Game Dev Story

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Interviews with legendary and cult videogame designers about their game development histories, from your friends at thetwingeeks.com

  1. JUL 22

    Game Dev Story: Minh Le, Counter-Strike

    Minh "Gooseman" Le, the creator of Counter-Strike, sits in for an hour-long podcast about his history developing videogames, from the creation of one of the most beloved and influential multiplayer games of the '90s to his work on new projects that blend all of his influences together, like the upcoming Alpha Response. We discuss changes in the game development industry, work culture at Valve, and what makes Counter-Strike so fundamentally special and lasting in a world crowded with a plethora of options for First Person Shooters. Counter-Podcasters win.

    1 hr
  2. Game Dev Story: Christopher Atallah, ODR Hockey Heroes

    10/25/2023

    Game Dev Story: Christopher Atallah, ODR Hockey Heroes

    ODR [Outdoor Rink] Hockey Heroes is an exciting new arcade-style hockey game from Christopher Atallah, a fellow hockey historian who has played all the stick-and-puck game conversions and put the best influences back into his game. On the eve of this year's hockey season, we talk about our diehard hockey habits, create the Mount Rushmore of hockey videogames, and give an exciting preview for Atallah's new game ODR Hockey Heroes, inspired by NHL 94, Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey, NHL 3-on-3 Arcade, and Midway's NHL Hitz series. This is Christopher Atallah's Game Dev Story.

    41 min
  3. Game Dev Story: Michael Long, Kaiju Wars

    10/24/2023

    Game Dev Story: Michael Long, Kaiju Wars

    Michael Long of Foolish Mortals joins the show to discuss Kaiju Wars, a great riff on Advance Wars that pits your military against a rogue's gallery of awesome Kaiju. The game is a unique spin on the turn-based strategy play style employing timed puzzles to route the Kaijus before they cause unspeakable destruction to each area. We love Kaijus, Advance Wars, and Kaiju Wars, and now we get to tell Michael Long's Game Dev Story.

    18 min
  4. Game Dev Story: Nolan Bushnell, Atari

    10/12/2023

    Game Dev Story: Nolan Bushnell, Atari

    Nolan Bushnell is one of the foremost figures in the world of games, one of the first true innovators in the market who brought the coin-op experience home, Bushnell brought us Atari, Pong, the 2600, and Chuck E Cheese. Few creators in games have given us so much... and now, Nolan Bushnell tells us his Game Dev Story, from the storied beginnings of console games to the expansion into his own arcade spaces to his present work in cultivating a game market for education. Bushnell is one of a kind and you won't want to miss his journey through the history of games, which also happens to be the history of games themselves. You can order Nolan Bushnell's new book Shaping the Future of Education on Amazon

    39 min
  5. Game Dev Story: Zach Barth, Zachtronics

    09/27/2023

    Game Dev Story: Zach Barth, Zachtronics

    Zachtronics made singular games for engineers and people who make games. They made the game that inspired Minecraft. Imagine the breadth of their influence and it's clear what their open-ended puzzle games have truly inspired in modern game design. We chat with the studio's founder Zach Barth about the legendary history of these programming-forward computer games, the weight of outsized influence, working for Valve, and what he's up to today. This is Zach Barth's Game Dev Story.

    46 min
  6. Game Dev Story: Carlos Bordeu, Zeno Clash

    09/13/2023

    Game Dev Story: Carlos Bordeu, Zeno Clash

    Andres, Carlos, and Edmundo Bordeu (ACE Team) are surrealist Chilean game developers who began with Doom and Quake mods and led to a publishing contract with Atlus. The eccentricities of the Zeno Clash & Rock of Ages games point to a colorful story about a studio coding outside the lines. There’s even more to the story and we’re proud to help tell the story of three brothers and their videogame dream in Chile. This is ACE Team's Game Dev Story.

    52 min
  7. Game Dev Story: Ken Williams, Sierra On-Line

    08/09/2023

    Game Dev Story: Ken Williams, Sierra On-Line

    Alongside his wife Roberta Williams, Ken Williams co-founded Sierra On-Line, the most influential computer game publisher of their era. Hundreds of games followed. Sierra On-Line published everything from perennial in-house favorites like King's Quest and Leisure Suit Larry to outside games that defined generations like Half-Life and Ultima. This is an interview podcast about the foundation of Sierra On-Line, a business partnership, life after game development, and returning to the fold. This is a document of one of the most influential subjects in videogames and an outline of an inspiring career. This is Ken Williams' Game Dev Story.

    44 min
  8. Game Dev Story: Ron Gilbert, The Secret of Monkey Island

    07/26/2023

    Game Dev Story: Ron Gilbert, The Secret of Monkey Island

    Ron Gilbert designed some of the most enduring adventure games, Maniac Mansion (1987) and The Secret of Monkey Island (1990), and is rightly heralded as one of our great genre pioneers. Gilbert's career, now stretching over several decades, offers many inflection points, and thoughtful swerves with and against the tides of the market. In this edition of Game Dev Story, we delve into Gilbert's full career, spanning from his time at LucasArts, to the foundation of the top-tier children's computer game studio Humungeous Entertainment, to crowd-funding his own games. It's a swashbuckling good time as we plunder the full career of such a notable game designer. There's something for everyone here, whether you may be a long-time fan or a game designer yourself, so let's sit back and enjoy Ron Gilbert's Game Dev Story.

    32 min
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Interviews with legendary and cult videogame designers about their game development histories, from your friends at thetwingeeks.com

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  • Creator
    The Twin Geeks
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    29
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
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  • Show Website
    Game Dev Story