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Design Thinking Games is a User Experience and Game Design podcast that examines the player experience of different types of games.

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Design Thinking Games is a User Experience and Game Design podcast that examines the player experience of different types of games.

    Season Finale - Playthroughs with Matthew Visyak

    Season Finale - Playthroughs with Matthew Visyak

    Listen now (41 min) | After playing a game with the three-headed dragon, and dreaming that night of LARPing, our heroes wake to find an old man Matthew Visyak who says, "It's dangerous to go alone!" Read the transcript.

    Things discussed on this episode:

    04:13 Final Fantasy
    06:01 Breath of Fire 4
    06:28 The Last Ninja
    06:40 Simon's Quest
    12:33 Dice Invasion
    12:49 It's Kind of a Fun Story
    13:39 Gloomhaven
    23:57 The Outlast Trials
    34:40 Resident Evil 4
    35:22 Diablo 4
    35:53 Hogwarts Legacy
    37:26 Jedi Survivor
    37:51 Final Fantasy XVI
    38:22 Tears of the Kingdom
    38:40 Sons of the Forest
    39:30 Spider-Man 2


    Support the show on Patreon!
    Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
    Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
    Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

    • 40 min
    Design Thinking LARPing :: The Audiodrama

    Design Thinking LARPing :: The Audiodrama

    Listen now (19 min) | Design Thinking LARPing is a fully immersive, fully cast, tongue-in-cheek radio play about LARPers taking over a gaming convention. Join Tim, Michael, and Rapid Protobot on this adventure. Read the transcript.

    Support the show on Patreon!
    Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
    Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
    Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

    • 19 min
    It's Kind of a Fun Story

    It's Kind of a Fun Story

    Listen now (61 min) | Heeding the warning from the space wizard, our heroes make camp for the night in a nearby cave. They soon discover that the cave is inhabited by a three-headed dragon named PopHaus, who just wants to play a new game called It's Kind of a Fun Story! Read the transcript.

    Things discussed on this episode:

    02:44 Final Fantasy VII
    03:30 Crash Bandicoot
    04:06 Dream Phone
    05:22 Mouse Trap
    09:06 Animal Crossing
    15:11 Codenames
    15:30 It's Kind of a Fun Story
    20:01 Cards Against Humanity
    31:29 Gloomhaven
    39:41 Spot It
    41:37 Betrayal at House on the Hill
    42:34 Secret Hitler
    45:49 Skippo
    46:46 Dragula
    49:01 Final Fantasy XIV
    51:39 Big Brother
    55:04 Monikers


    Support the show on Patreon!
    Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
    Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
    Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Designing Tabletop Games with Conner Wake

    Designing Tabletop Games with Conner Wake

    Listen now (53 min) | After parting ways with their old friend, our heroes travel until they encounter Connor Wake, a tabletop game wizard from outer space! Read the transcript.

    Things discussed on this episode:

    The Mind
    Roads & Boats
    Scythe
    Framework
    Into the Breach
    Herbacious


    Support the show on Patreon!
    Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
    Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
    Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

    • 53 min
    Stillfleet with Aaron H.

    Stillfleet with Aaron H.

    Listen now (62 min) | On their epic quest our heroes encounter an old friend, Aaron H., and they talk about his recent gaming conquests in Stillfleet. Read the transcript.

    Things discussed on this episode:

    Stillfleet
    The Rain Thieves
    Dune
    Float City
    Fun City Podcast
    Strings
    Roll 20
    Malinger
    Robot Factory
    The Art of Game Design: Book of Lenses
    The Game Design Workshop
    Candyland
    Moats in the Eye
    Splendor
    Galaxy Trucker


    Support the show on Patreon!
    Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
    Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
    Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Games that Give Back with Dan Scalise

    Games that Give Back with Dan Scalise

    Listen now (48 min) | Bidding the family of designers good morrow, our heroes find respite, a cozy moment to decompress with Scalisco Games founder Dan Scalise and talk about their new game: Corgi's Cozy Hike. Read the transcript.

    Things discussed on this episode:

    00:59 Dog Gone Seattle.
    Lots: Corgis Cozy Hike
    1:26 Candy Crush
    02:53 Final Fantasy
    03:11 Game of Thrones board game
    03:11 Avalon
    03:11 Resistance
    03:28 Among Us
    03:37 One Night Werewolf
    03:50 Blood on the Clock Tower
    04:15 Donkey Kong Country
    Lots: Banjo Kazooie
    10:13 Mario 64
    15:12 Rock Miner
    22:53 Elden Ring
    22:53 Tears of the Kingdom
    22:53 Zelda (The Legend of Zelda series)


    Support the show on Patreon!
    Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
    Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
    Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/

    • 48 min

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