Game Dev Advice: The Game Developer's Podcast

+30 year game industry veteran John "JP" Podlasek interviews game designers, programmers, producers,

Episodes

Total: 70

Travis Scott, Activision Pitches, Good Vs. Bad Producers, EQ, Social Networks, MicroProse, Steve Jobs, Taking the High Road with Chris Hewish
2020/8/12

On this episode, we welcome guest Chris Hewish, President of Xsolla. We start by discussing Chris’s

Making Warcraft II, Breaking Crunch, Disney Infinity, Pitching Investors, Diablo, Animal Talking, Industry Stories, and Parting Advice with Bill Roper
2020/7/21

On this episode we welcome guest Bill Roper, Chief Creative Officer at AuthorDigital and Adept Games

Working at Epic Games, Avoiding Crunch, Tony Hawk, Better Health, Metallica, The Rookies, Montreal, and Midway Games Floods with Justin Mohlman
2020/6/25

Justin Mohlman has many skills and projects. With over 17 years in the industry, he’s a seasoned gam

PR For Games, Influencers, Working With Nintendo, Metrics Vs. Impact, Value of Live Events, and Relationships Matter with Johner Riehl
2020/5/25

Johner Riehl, Vice President and PR Lebowski at Wonacott Communications joins me on this episode. Jo

Going Indie, Changing Crunch, Mocap SWAT, Bungie, Wild West Days, Management Lessons, and VR with Richard Lico
2020/5/7

Game industry veteran Richard Lico joins me on this episode to discuss his career. Hear how he got s

Triple-A to Indie, Lessons From Blizzard, Growing Remote Teams, Future Game Trends, Animal Crossing, and Magehunter with Richard Khoo
2020/4/21

Richard Khoo, Co-Founder and Game Director of indie studio Khookey joins me on this episode. He shar

COVID-19, VR Meditation, Rubber Duck Debugging, Judas Priest, and Breaking into the Game Industry with Andreja Djokovic
2020/4/5

GDA24 Timestamps:[01:11] Introductions[01:20] COVID-19[02:50] What Are Your Current Roles in the Gam

Indie and Mid-Level Narrative Design, Post-Apocalyptic Worlds, Toxic Gamer Culture, AR/VR, and Online Testing with Edwin McRae
2020/3/13

Edwin McRae talks about his role as a narrative designer and the various projects he’s working on. H

Console Wars, Oculus, SXSW, Palmer Luckey, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Facebook Concerns with Blake J. Harris
2020/2/19

Bestselling author Blake J. Harris talks about the Console Wars documentary premiering at SXSW after

Indie Dev Challenges, AI, Spatial Computing, Fortnite, New Platforms, and Predator VR with David Turkiewicz
2020/1/26

Lead Game Designer David Turkiewicz talks about his current role at Phosphor Games, starting in QA,

Mid-Tier Indie Vs. Triple-A Dev, Game Engines, Star Wars AR, VR Challenges, Going Viral, and Gender Diversity with Chip Sineni
2019/12/9

Game Director Chip Sineni talks about the project he’s working on that dates back 20 years and how h

When Coin-Op was King, NBA Jam, the ‘90s, Pakistan, Sega, Shaq, and Book Publishing with Reyan Ali
2019/11/23

NBA Jam writer Reyan Ali talks about being born in the U.S., moving to Pakistan when he was young, a

Skywalker Ranch, Making Toys, Crunch Culture, Hong Kong Concerns, EA, Being an Expat in Bangkok with Chris Nicolella
2019/10/20

28-year video game and toy industry veteran Chris Nicolella talks about moving from the U.S. to livi

The World’s Biggest Arcade and More with Doc Mack of Galloping Ghost
2019/9/19

25-year industry entrepreneur and designer Doc Mack of Galloping Ghost Productions talks about his g

Headhunter To Designer, Layoffs, Self Publishing, and Scapegoating Games with John (JJ) Williams of NetherRealm Studios
2019/9/1

+15-year industry veteran John (JJ) Williams of NetherRealm Studios talks about his current role as

Comics, Crazy Game Submissions, Careers, Industry Rant, and Production with Nick Laing of Amazon Games
2019/8/11

Nick Laing talks about his new role as Senior Publishing Producer at Amazon Games and working before

Triple-A Art, Roots of Mocap, SonyPlayStation, Being a Problem Solver with Dwayne Mason of NXA Studios
2019/7/19

Dwayne Mason of NXA Studios talks about his current role in the company and his career and entrepren

Indie Game Dev, Rick and Morty, Double Fine and Being in the Game Press with Chris Johnson of the Player One Podcast
2019/6/29

Chris Johnson from the Player One Podcast talks about producing games at Adult Swim for 11 years, an

Running An Indie Game Studio, Loot Boxes, AR, Markiplier, and Producers
2019/5/12

Tom Eastman and Ben Perez discuss their seven years of running indie developer Trinket Studios, chal

Crunch Culture and What You Can Do To Escape...Hint, It Ain't On Twitter
2019/4/25

The industry’s dirty little secret is in the spotlight again (just Google “intense crunch”) and surp