John Vanderhoef (@johnvanderhoef) joins us to talk about his game Sundays with Absalon.

Outside of games, John has been enjoying the MCU. Bela saw Guardians of the Galaxy, so we mostly talk about that. Ben also reveals a dirty secret about himself and those films, given that he’s sometimes a film critic.

This personal RPG Maker exploration leads to us talking about where the game comes from, relationships to mothers and motherhood in games, Anna Anthropy’s Rise of the Videogame Zinesters, where creative license comes into play, how systems can haunt games, and more.

Ascot Smith (@ASCOT_WORLD) joins us to talk about his game Psychic.

Outside of games, we talk about working in a comics shop, and just how many boxes (in just how many cities) Ascot has full of comics.

This comical detective interactive fiction gets us on the topic of worldbuilding versus comedy, other media that involve telepathic animals, and more.

Browntourage + Friends’ Tonia Beglari (@yaytonia) and Symrin Chawla (@sym_____ru) joins us to talk about their game Mystal.

Outside of games, we talk about Symrin’s performance piece.

This musical environmental exploration leads to us talking about ecofeminism, the desire to arrange the world, keeping secrets, telling the player to fuck themselves cryptically, and more.

James Earl Cox (@just404it) joins us to talk Seemingly Pointless‘ You Must be Eighteen Or Older to Enter.

Outside of games, we talk about bad movies. Watching them, taking inspiration from Tommy Wiseau, and, especially, making them.

This ASCII-pointillist porn-watching simulator leads to us talking about installation art, non-traditional horror in games, and more.

Mild Beast Games‘ Devin Li joins us to talk about At Sundown.

Outside(?) of games, we talk about his once-a-week habit of doing escape rooms.

For this top-down stealth shooter, we talk about guns in games, game jams, NintendoLand’s Luigi’s Ghost Mansion, the intensity of netcode, and more.

Nathalie Lawhead (@alienmelon) joins us to talk about her game Everything is Going to be OK.

Outside of games, we talk about receiving potatoes.

This interactive zine leads us to talk about player control, cultural definitions of power, asshole pets, cuteness as palliative, and a whole bunch more.

Jae Hyun Yoo joins us to talk about his game BestLuck.

We talk about where the ideas came from, how the implementation supports the ideas, Jae’s other work, and more.

Colin Horgan and Nicolo Telesca join us to talk about their game L U C A H

Before we get into it, Colin has been running and Nicolo has been re-watching Twin Peaks. We even solve a Windom-based mystery!

Okay, I’m going to straight up quote Colin here: for this “attempt to make Devil May Cry into an art game,” we talk about being raised Catholic, music as an integral part of game making, pacing, empowerment in a desolate world, and more.

We discuss Thing-in-Itself with Arseniy Klishin (@onegin13) and Laura Gray, aka Party for Introverts.

Outside of games, we talk about horror and fantasy, the new American Gods series, and cultural difference in checkers.

This philosophical relationship story brings up making stories personal and relatable, refusing wish-fulfillment, how the character impacts the world, and more.

We discuss Opening the Horse with Matthew R.F. Balousek (@mrfb).

Outside of games, we talk baking bread and a(n obscure?) tidbit of Magic: the Gathering lore.

This collection of queer formalist tabletop games leads to discussions about iterating on design, collaboration, storygames and google+, and more.