Brainy Gamer Podcast - Episode 41

Brainy Gamer Podcast - Episode 42

In this episode I make my guestSteve Gaynorsquirm uncomfortably in his seat. Of course, we also discuss his new gameGone Home, creating authentic characters, an important lesson from Ken Levine,and asecret roomno reviewer has yet discovered. Plus other things.

I hope you enjoy.

Brainy Gamer Podcast - Episode 41

This is the final episode in my series of conversations about theState of Games. I encourage you to listen tothefirstthreeshows featuring a variety of smart and thoughtful guests.

In this edition I talk withKirk Hamilton,features editor atKotaku,andBrett Douville, Lead Programmer at Bethesda Game Studios.We discuss the impact of indie games on AAA developers, "Anita and the cesspool," and why this is the best of all possible times to be a gamer...amongmany other topics.

I hope you enjoy.

Brainy Gamer Podcast - Episode 40

This is the third in a short series of conversations I'm hosting on theState of Games. I encourage you to listen to thefirsttwoepisodesand stay tuned for the final installment, which will appear in the coming days.

In this edition I talk withTom Bissell, essayist, critic, and most recently script-writer for the newGears of War: Judgmentgame.We discuss writing for games, the perils of Metacritic, the future of storytelling in games, and many other topics.

I hope you enjoy.

Brainy Gamer Podcast - Episode 39

This is the second in a short series of conversations I'm hosting on theState of Games. I encourage you tolisten to the first episodeand stay tuned for the final two which will appear in the coming days.

In this edition I talk withChris Suellentrop, video game critic for theNew York Times,andSteve Gaynorof the Fullbright Company, an indie game studio developingGone Home, a finalist for theExcellence in Narrativeawardat the Indpendent Games Festival later this month. We discuss the transitional state of the game industry, the relationship of the critic to the designer, and the need for a proper festival for games ala Sundance,among other topics.

I hope you enjoy.

Brainy Gamer Podcast - Episode 38

This is the first of several roundtable conversations I'm hosting on theState of Games, an admittedly unwieldy topic, but well-timed, I think, in this transitional period for games and the game industry.

In this edition I talk withLeigh AlexanderandBrendan Keogh, two of the leading critical voices examining games and the culture surrounding them. We discuss the "ecology of games," play as communication, the culture wars, and why we need to "talk about the tree," among other topics.

I hope you enjoy.