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 20, 2022025: Lonely Hero Games
Listen now (32 min) | Narrowly escaping the asteroid field, our heroes are joined by space adventurers Christopher Kincaid and Jared Kaplan of Lonely Hero Games. The four explore designing games and starting a game design studio. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
17:44 Codenames
17:48 5 Minute Mystery
18:21 Bank Heist
18:45 Hungry for Humans
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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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33min
June 06, 2022024: The Geocache Killer
Listen now (34 min) | After leaving PAX East on planet royale, our heroes must carefully navigate an asteroid field made up of geocaching, augmented reality, and location-based games. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
02:18 Sea of Thieves
02:49 Letterboxing
11:36 Ready Player One
13:30 Rabbids
16:29 Pokemon Go
18:09 Ingress Prime
19:32 Harry Potter Wizards Unite
20:48 World of Warcraft
24:06 Pikmin Bloom
27:29 Minecraft
31:13 Horizon Forbidden West
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
May 23, 2022023: Indie Games at PAX East
Listen now (37 min) | In a tiny realm on the planet royale our heroes discover a town called Boston, knee-deep in a festival of games called PAX East. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
05:09 Aron's Gift
09:50 Dead Cells
16:31 Rescue Pets
20:59 Aegis
22:55 Pocket Paragons
26:08 Dragoon
26:25 Life Siphon
29:02 Reap
30:49 Drinking Quest Six Pack
35:21 Stream Queens
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
May 09, 2022022: Bloodhunt Battle Royale
Listen now (32min) | After exiting the Roguelike-Like star system, our heroes stop by a neighboring planet to study the native battle royale games like PUBG, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Fall Guys, and Tetris 99. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
00:43 Vampire the Masquerade Bloodhunt
02:33 Fortnight

05:18 Vampire the Masquerade
07:20 PUBG
10:43 Apex Legends
11:52 Battlefield V
14:03 Call of Duty
14:12 Fall Guys
19:32 Dead By Daylight
20:56 Tetris 99
25:34 Predator Hunting Grounds
31:23 Hell Let Loose
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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33min
April 25, 2022021: Roguelike and Roguelike Hybrid Games
Listen now (38min) | Our heroes successfully escape the asteroid field but find themselves on the precipice of a new challenge… the Roguelike-Like star system! Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
02:32 Rogue
04:57 King's Quest
10:50 Hades
12:07 Binding of Isaac
14:04 Faster Than Light
19:36 Crypt of the Necrodancer
19:48 Tomb of Horrors
20:19 BIT.TRIP RUNNER
22:41 Cadence of Hyrule
24:29 Cuphead
27:53 Mass Effect
29:29 Moonlighter
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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39min
April 11, 2022020: Sexy Blood for Pin Daddy
Listen now (34min) | As our heroes navigate through an asteroid field of single-player RPGs they discuss Thousand Year Old Vampire, Unknown, and player difficulty settings. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
5:22 One Thousand Year Old Vampire
13:52 MAGfest
14:46 Sailor Moon
15:27 Betrayal at House on the Hill
16:13 Unkown
17:38 Pandemic
19:55 Forbidden Desert
23:02 Casting Shadows
24:45 Elden Ring
27:38 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
28:36 Hades
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
April 04, 2022019: Hydra Head, Supporters, Knees & Toes
Listen now (29 min) | Our heroes discuss players going off the rails, what tools people use to run games, community support for games, and an app to deal with the stress of working in UX and technology. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
1:35 Dungeones & Dragons
11:09 Roll 20
13:08 Owl Bear
15:27 Tabletop Audio
20:12 Jocks Machina
20:48 Dungeons & Daddies
20:53 Queens of Adventure
21:46 Thingiverse
23:04 We Croak
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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29min
March 14, 2022018: Year of 3s
Listen now (47 min) | After many months in cryogenic sleep, our heroes emerge from their pods and record the first captain’s log of this adventure. So much of the world passed them by: GOTY Awards, Microsoft acquiring Activision, and Nintendo’s 2022 announcements. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
1:32 It Takes Two
10:50 Horizon: Zero Dawn
12:37 Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
13:29 Hell Let Loose
17:21 Fury of Dracula
19:29 Rock, Paper, Wizard
19:46 Cuphead
31:44 Splatoons 3
32:10 Xenoblade Chronicles 3
32:37 Bayonetta 3
35:31 Starfield
35:59 Elden Ring
36:15 The Devil In Me
36:59 Martha Is Dead
39:30 Hades
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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48min
February 21, 2022 000 v.2.1: Season 2 Trailer
Listen now (8 min) | As our heroes get ready to blast into space, they discuss the changes that are happening with their communiqué over the next year. 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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8min
February 02, 2022 000 v.2: Season 2 Intro
Listen now (37 sec) | Our fantastic and new season two intro for Design Thinking Games, a Gaming and User Experience 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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FAQs about Design Thinking Games:

How many episodes does Design Thinking Games have?

The podcast currently has 76 episodes available.