Harbinger Of Fun

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Award winning Game Designer Joe Mares and his guests give tips and advice on how to make your entertainment experience fun, and how to take care of the creative people on your team.

  1. 08/01/2025

    Ep. 37 - Emotional Game Design with special guest Marina Díez

    Game Designer Joe Mares, and Narrative Designer Ariel Giacobbe chat about creating an emotional hook in games, and what better guest to chat about this topic with than Emotional Game Designer Marina Díez. We talk about why emotions matter in game design and how to intentionally create them.

    1h 3m

  2. 07/16/2025

    Ep. 36 - Blueprint for Fun author interview!

    The tables have turned! The author of Blueprint for Fun and the host of this podcast Joe Mares, is interviewed about his recently released book! Narrative Designer Ariel Giacobbe asks about why it's important to engage an audience, where this Blueprint came from, and how it can make your product more fun.

    1h 19m

  3. 06/26/2024

    Ep. 35 - Author, E.K. Johnston

    Joe (game designer) and Ariel (narrative designer) interview author of Ahsoka, Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogoy, and Crimson Clmb, EK Johnston. We chat about her writing process, working with IP such as Star Wars and Dungeons & Dragons, and what to focus on when you're starting out as a writer.

    1h 21m

  4. 06/19/2024

    Ep. 34 - World's leading expert on location based VR, Bob Cooney

    Joe (Game Designer) and the World's leading expert on location based VR, Bob Cooney chat about trends in VR, how to make your location based VR business profitable, and common mistakes VR entrepreneurs make in their ventures.

    44 min

  5. 06/12/2024

    Ep. 33 - Mental Cartographer, S. Stephon Brown

    I chat with Mental Cartographer and Muse for Hire, S. Stephon Brown. We chat about the principles of improv, how to create psychological safety on a creative team, and why certain companies may only be filling their wants and not their needs.

    54 min

  6. 05/30/2024

    Ep. 32 - Narrative Designer Ariel Giacobbe

    Game Designer Joe Mares and Narrative Designer Ariel Giacobbe chat about what a Narrative Designer does in the game industry, the difference between writing for linear story telling (tv/books) vs writing for interactive story telling (video games), and what makes a compelling story. Also Star Wars

    1h 3m

  7. 04/09/2024

    Ep. 31 - Disney Imagineering Legend, Tony Baxter

    Tony Baxter created the biggest hits in Disneyland history, Splash Mountain, The Indiana Jones Adventure, Star Tours, and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, to name a few. Tony gives insight into his thought process on how he goes about designing themed attractions as he did for Disneyland and other Disney parks. We also talk about what makes something fun in general, how to be a maverick when it comes to innovation and design, and how to communicate your design to a larger team. I was beyond honored to be interviewing this man.

    1h 27m

  8. 01/01/2024

    Ep. 30 - Psychiatrist, Neuroscientist and Author of "Afraid", Arash Javanbakht

    My co-host Paulina Slivkova (UX/UI designer) and I chatted with Arash about understanding the mental health of creatives. How we create ideas and explanations to help anxieties and fears, and when it becomes hurtful. We also talk about mental illness, how fear can make creative people rigid but also provide motivation, and how new technology such as VR and AR can help via exposure therapy. Check out his book Afraid: Understanding the Purpose of Fear and Harnessing the Power of Anxiety.

    1h 3m
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Award winning Game Designer Joe Mares and his guests give tips and advice on how to make your entertainment experience fun, and how to take care of the creative people on your team.

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  • Creator
    Joe Mares
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    37
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Joe Mares
  • Show Website
    Harbinger Of Fun