Austin Wintory chats with composer Jack Wall about career trajectories and starting his career working with Treyarch Audio Director Brian Tuey; getting to collaborate with his wife on several projects; life lessons learned while bartending; his work on Mass Effect; and about the lasting impact the revered music agent Cheryl Tiano (who recently passed away) had in his life and career.  Jack is best known as an ASCAP award-winning and AIAS and BAFTA nominated composer for his work on Bioware's Jade Empire and the Mass Effect series as well as for the Call of Duty: Black Ops series. 

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Robin Hunicke chats with Philip Tibitoski from Young Horses Games about releasing a game during a global pandemic, how Young Horses has changed from their first release to now, learning to play to your strengths and the benefits of working with a small team, making sophisticated entertainment for audiences of all ages, and overcoming the pressure of a breakout hit.  Phil is part of Young Horses Games, an independent developer best known for Octodad: Dadliest Catch and the recently released Bugsnax. 

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Ted Price chats with Amir Rao and Greg Kasavin from Supergiant Games. Amir is Supergiant's Studio Director and Greg is the Creative Director and Narrative Designer behind their most recent release, Hades. Together they discuss creating Hades and how launching in early access helped during development, the difficult task of tuning the complex game systems, the creative culture at Supergiant, and finding the right balance between work and life while making industry defining games. Supergiant Games has developed several indie hits including their first title Bastion, Transistor, Pyre, and the newly released out of early access, Hades. 

Austin chats with CD PROJEKT RED composer Marcin Przybyłowicz to discuss his work on the Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077, the monumental task of scoring projects of this scope, growing up in a jazz family, his journey from sound designer to composer, finding the right compositional balance to emphasize both action packed and emotional moments, working together with real world bands to create original songs for the world of Cyberpunk, and creating Johnny Silverhand’s “chrome rock band” Samurai.   

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Robin Hunicke chats with writer and narrative director Xalavier Nelson Jr. to discuss starting his career in game journalism and transitioning into development, what game crafting can and should be, the non-monetary costs of game development, lessons in sustainability, and the importance of giving new voices the opportunity to succeed.  Xalavier is an independent developer best known as the narrative director behind Hypnospace Outlaw, SkateBIRD, Can Androids Pray and the upcoming An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs.

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Austin Wintory chats with composer Borislav Slavov to discuss his current project Baldur's Gate 3, his journey into video game music composition, dealing with the stress of working in video game development, his process on music creation, recognizing games and game music as serious works of art, finding new ways to surprise long time fans of a series, and how music can unlock and recall past gaming experiences.  Borislav Slavov is best known as the music director at Larian Studios, having worked on Divinity Original Sin 2 and the newly released Baldur's Gate 3, currently in early access. Prior to working at Larian he composed music for Crysis 2 and 3, Ryse: Son of Rome, Two Worlds II, and several other titles. 

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Robin Hunicke chats with digital artist and game designer TJ Hughes, the independent developer behind Terrifying Jellyfish. Together they discuss his upcoming Playstation 5 and PC game Nour, which is all about the fun of playing with your food; the passion required to break into the games industry; the nature of creativity; the value of constraints; and the practice and art of community building.  

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Insomniac Games' Ted Price chats with Mediatonic's Joe Walsh and Joel Herber, two of the developers behind this summer's hit battle royale, Fall Guys. Joe is Fall Guys' Lead Game Designer and Joel Herber its Lead Client Engineer. Together they discuss Fall Guy's breakout success, where the idea came from, how to make failing fun, challenges that didn't make it in to the final game, and what it takes to make 60 player online chaos work.

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Insomniac Games' Ted Price chats with Nicolas Guérin and William Dubé from Thunder Lotus Games. In this episode they discuss developing Spiritfarer; its refreshing gameplay and narrative experience; what distinguishes Thunder Lotus' library of games; the challenge of creating games using traditional animation; and making games that have a positive and lasting impact on people's lives.  Thunder Lotus Games is best known for the games Jotun, Sundered, and this summer's Spiritfarer.

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Austin Wintory chats with composer Gustavo Santaolalla to discuss his work on The Last of Us series; his start with music in Argentina with the band Arco Iris and its lasting influence in his work; his approach to the artistry of musical scores; working on Oscar winning films; and the beauty of "wrong notes."  Gustavo Santaolalla is best known for his work on The Last of Us video games as well as films including Amores Perros, The Motorcycle Diaries, Brokeback Mountain (for which he received an Academy Award), and Babel (for which he received his second Academy Award). 

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