella 2
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May 23, 2025 |
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Eggplant TV Plays De Mol (2025 season) - Episode 9
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May 23, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Overbold
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May 16, 2025 |
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Eggplant TV Plays De Mol (2025 season) - Episode 8
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May 16, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Fist Hell
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May 09, 2025 |
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Eggplant TV Plays De Mol (2025 season) - Episode 7
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May 08, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Mortol II
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May 02, 2025 |
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Eggplant TV Plays De Mol (2025 season) - Episode 6
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May 01, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Pingolf
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Eggplant TV Plays De Mol (2025 season) - Episode 5
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Into the Depths: Caves of Qud (Part 4)
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Rock On! Island
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Eggplant TV Plays De Mol (2025 season) - Episode 4
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Vainger
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Eggplant TV Plays De Mol (2025 season) - Episode 3
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Rail Heist
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Eggplant TV Plays De Mol (2025 season) - Episode 2
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Divers
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Eggplant TV Plays De Mol (2025 season) - Episode 1
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Hot Foot
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Announcing: Eggplant Plays De Mol (2025 season)
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Party House
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Caramel Caramel
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Onion Delivery
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Into the Depths: Caves of Qud (Part 3)
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Porgy
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Waldorf's Journey
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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145: Addressing Memory with Plunderludics
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Warptank
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Big Bell Race
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Golfaria
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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144: Keeping it Queer with Mo Cohen and Hagen Deloss (Queer Quest)
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Campanella
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Camouflage
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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143: Games of the Year 2024
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Block Koala
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Bushido Ball
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Into the Depths: Caves of Qud (Part 2)
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Mooncat
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - SPECIAL - Developer Interview
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Avianos
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Kick Club
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Devilition
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Attactics
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Planet Zoldath
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Velgress
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Mortol
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Magic Garden
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Into the Depths: Caves of Qud (Part 1)
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Paint Chase
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Ninpek
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Bug Hunter
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Barbuta
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Introduction
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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142: Winning Together with Sarah Elmaleh (SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike)
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Into the Depths: Slice & Dice - Part 3
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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An otherworldly Eggplant announcement!
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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141: Challenging Orthodoxy with sylvie
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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140: Minding Your Manors with Botany Manor
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Into the Depths: Slice & Dice - Part 2
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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139: Sticking to Your Systems with Animal Well
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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Into the Depths: Slice & Dice - Part 1
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May 27, 2024 |
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138: Getting Goofy with Listener Letters
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May 08, 2024 |
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137: Reflecting (and More) on GDC 2024
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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136: Going in Blind with Balatro
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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135: Harnessing the Algorithm with Eric Chahi
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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134: Striving for Imperfection with Jon Ingold (A Highland Song)
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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133: Celebrating Our 5th Anniversary!
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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132: Welcoming Rob!
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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131: Using All of Your Tools with Kevin Poupard (Jusant)
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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130: Games of the Year 2023
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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129: Reinforcing Worldbuilding through Gameplay with Spoils
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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128: "Yes, And"-ing Your Design with Albert Birney and Gabriel Koenig (Tux and Fanny)
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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127: Plotting a Course with Hannah Nicklin and Harry Josephine Giles (Saltsea Chronicles)
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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126: Building Your Own Platform with Zach Gage (Puzzmo)
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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125: Exploring Your Own Landscape with Mars First Logistics
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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124: Thinking Inside the Box with Patrick Traynor (Patrick's Parabox)
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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123: (Rerun) Maximizing Minimalism with Disc Room
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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122: Finding Decency in Reality with Gilles De Coster (De Mol)
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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121: Developing Your Taste with Abhi (Venba)
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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120: Making a Case for Intuition with Andrejs Kļaviņš (The Case of the Golden Idol)
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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119: Collaborating in Character with Ashly Burch and Guerrilla Games (Horizon)
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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118: Exploring Your Curiosity with Rita Orlov (PostCurious)
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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117: Answering Your Questions without a Guest (June 2023 Edition)
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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116: Finding Hope in Loss with Red Hook Studios (Darkest Dungeon II)
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May 19, 2023 |
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115: Doubling Down on Intuition with Kenny Sun (Mr. Sun's Hatbox)
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May 08, 2023 |
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114: Loving Mondays with Cosmo D (Betrayal at Club Low)
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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113: On top of the Fires of Hell w/ Daniel Benmergui (Storyteller)
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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112: Playing in the Moment with Videogamo (DOBOTONE)
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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111: Finding Your Groove with John Johanas (Hi-Fi RUSH)
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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110: Making Friends with Madison Karrh (Birth)
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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109: Answering Your Questions without a Guest
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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108: Designing For Delight with Vectorpark (Windosill)
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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107: Welcoming Laura!
