This week, Aaron chats with Jonathan Rucker, or just "Rucker," as he's known at work. Rucker is a Senior Game Engine Programmer who has worked on a ridiculous number of games, building tools and fixing bugs, doing some of the least glamorous stuff in game development and enjoying it anyway. This week's show is more of a "hang out" episode, with wide-ranging discussion from working on Nintendo DS game engines to 3D printing to restaurant horror stories, delicious smoked salmon, and even regional Mexican food in California! 

00:00 Intro

01:08 Getting Into Games Because of Your Mom

03:27 Getting Started In The Industry

05:31 Working On Nintendo DS Game Engines

07:35 A Few Minutes On Esoteric Hobbies

12:47 Mexican Cuisine

22:32 Digression: Salmon! Breakfast!

25:04 Restaurant Horror Stories

30:56 And Now: A Positive Restaurant Story

32:20 Wrapping Up

Links:

Rucker's Mobygames profile, because you just have to see all these games!

https://www.mobygames.com/person/300315/jonathan-rucker/credits/

You can find the podcast at:

http://www.makegamesdrinkcoffee.com 

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