Hosted by Jason Polansky (Producer, Atari), this week's episode of the Atari Podcast focuses on the team's experiences at PAX West 2023. Hear about what went into making the show a success for the team and what some of their standout moments were from the showfloor.

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Get a behind-the-scenes look at upcoming Days of Doom with key members of the development team from SneakyBox:

Gytis Dabašinskas: Lead designer

Ieva Auželytė: Lead artist

Rytis Kazakevičius: Lead programmer

Vytautas Ruzgus: Producer

Due to scheduling issues, we had to push the Days of Doom episode out to the next time. However, this episode tries something different: a simple chat between Ethan Stearns (Atari VP of Games) and myself (Jason). I've prepared some conversation-starting questions, both games and not games-related, to learn more about some of the minds at Atari.

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This episode goes behind the scenes of the upcoming Quantum: Recharged. The guests include:

Augustas Vachauzas: Game designer of Quantum: Recharged at SneakyBox

Danielius Gudauskas: Ports producer on Quantum: Recharged and all other SneakyBox-developed Atari titles

David Paige: Atari's own VCS games guru

The podcast is back! And since we're gearing up for the release of Mr. Run and Jump next week, who better to join us than the creator and game designer, himself? John walks us through his journey to Graphite Lab, how Mr. Run and Jump came to be, and what it was like creating a current-gen version of the title.

Adam is back! Following the announcement of Gravitar: Recharged, we return with a Let's Play to dive into what's new in the latest series entry, answer some questions, and try to restrain our profanity along the way.

Watch here:https://youtu.be/g4GylKcW9ug

Wishlist Gravitar: Recharged on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1905430/Gravitar_Recharged/

We're joined by Matt Raithel, Jacob Lear, and Phil Snowbarger from Graphite Lab and Joystick - the team behind Kombinera -- for some developer gameplay, and to share development insights and tips for overcoming the most challenging levels (especially the hidden ones).

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/DlYGBmvWNUU

Something a little different this week: we play some Black Widow: Recharged and dig into the ins and outs of the title, including mechanics, strategies, and the subtle details about the upcoming release.

Video link: https://youtu.be/MEQlAQeGZFE

Jason and Adam address some players' and listeners' feedback before diving into the process of deciding which games get the Recharged treatment.

Tadas Migauskas - producer at SneakyBox - joins the podcast to review some reviews of Centipede: Recharged, hype the next three titles, and discuss what it means to be a producer.