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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106: Games of the Year 2022
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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105: Making History with Josh Sawyer (Pentiment)
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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104: Thanksgiving Leftovers
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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103: Day of the Devs Special
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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102: Playing on Your Own Terms with Wayward Strand
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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101: Working in a Vacuum with Heavenly Bodies
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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100: Just One (Hundred) with Friends of Eggplant
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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99: Charting the Future with Sarah Northway (I Was a Teenage Exocolonist)
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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98: Escaping Your Fate with Coin Crew Games (Escape Academy)
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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97: Hosting Online Reality Games (ORGs) w/ Ash Neleh
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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96: Eavesdropping for Inspiration with Grace Bruxner (Frog Detective)
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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95: (Rerun) Making Generous Games with Terry Cavanagh (Dicey Dungeons)
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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94: Learning to Unclench with Ben Esposito (Neon White)
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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93: Cheating Depth with Card Shark
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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92: Untangling Language with Knotwords
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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91: Finding Poetry in Geometry with Mahdi Bahrami (Tandis)
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May 27, 2022 |
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90: Rethinking Reality with Tender Claws (The Under Presents)
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May 13, 2022 |
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Into the Depths: Super Mario World - Bonus Episode!
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Into the Depths: Super Mario World - Part 5
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Into the Depths: Super Mario World - Part 4
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Into the Depths: Super Mario World - Part 3
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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89: Elden Ring roundtable with Jake Kazdal (17-Bit)
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Into the Depths: Super Mario World - Part 2
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Into the Depths: Super Mario World - Part 1
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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88: Welcoming Sarah!
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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87: Fighting Words with Everybody House Games (Babble Royale)
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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86: Games of the Year 2021
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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85: Thinking Outside the Box with Witch Beam (Unpacking)
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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84: Digging the Rabbit Hole with Daniel Mullins (Inscryption)
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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83: Getting Feedback with Derek Yu
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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82: Nurturing a Spark with NamaTakahashi (ElecHead)
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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81: Scaling and Scoping with Asher Vollmer (Beast Breaker)
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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80: Envisioning a Future with JETT: The Far Shore
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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79: Shifting Perspectives in Storytelling with Variable State (Last Stop)
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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78: Making Myths with Worldwalker Games (Wildermyth)
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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77: Learning to Let Go with GoodbyeWorld Games (Before Your Eyes)
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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76: Seeing For Yourself with Tali Faulkner (Umurangi Generation)
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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75: Finding Our Intersecting Tastes (75th episode special!)
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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74: Taking Our Time with Durational Games (Airplane Mode special #2)
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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73: Constructing Your Dreams with HoloVista
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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72: Expanding Your Universe with Jakub Wasilewski (Slipways)
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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71: Surviving the Big Bang with Feral Cat Den (Genesis Noir)
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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70: Embracing Your Scars with Hannah Nicklin (Mutazione)
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May 21, 2021 |
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69: Building a Better Bridge with Ben Wilson
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May 07, 2021 |
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Into the Depths: Kentucky Route Zero - Part 6
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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68: Bravely Replacing Randomness with Gloam Collective (Bravery Network Online)
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Into the Depths: Kentucky Route Zero - Part 5
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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67: Finding the Right Words with Dyala Kattan-Wright (Signs of the Sojourner)
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Into the Depths: Kentucky Route Zero - Part 4
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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66: In-Flight Entertainment with Hosni Auji (Airplane Mode)
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Into the Depths: Kentucky Route Zero - Part 3
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Mar 20, 2021 |
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65: Making History with Summoning Salt
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Into the Depths: Kentucky Route Zero - Part 2
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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64: Giving Games a Voice with Sarah Elmaleh
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Into the Depths: Kentucky Route Zero - Part 1
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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63: Finding Your Own Path with Daniel Helbig (Lonely Mountains: Downhill)
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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62: Rethinking Difficulty with Maddy Thorson
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Jan 30, 2021 |
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61: The Joy of Shipping with Xalavier Nelson Jr.
