Design Thinking Games

By Design Thinking Games

Design Thinking Games is an indie game design, play-testing, and user experience podcast that examines the player experience of different types of games.... more

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How many episodes does Design Thinking Games have?

The podcast currently has 76 episodes available.

Design Thinking Games episodes:

June 11, 2023034: We’re Back!
Listen now (45 min) | Our heroes kick-off season 3 of the podcast discussing changes to the podcast, what they've been playing, the Devil In Me, and the Season Challenge: Outlast Trials! Read the transcript.
Things discussed on this episode:
02:44 What we've been playing since last season
02:56 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
03:21 Titanic: Adventure out of Time
03:54 Regency Call of Cthulhu
04:27 Flourish
05:34 Gears of War 5
05:49 The Stick of Truth and the Fractured But Whole
05:55 Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
10:41 The Devil In Me
28:18 The Season Challenge: Outlast Trials
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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46min
June 04, 2023 000 v.3: Season 3 Intro/Outro
Listen now (2 min) | Our fantastic and new season 3 intro for the Design Thinking Games podcast! Read the transcript.
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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3min
October 24, 2022033: Season Finale with Sophia Prater
Listen now (51 min) | The big fish is revealed to be Sophia Prater, Chief Evangelist of OOUX. Our heroes learn about the history of object-oriented UX and the design of Sophia's new game. We finally review the results of this season's great challenge: Moonlighter! Read the transcript.
Things discussed on this episode:
01:10 Sophia Prater
02:15 Axure
09:14 Object Orientated UX (OOUX)
13:17 Atomic Design
14:52 Thinking in Services
16:31 UX Magic
19:14 Object Map
27:05 Lords of Waterdeep
29:28 OOUX.com
34:03 Moonlighter
38:10 Cult of the Lamb
38:48 Rollercoaster Tycoon
39:38 Monster Hunter
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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52min
October 10, 2022032: Open Worlds
Listen now (24 min) | Having overcome the collective horde, our heroes are confronted with their greatest challenge: a really big ****ing space fish. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
3:05 Elden Ring
4:06 Resident Evil Village
9:00 It Takes Two
12:48 Mad Max
13:18 God Of War
15:27 Stray
17:32 Simon's Quest
17:51 Dying Light
21:46 Breath of the Wild
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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24min
September 26, 2022031: The LPGWV Collective
Listen now (34 min) | After having an allergic reaction to the sci-fi feline, our heroes return to space and are immediately confronted by a gamer collective armada! Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
2:11 Dragula
4:42 PopCon
7:22 LPGWV
17:21 Motown Tilt
17:47 Mortal Kombat
19:16 Pac-Man
20:51 PewDiePie
21:19 Pokemon Go
23:14 Okami
24:41 Evil Within
27:07 Sailor Moon R
28:48 Pittsburgh Dad
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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34min
August 29, 2022030: Is Stray GOTY?
Listen now (33 min) | Surviving the asteroid field, our heroes pass a nearby planet, and run into a friendly sci-fi feline and his robot companion. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
0:53 Stray
5:44 Death Stranding
17:53 Elden Ring
24:24 Horizon Forbidden West
25:41 Splatoons 3
27:09 Tunic
27:36 Evil Dead
27:47 Ghostwire Tokyo
28:06 Bioshock
29:02 Moonlighter
29:15 Cult of the Lamb
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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34min
August 15, 2022029: Game Mechanics We Love
Listen now (34 min) | After communing with the game designer, our heroes blast through a dense asteroid field made up of simulator, voice chat, collaboration, totaling, karma, and other game mechanic rocks. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
1:33 Stray
2:21 Goat Simulator
2:35 Maneater
4:20 Fly Simulator
7:34 Hell Let Lose
9:40 Battlefield 4
10:39 Friday the 13th
13:14 Dead by Daylight
15:48 Spy Vs. Spy
16:28 Oregon Trail Card Game
16:47 Munchkin
17:33 ROBOT RISE!
19:34 Vampire the Masquerade
24:35 Ticket To Ride
25:57 Settlers of Catan
27:32 Lords of Waterdeep
28:05 Call of Cthulu
30:21 Marvel Superheroes RPG
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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35min
August 01, 2022028: Designing Games with Breeze Grigas
Listen now (37 min) | After leaving summer camp, our heroes have a chance encounter with a game designer of some renown. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
1:53 AEGIS Combining Robots
12:15 Magic the Gathering
12:42 Warhammer 40K
20:02 Gloomhaven
23:15 Protospiel
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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38min
July 18, 2022027: The Quarry
Listen now (36 min) | After exploring heroic tropes and struggles, our adventurers receive an urgent distress signal. Tracing the origins of the signal, our heroes travel to a strange and unknown mining planet, where the source of the signal is coming from a summer camp. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
1:33 The Quarry
9:23 House of Ashes
10:32 Until Dawn
27:34 The Devil in Me

31:23 Detroit: Become Human
32:22 Little Hope
33:56 Pick-a-Path Book Series
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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36min
July 04, 2022026: Everybody Loves a Hero
Listen now (32 min) | Bidding the space adventurers a good journey, our heroes explore what it is about last stands and struggles against oppressive forces that makes a great hero.
Games discussed on this episode:
5:49 Final Fantasy
9:24 Mass Effect
11:18 Legend of Zelda
16:51 Lord of the Rings
17:05 Castlevania
19:04 Metroid
21:10 Halo
22:47 Mega-Man
28:04 Sonic
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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31min

FAQs about Design Thinking Games:

How many episodes does Design Thinking Games have?

The podcast currently has 76 episodes available.