So Many Bits

A special bonus! I recently had the chance to review Dangerous Driving, a recently released PC racing game. Give a quick listen to hear what I think!

Shelby is back to chat Overwatch and the OWL, Subnautica, and Bill tries League of Legends for the first time!

We're back to one on one interviews catching up with Mark Laframboise of Lightning Rod Games! Along with his studio's game A Fold Apart, we chat about running a studio, the role of narrative in games, and a few questions about the Modern format of Magic: the Gathering! Meanwhile, Shelby Mongan is back on to discuss another video game episode of Gravity Falls, plus Bill's Magic Minute! Screenwatching: Gravity Falls (1:55) Interview: Mark Laframboise (27:04) Bill's Magic Minute (54:31)

Part two of my PAX East interviews! I talk about the back half of my convention along with seven more great chats with game makers! Christine Love (Get in the Car, Loser!) - 1:06 Bjoern, Chris, and Sabbi (Skellboy) - 5:13 Marlowe Dobbe (Dicey Dungeons) - 10:42 Tom Sharpe (Sole) - 17:29 Howard Tsao (Hamsterdam) - 24:28 Sandrine Bedard-Beeson (Panzer Paladin) - 33:22 Ian Beckman (Cosmo's Quick Stop) - 39:20

For the third year in a row we're doing a special PAX East edition of So Many Bits! This time, there are simply too many interviews for one episode so we've split it into two! Check out this week for half - plus some of the more interesting moments of my own trip - then check back next week for the rest! Morten (What the Golf?) - 5:23 Jacqueline Joy (Star Renegades) - 9:09 Thomas Huang (Subscribe My Adventure) - 12:47 Ian (Dungeon Munchies) - 16:50 Kyle Seeley (Emily is Away) - 22:19 Laurent Mercure (Aftercharge) - 30:34 Mark Laframboise (A Fold Apart) - 35:35

NOTE: YOU SHOULD PROBABLY ONLY LISTEN TO THIS WHILE WATCHING THE WIZARD. Still getting my feet back under me from PAX, so in the meantime here's a bonus thingy! When Di and I recently did a Screenwatching segment featuring The Wizard, we did a live recording of our thoughts in real time as the film progressed. So you can listen to this episode side by side with the film and learn along with me that Jenny Lewis was always cool!

Dan's last episode (for now)! We're talking Pokemon Let's Go: Eevee, Apex Legends, and a one of a kind multiplayer VR game! Best of luck in New Hampshire Dan!

Derrick Fields is my guest on this week's So Many Bits to talk about Waking Oni's Onsen Master. We get into building an alpha version and the focus on Japanese culture in the game. Plus, Dan Schiffmacher is on so we can both watch The Sopranos for the first time on Screenwatching! Screenwatching: The Sopranos (3:18) Interview: Derrick Fields (14:00) Bill's Magic Minute (37:06)

Di is on again so we can talk about games we've been playing! We cover Tetris 99, Zuma, Super Mario Bros. 3, Videoball, Nidhogg, and Ace Attorney Investigations 2.

Kakette Koi Yo! may be a title I can't pronounce, but it's an intriguing game coming from young developers in Chicago. Bill talks with Joshua Whittom and Will Rossi about both personal and technical development as they prepare to enter the video game industry. Plus, Di Billick is on for an extra special Screenwatching segment examining the seminal video game film The Wizard! Screenwatching: The Wizard (00:51) Interview: Will Rossi & Joshua Whittom (23:23) Bill's Magic Minute (50:18)