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Pete's Dragon director David Lowery and screenwriter Toby Halbrooks made a reboot/remake/reimagining of a "franchise" picture refreshing and unique. Sometimes, the secret ingredient is a voice actor adding a dialogue-free character to a simple, honest fantasy world.

The Most Excellent Templar of Tacos and Sublime Prince of the Royal Tortilla join us to talk looty dungeons and mobiley games

Reef and Cee get down and dirty about games this week! We celebrate the good and the bad of Deus Ex:Mankind Divided (there's plenty of both to go around). We also talk about a pair of EA games that granted us early access and drill into the controversy surrounding No Man's Sky and its refunds. Finally, we get misty eyed as we reminisce about our childhood defining games.

Aaron Mahnke, creator and host of the Lore podcast, joins Brett to talk about the success of Lore, paying your creative dues, and Gundam models (among other things).

Gaaaaaaames. So many games. We'll catch you up on what we've been playing in between guests and let you know what might be worth your precious time (and sometimes money)!

We huddle up with Madden producer Ben Haumiller to talk about the newest installment of this storied franchise. What’s changed, will we see Madden on Neo, Scorpion? What would Madden in VR look like? We dig into all those questions and much more.

Brett is joined by Rob Stenzinger---an Interactive Storyteller, and UX and Game Designer---to talk about autodidactic exploration, self-advocacy and marketing, and going from corporate jobs to indie (and then back).

We've captured two spry foxes, er, Spryfoxers, to talk to us about making awesome games, especially on mobile

Cicero and Shareef welcome gaming podcasting pioneer Jeff Haynes to Brookago! We talk about Jeff's influence on one gaming's biggest podcasts, IGN's Podcast Beyond! We also talk about the work he's doing now with CommonSense Media and why that's important for adults and children alike! After the break: You know that we often talk about the socio-political climate when it comes to marginalized people. When it happens in your backyard, as it did for Shareef in Milwaukee, you have to dive deep into it…which is exactly what we do this week.

Aaron Dowd (The Podcast Dude) joins Brett to talk about his love of podcasting and the work he does to help everyone make better podcasts. Aaron also has a fascinating story, and there was so much to talk about that this episode ran long.