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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Into the Depths: The Music of Mutazione - Part 4
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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60: Games of the Year 2020 with Laura E. Hall
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Into the Depths: The Music of Mutazione - Part 3
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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59: Making Magic with Chevy Ray Johnston (Ikenfell)
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Dec 19, 2020 |
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Into the Depths: The Music of Mutazione - Part 2
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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58: Easing into Hades with Supergiant Games
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Into the Depths: The Music of Mutazione - Part 1
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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57: Small Games with Stuffed Wombat
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Nov 21, 2020 |
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Into the Depths: Spelunky 2 - Part 5
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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56: Sourcing Locally with Ngoc Vu (Necrobarista)
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Nov 07, 2020 |
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Into the Depths: Spelunky 2 - Part 4
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Oct 31, 2020 |
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55: Maximizing Minimalism with Disc Room
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Into the Depths: Spelunky 2 - Part 3
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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54: Trusting Your Gut with Tj Hughes (Nour: Play With Your Food)
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Oct 10, 2020 |
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Into the Depths: Spelunky 2 - Part 2
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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53: Keeping it Short with Adam Robinson-Yu (A Short Hike)
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Into the Depths: Spelunky 2 - Part 1
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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52: Barking Up the Right Tree with Lucy Morris (Best Friend Forever)
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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51: Good Sudoku with Zach Gage
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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50: Spelunky 2 with Derek Yu and Eirik Suhrke
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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49: Fun with Hexes with Ricky Haggett, Jonathan Whiting, and Tim Schafer (Loot Rascals)
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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48: Making It Personal with Shawn Alexander Allen (Treachery in Beatdown City)
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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47: Indie Dev as Engine Building with Theresa Duringer
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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46: Reconsidering Civilization with Soren Johnson (Old World)
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Jun 20, 2020 |
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Into the Depths: Noita - Part 5
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May 29, 2020 |
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45: Andy's Sprawling Birthday Spectacular
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May 22, 2020 |
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Into the Depths: Noita - Part 4
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May 15, 2020 |
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44: Quarantine Arcade with Derek Yu
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May 08, 2020 |
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Into the Depths: Noita - Part 3
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May 01, 2020 |
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43: A Window Into Narrative Systems with Tom Francis
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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Into the Depths: Noita - Part 2
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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42: The Secrets of Simplicity with Martin Jonasson (holedown)
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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Into the Depths: Noita - Part 1
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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41: Producing More Than You Consume with Tyriq Plummer (Catacomb Kids)
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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40: The Physics of Uncertainly with Andrea Roberts (Roundguard)
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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39: The Tricks of the Toolkit with Mark Brown (Game Maker's Toolkit)
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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38: The Rhythms and Layers of Ryan Clark
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Feb 15, 2020 |
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37: Designing Around Language with Zach Gage
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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36: Game Feel as Procrastination with Jan Willem Nijman
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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35: Games of the Year 2019 with Laura E. Hall
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Jan 03, 2020 |
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34: Getting Over Spelunky with Bennett Foddy
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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33: Making Generous Games with Terry Cavanagh (Dicey Dungeons)
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Dec 07, 2019 |
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32: (Rerun) Into the Breach with Jay Ma
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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31: Good Times With Bad Robots with Frank Lantz (Hey Robot)
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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30: Making Games is Hard
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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29: Card of Darkness with Zach Gage
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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28: Surviving Overland with Adam Saltsman
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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27: Teamfight Tactics with Greg Borenstein
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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26: The Nick and Andy Show
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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25: Slay the Spire with Anthony Giovannetti
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Aug 18, 2019 |
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24: Going Rogue with Glenn Wichman (Rogue)
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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23: Reinventing Basketball (and Spelunky) with Andy Hull (Dunk Lords)
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Jul 18, 2019 |
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22: Making the post-post-apocalypse RAD with Double Fine's Lee Petty
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Jul 04, 2019 |
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21: Keeping Spelunky Alive with MossRanking
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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20: Going Into the Void (Bastards) with Cara Ellison and Farbs
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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19: The Organized Chaos of Edmund McMillen
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May 23, 2019 |
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18: Exploring Brogue with Brian Walker
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May 10, 2019 |
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17: Climbing Gloves in the Jungle
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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16: The Spelunky Book Club
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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15: GDC Special - Derek Yu and Slay the Spire
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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14: Diversifying Play with Greg Johnson (ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove)
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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13: Procedural Storytelling with Tanya X Short
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Feb 28, 2019 |
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12: Into the Breach with Jay Ma
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Feb 14, 2019 |
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11: Taking Back Roguelikes with Raigan Burns
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Jan 31, 2019 |
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10: Keyforge with Richard Garfield
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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09: Games of the Year 2018
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Dec 31, 2018 |
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08: Designing Tharsis with Zach Gage
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Dec 20, 2018 |
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07: Death in Roguelikes with Kawa
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Dec 06, 2018 |
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06: Making Spelunky 2 with Derek Yu
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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05: The Design of Spelunky
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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04: Making the Spelunky 2 trailer with Derek Lieu
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Oct 18, 2018 |
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03: Breaking world records with Kinnijup and ix
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Oct 04, 2018 |
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02: The Spelunky Beginner's Guide
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Sep 20, 2018 |
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01: First Spelunky 2 impressions!
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Sep 05, 2018 |