Funomena's Robin Hunicke chats with Tim Lewinson, Development Director on Apex Legends for Respawn Entertainment. Tim and Robin discuss what inspired him to enter the games industry as a child; his long career on several titles; his love of dinosaurs and how that influenced his work in and outside of games; joining Respawn to work on one of the biggest online titles in the world; and how his journey led him to wild collaborations including Method Man on World Gone Sour.  Tim Lewinson is currently the Development Director on Apex Legends and in the past has worked on titles such as the FIFA series, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War, Company of Heroes, Impossible Creatures, and Turok. He is also the author of the Savage Empire graphic novel.  

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Ted Price chats with Sucker Punch Productions Co-Founder and Producer Brian Fleming about how Insomniac Games and Sucker Punch have worked together throughout the years; the challenges Sucker Punch faced when developing Ghost of Tsushima; how to emphasize cultural authenticity; and the creative steps they took when developing such a massive game.  Brian Fleming is a Co-Founder, Managing Partner, and Producer at Sucker Punch Productions, the studio behind Ghost of Tsushima, inFAMOUS, Sly Cooper, and Rocket.

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Robin Hunicke chats with game developer Ben Wilson, about how he got started creating video games as a hobby; finding creative partners through game jams; communicating experiences through game design; how to move the needle regarding representation as a single person; learning to have uncomfortable conversations; and his talk "Dyspraxis in Game Design" at the Game Devs of Color Expo.  Ben Wilson is a game developer who has created several video games including Button Frenzy, The Hypersonic Effect, Evader, Explode Mode, and TV Trouble with the team at SUPERCORE Games. He is currently a Creative Producer at Die Gute Fabrik. You may follow him at www.zerofifty.one or on Twitter @zerofiftyone_.

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Austin Wintory chats with Ilan Eshkeri, one half of the composing team behind the Playstation 4 summer hit, Ghost of Tsushima. Austin and Ilan discuss working with Sucker Punch, his prior work in games and feature films; working together with and learning from Michael Kamen; the distinction between craft and art; and composing music for the European Space Agency in his spell-binding show, "Space Station Earth." Ilan Eshkeri is an award winning composer, artist, songwriter, producer and creator. He is one of the composers of the recently released Ghost of Tsushima by Sucker Punch Productions as well as several television, film, and live productions. 

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Robin Hunicke chats with Kim Belair of Sweet Baby Inc. to discuss how she got her start as a community developer for Ubisoft, diversity as innovation, confronting pre-conceptions regarding your game audience, and working together as a collaborative team.  Kim Belair is a writer, narrative designer, and the Co-founder and CEO of Sweet Baby Inc., a narrative development company. She has worked on several AAA and indie titles such as Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Far Cry 4, Neocab, and the upcoming titles, Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Good Bye Volcano High. 

Robin Hunicke chats with Nico Disseldorp and Jake Strasser of House House to discuss their mega hit and D.I.C.E. Awards Game of the Year, Untitled Goose Game; how the team first got together; designing a mischievous yet lovable Goose; and how to navigate and stay sane during this global lockdown.  Nico Disseldorp and Jake Strasser are two of the four members of House House along with Michael McMaster and Stuart Gillespie-Cook. They are best known as the team behind Untitled Goose Game and Push Me Pull You. 

Ted Price chats with Hugo Martin and Marty Stratton of id Software to discuss all things DOOM Eternal; what it's like to work at id Software; rebooting one of the most beloved franchises for the modern era; and the importance of DOOM to the foundation of Insomniac Games. 

Hugo Martin is the Game Director behind DOOM Eternal, and Marty Stratton is it's Executive Producer and the Studio Director at id Software.

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Jesse Harlin chats with Austin Wintory to discuss his formative years in music, his history with LucasArts and Star Wars, becoming an independent composer, and  delving into new music genres with Valorant.  Jesse is best known for being the composer for Mafia III, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, and Riot's recently released competitive shooter, Valorant.  Are you a fan of the show? We need your help! Please take a moment to fill out this >>quick listener survey.

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Jamie Cheng chats with Robin Hunicke to discuss growing up in Hong Kong and moving to Canada to create games; founding Klei and releasing their first title; the ups and downs of being an independent developer; moving towards self publishing; retooling a game after premiering it to an audience; and designing difficult and deep gameplay experiences. Jamie is best known as the CEO of Klei Entertainment, makers of Don't Starve, Oxygen Not Included, Invisible Inc., Shank, Hot Lava, Mark of the Ninja, and Griftlands which is currently available in Early Access.  Are you a fan of the show? We need your help! Please take a moment to fill out this >>quick listener survey.

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Game Designer Arvi Teikari joins Robin Hunicke to discuss learning how to create games, finding helpful online communities, participating in Game Jams, the challenge of designing puzzle games, how game difficulty can affect audience response, the success of Baba is You, and what's next.

Arvi is best known for creating Baba is You and Environmental Station Alpha.