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Jeff and Christian welcome Joel Eddy from Drive Thru Reviews to the show this week to discuss Epic's State of the Unreal at GDC, the formation of the Fair Play Alliance, Asmodee getting into pan media production, Star Wars Battlefront 2 unlocking everything, and more!

The Playlist: Sea of Thieves, Far Cry 5, Kirby Star Allies, Vermintide 2, Shadow of the Colossus

Tabletop Time: Rising Sun, Bottle Imp, Azul, TIME Stories: Lumen Fideli

Parting Gifts!

Kevin M. Hoffman, VP Design at Capital One, and author of Meeting Design, is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. “Design is not the end result.” How to assert control when you feel powerless. This one weird trick that can resolve conflict in difficult meetings. The relationship between meetings and change. Hacking your meetings, hacking your company culture. Five kinds of bad meetings. Escaping our biases, assumptions, and patterns. How illustration changes writing. A Jeff Veen joint. Designing an environment that lets people succeed. How design is like music and why you are not Prince. A new way of writing a book.

This week Cody and Joe discuss Apple's upcoming education event, FaceID Ads, new Apple Watch bands, AirPod audiophile review, Apple's microLED facility, and a surprising purchase from Cody.

UX and IA pioneer Peter Morville, founder of Semantic Studios and author of four major design books discusses his latest, Planning For Everything, with host Jeffrey Zeldman. When Peter Met Lou, “Peak chaos,” belief bubbles, why the dichotomy between planning and doing is false, how to plan a family vacation swimming with sharks, striking a balance between planning and improvisation, and more.

This week Tommy and Adam discuss the tech that's killing you! Well, just self-driving cars from Uber, really, but also other fun downers like Cambridge Analytica and the Cloud Act. But guess what?! This episode ends on a positive note.

This week Joe and Cody discuss Apple original content, HomePod commercials, WWDC, iPhone SE2, Spotify voice control, and much more.

This week, a conversation with Joel Meyerowitz inspires a discussion around legacy and whether art of a specific time has a shelf life of relevancy, aesthetic or otherwise. Also, what’s more valuable as a photographer, being a generalist or focusing (no pun) on one subject, area, or technique? Plus a few words about enthusiasm with 600+ hours in the rear view. Jacko Vassilev is our Photographer of the Week.

This week, your hosts discuss Steely Dan, digital mastering, The Police, Dune, high-quality VCRs, and Dan's brother-in-law's close call.

Next, they dive into a fascinating article on why projects fail.

Finally, the boys respond to a listener's question about cautious workplace enthusiasm.

Jeff and Christian welcome game designer David Ellis from 343 Studios to the show this week to discuss Drake playing Fortnite, a possible new Splinter Cell, a definite new Tomb Raider, and more!

The Playlist: God of War Hands-on, Ni No Kuni 2, Fortnite Mobile, Assassin's Creed Origins, Darwin Project

Parting Gifts!

BONUS CONTENT: Jeff interviews Corey Barlog, Director of God of War

Creative director, advisor, designer, developer, author (Pricing Design), speaker, mentor, musician, and entrepreneur (SuperFriendly, SuperBooked) Dan Mall is Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest. Running a studio, pitching, value pricing, the apprentice program, “Make Grunt do it,” how to start a startup, “the most exciting design systems are boring,” walking away from big pitches, launching a service to help you find work.