Back Seat Designers

The history of computer games. A list of one fucking game after another leading to perfection – King’s Quest V. We have pushed this view of history for a long time on this show. But apparently there’s another way to look at things. To put us straight, we phoned up Laine Nooney and asked herContinue reading S4E11 – A Fucked Up Stick Figure Looking Game That Doesn’t Make Any Sense

Aubrey Hodges talks about his soundtracks for DOOM (Playstation/N64) and Quake (N64), as well as Madden and Freddy Pharkas.

Tom Hall, the genius brain behind Commander Keen, Rise of the Triad, Anachronox, and that thing called DOOM, is here to talk about stories in not-typically-story-driven games.

Can you do games that are spiritual and that also don't suck terribly? We invited true-blue Christian game developer Jay Tholen (Dropsy the Clown) to explain why.

Richard Cobbett does both games journalism and games writing, so we asked him how he sleeps at night.

The one and only John Romero joins the BSD lads for a chat about how awesome his hair is.

We talk about voice acting in games with Rebecca McCarthy, best known for her work in the indie horror game Stasis.

It’s a wonderful feeling when you meet someone and you instantly click on a personal level. Perhaps you share the same hobbies and interests; perhaps you have similar political affiliations and moral values … or perhaps you just have the same affinity for speaking your mind with no regards for societal norms. This week, weContinue reading S4E4 – Because of Polygonal Tits

The apocalypse is really bad this time. We’re pretty used to political narratives in books, films and songs. But what about narrative gaming? Plenty of people have certainly given it a go – with mixed results. We talk to someone who is currently trying her hand at it. Laney Berry, the creator of The St.Continue reading S4E3 – Am I in a Liberal Circle Jerk Right Now?

Hello! Did you miss us? If you have an issue, here is a tissue: Sorry about that. On the subject of awful humour, there is an old saying that embarrassing grandmothers like to post on social media, about how you only use 17 facial muscles to smile, while you use a whopping 43 to frown.Continue reading S4E2 – Which I Now Realise May Have Sounded Like a Holocaust Joke