On this week's episode, the senior writer for Mafia 3, Charles Webb, joins host Josiah Renaudin to discuss the process of building the story for a AAA game. They cover how to craft an open-world narrative, side quests vs. main quests, the response to Mafia III, diversity in big-budget projects, and the upcoming DLC being worked on.

On this week's episode, Greg Buchanan, a writer at Hello Games, Salix Games, and former narrative designer at Supermassive Games, joins host Josiah Renaudin to discuss how video game stories come together. They discuss the writing process, narrative design, indie vs. AAA projects, understanding a game's lore, and whether or not video game writing needs to catch up with other media.

On this week's episode, freelance writer for Paste, PCGamer, and Bullet Points Monthly, Reid McCarter, joins host Josiah Renaudin to discuss the state of AAA video game reviews. The two tackle the response to Ghost Recon: Wildlands, cover how some writers can slip into a cycle of lazy criticism, wonder how the writing in Wildlands ever made it by an editor, and argue over whether certain reviews should be called out for ignoring troubling thematic elements.

On this week's episode, the head of video for Giant Bomb and the host of the Giant Beastcast, Vinny Caravella, joins host Josiah Renaudin to discuss the progress of Giant Bomb East, the importance of personality at Giant Bomb, Drew's departure, the balance between written and video content at the website, how special the Giant Bomb community has become, the current trends in games media, and what you can expect from Giant Bomb this year.

On this week's episode, freelancer Joseph Knoop joins host Josiah Renaudin to discuss this year's Game Developers Conference. The duo cover the best panels the conference had to offer, how to get paid to go to GDC or any other big video game show, the costs involved in traveling across the country to cover an event, how to handle post-show parties and bar outings, and why GDC might be the best conference for freelancers to attend.

On this week's episode, actor from TV shows like Smallville, The Expanse, and Supernatural and the voice of Adam Jensen from Deus Ex, Elias Toufexis, joins host Josiah Renaudin to discuss games, TV, and motion capture. Elias details his different TV roles, the process of voicing someone with as many lines as Adam Jensen, how his distinct voice has both helped and hurt his career, and what he's working on in 2017.

On this week's episode, Justin McElroy, the editor-at-large at Polygon and a co-brother on My Brother, My Brother, and Me, joins host Josiah Renaudin to talk about how MBMBAM became a series on Seeso, the challenge of adapting a podcast for a live audience, the process of making crazy shows like Things I Bought at Sheetz, and what it's been like to see Polygon grow and change.

On this week's episode, actor, writer, host of the UFC Minute, and former All That cast member, Lisa Foiles, joins Josiah Renaudin to discuss how she got into acting, her experiences on All That, being a new mom, her former work with major video game sites like GameSpot and IGN, the UFC, and what games she's most looking forward to in 2017.

On this week's episode, author of Champion of the World, lead MMA writer for Bleacher Report, and host of the Co-Main Event Podcast, Chad Dundas, joins Josiah Renaudin to discuss what it's like to get a book published, the nature of covering the UFC and mixed martial arts, freelance opportunities in sports writing, and the big success of the Co-Main Event Podcast.

On this week's episode, Wedbush Securities research analyst and host of the Pachter Factor, Michael Pachter, joins host Josiah Renaudin to discuss the business of making video game projections. Pachter explains why the Nintendo Switch might need a price cut, when we can expect to see the PlayStation 5, why Microsoft will always be second in the console race, the future of virtual reality, and why you don't need to worry about 4K until 2020.