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Episode 108 | Richard Rouse III of 'The Church in the Darkness' on Cults and Not Joining Groups
Humans of Gaming Podcast - May 18, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsEvery episode we invite a special guest to talk with us about life, games, and belief. This week, we talk to game developer Richard Rouse III who is known for his work on Odyssey: The Legend of Nemesis, Damage, Inc., The Suffering, and most recently The Church in the Darkness. Drew and ...
Episode 107 | Jason Rohrer of One Hour One Life on not being the main character in life
Humans of Gaming Podcast - May 03, 2018 15:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsEvery episode we invite a special guest to talk with us about life, games, and belief. This week, we talk to Jason Rohrer, developer behind games such as Transcend, Diamond Trust of London, and One Hour One Life. Drew and Chris talk to Jason about his thoughts on the role of death in th...
Episode 106 | PAX East Interviews Part 3 of 3
Humans of Gaming Podcast - April 23, 2018 21:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsDrew is at PAX East with a mic and over 30 developers to interview. Contained in this interview bonanza is a glimpse not just of the games these developers make, but why they make them and what they hope you, the gamer, gets out of the experience they have labored on. In Part 3 we talk ...
Episode 105 | PAX East 2018 Interviews Part 2 of 3
Humans of Gaming Podcast - April 19, 2018 13:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsDrew is at PAX East with a mic and over 30 developers to interview. Contained in this interview bonanza is a glimpse not just of the games these developers make, but why they make them and what they hope you, the gamer, gets out of the experience they have labored on. In Part 2 we talk ...
Episode 104 | PAX East 2018 Interviews Part 1 of 3
Humans of Gaming Podcast - April 17, 2018 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsDrew is at PAX East with a mic and over 30 developers to interview. Contained in this interview bonanza is a glimpse not just of the games these developers make, but why they make them and what they hope you, the gamer, gets out of the experience they have labored on. In Part 1 we talk ...
Episode 103 | Bennett Foddy of 'Getting Over It' on Authorial Intent
Humans of Gaming Podcast - April 05, 2018 16:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsEvery week we invite a special guest to talk with us about life, games, and belief. This week developer, philosopher, and professor Bennett Foddy joins Drew and Chris to talk about the de-humanization of indie games, the consideration of authorial intent, and the philosophical reason to...
Episode 102 | Patrick and Kat Lysaght of 'Soul of the Empire' on Christian board games
Humans of Gaming Podcast - April 02, 2018 19:30 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsEvery week we invite a special guest to talk with us about life, games, and belief. This week, we talk to Patrick and Kat Lysaght about the board games they produce involving the history and spread of early Christianity, the history of their relationship with each other and Christ, and how zombi...
Episode 102 | Patrick and Kat Lysaght of 'Soul of the Empire' on Christian board games
Humans of Gaming Podcast - April 02, 2018 19:30 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsEvery week we invite a special guest to talk with us about life, games, and belief. This week, we talk to Patrick and Kat Lysaght about the board games they produce involving the history and spread of early Christianity, the history of their relationship with each other and Christ, and ...
Episode 101 | Scott Benson of 'Night in the Woods' on returning home and finding it not the same
Humans of Gaming Podcast - March 21, 2018 16:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsReturning guest Scott Benson (Night in the Woods, Longest Night) helps Drew Dixon and Chris Gwaltney launch the new Humans of Gaming podcast proper with Episode 101! Drew and Chris talk with Scott about his game Night in the Woods and how the story of Mae is not dissimilar from his ow...
Episode 79 | Rand Miller and The Reassurance in Suffering
Humans of Gaming Podcast - January 05, 2017 17:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsReaching back into our archives, we present our first episode from January 5, 2017 featuring Rand Miller of Cyan Worlds. PC gamers will recognize the name as one half of the creative founders of MYST, one of the most influential games developed. An avid church goer, Rand talks with Drew...
