Hooked On Geek

In Episode 20, we welcome Ascension game designer and Stone Blade Entertainment CEO Justin Gary. We talk to him about his days as a Pro Tour Magic: The Gathering Player and how he got into board gaming. We also discuss what we played recently (11:06), how Justin made the leap from gaming into becoming a game publisher (35:52), and going to concerts and discovering new music. (1:06:03).

In Episode 19, we welcome Dice Tower contributor and the fabulous Mandi Hutchinson to the show, where we learn about her different careers and how she got into content creation. We also talk what we played recently, which led to an interesting conversation about Feudum (18:05), the pros and cons of being plugged into social media and the online gaming community (36:45), and a discussion about the latest Avengers movie before any of us had seen it (52:13).

In Episode 18, we welcome back Stephanie Dickson! We join Greg in his alternative universe where board games are more popular than video games, and talk about our top 5 games we'd love to see as a spectator sport (37:24). We also talk about what we played recently (11:09), and Stephanie shares war stories from Gumball Rally, an intense annual competition at Disneyland (1:13:19).

In Episode 17, we welcome game designer and head of development for Tasty Minstrel Games Seth Jaffee! We talk about how Seth got into gaming, how TMG was created (15:47) and the kick off to TMG's 10th anniversary extravaganza: a Kickstarter for an anniversary edition of Homesteaders (48:42). We also discuss what we played recently (15:47) and Ready Player One, namely how movies have seem to have forgotten to show the passage of time (1:05:41).

In Episode 16, we welcome the Be Bold Games owner Bebo to the show, where we talk about building community, how she got into gaming, and her daughter, Hailey, who is way cooler than all of us put together. We also talk about what we played recently (13:50) and finish our countdown of lesser-discussed gateway games (22:49), in which Bebo purchases one of the games on the list during the episode! Lastly, Bebo shares how she started playing the ukulele (1:02:03).

In Episode 15, we welcome gamer extraordinaire Maggibot as we begin our list of lesser-discussed gateway games (32:52). We also talk about what we played recently (20:33), and Maggibot talks about working with Publisher Services Inc. and the process of how board games are distributed (1:06:59).

In Episode 14, we welcome one of the many Andrews we know: Andrew Spindler, veteran podcaster with the Game State Show. We talk about the rising cost of games and some of the Goodwill deals we've found (41:16). We also share what we played recently (15:11) and the intense mind play of tabletop tennis (1:04:36).

Hooked On Geek went to GAMA in Reno! Greg talks about some of the cool games he got to play and preview, and he talks with these publishers about their upcoming titles:

Stronghold Games (16:53)

Pandasaurus Games (24:34)

Passport Game Studios (35:53)

Capstone Games (46:56)

USAopoly (51:20)

Floodgate Games (53:42)

Mercury Games (55:36)

Smirk & Dagger (1:01:36)

Quick Simple Fun Games (1:08:11)

Cryptozoic Entertainment (1:09:56)

Czech Games Edition (1:18:35)

Thames & Kosmos (1:21:54)

Red Raven Games - Interview with Ryan Laukat (1:30:25)

Bezier Games (1:32:09)

Mayday Games - Playing Yummy Yummy Pancakes with the Game Boy Geek (1:36:38)

In Episode 12, we take a behind-the-scenes look at board-game development with Charlie Bink, former creative director at Eagle-Gryphon Games and owner of Bink Ink Games. We talk about how, as an artist, he got into game design, how he created Trekking the National Parks (12:37), and what he learned from Kickstarter and how he's now helping publishers use amazon to distribute their own games (49:52). We also talk about what we played recently (22:42), and why Charlie loves HQ Trivia (1:04:40).

We welcome "our friend Dan" The Game Boy Geek himself to Episode 11. We ask him what it's like having a box of games show up on your porch practically every day and how he got into gaming. We also talk about what we played recently (17:50), some games we badly screwed up the rules (49:09), the final days of Dan's Kickstarter (1:02:00), and why Dan has seen "The Greatest Showman" three times already in 2018 (1:08:59).