Episode 53 | Jay Tholen of Dropsy on Getting Close to God
Humans of Gaming Podcast - September 10, 2015 16:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsThis week, Humans of Gaming editors Richard Clark and Drew Dixon talk to the mastermind behind Dropsy, Jay Tholen, who opens up about his deeply held religious faith, his relationship with his church, and his predictions for what Dropsy's critical reception will be, including predicting...
Episode 22 | Edmund McMillen of The Binding of Isaac on Feeling Like a Monster
Humans of Gaming Podcast - December 12, 2014 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsOriginally released in December of 2014, we revisit this interview with Edmund McMillen, the developer behind indie hits Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac. He joined Drew and former managing editor Richard Clark for a talk about his motivation behind creating a gross game with Chr...
Episode 10 | Ken Levine of 'Bioshock' on religion, 'Bioshock', and religion in 'Bioshock'
Humans of Gaming Podcast - September 19, 2014 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsEvery week we invite a special guest to talk with us about life, games, and belief. This week, we talk to Ken Levine about his thoughts on religion, the reason religion plays such a large role in the Bioshock games, and the pros and cons of how religion is portrayed in Bioshock Infinite...
Episode 9 | Critic Brendan Keogh on subversive games and his developing political mindset
Humans of Gaming Podcast - September 12, 2014 16:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsEvery week we invite a special guest to talk with us about life, games, and belief. This week, we talk to game critic Brendan Keogh, author of Killing is Harmless, about his developing political mindset and the nature of subversive games like Spec Ops: The Line, Hotline Miami, and Far C...
Episode 7 | Critic Patrick Stafford on the State of Christian Videogames
Humans of Gaming Podcast - August 29, 2014 16:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsEvery week we invite a special guest to talk with us about life, games, and belief. This week, we talk to videogame journalist for Polygon, The Atlantic, Edge, Kotaku, Eurogamer (and the author of this definitive piece, Higher calling: The new gospel of Christian games) about his exper...
Episode 6 | Hyper Light Drifter's Teddy Diefenbach on being trapped in the comments and journying from Catholicism to humanism
Humans of Gaming Podcast - August 22, 2014 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsEvery week we invite a special guest to talk with us about life, games, and belief. This week Teddy Diefenbach, a game designer currently working on Hyper Light Drifter and Kyoto Wild, talks about his journey from Catholicism to Presbyterianism to humanism, as well as his struggle with ...
Episode 5 | Gone Home's Steve Gaynor on explaining mystery with science, Rogue Legacy, and the lessening of Japanese game development
Humans of Gaming Podcast - August 15, 2014 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsEvery week we invite a special guest to talk with us about life, games, and belief. This week, Gone Home’s lead developer Steve Gaynor joins us to discuss what Jesus would love about Gone Home, explaining mystery with science (or not explaining it), the pros and cons of Rogue Legacy, an...
Episode 4 | Cara Ellison on the Art of Losing, Attack of the Game Snatchers, and Game Addiction
Humans of Gaming Podcast - August 08, 2014 16:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsEvery week we invite a special guest to talk with us about life, games, and belief. This week, Cara Ellison takes some time out from her embedded journalism to talk about the value of asking hard questions about God, what we’re to gain and lose from losing games, whether the feminists a...
Episode 3 | Five Out of Ten's Alan Williamson on Mario Vs. Sonic and child like play
Humans of Gaming Podcast - August 01, 2014 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsEvery week we invite a special guest to talk with us about life, games, and belief. This week we’re joined by Alan Williamson, the Editor-in-Chief of Five out of Ten, a fantastic digital magazine about videogame culture. Alan talks with us about his own personal beliefs, the Mario/Sonic...
Episode 2 | Brainy Gamer's Michael Abbott on Buddhist meditation and the Destiny beta
Humans of Gaming Podcast - July 25, 2014 16:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsEvery week we invite a special guest to talk with us about life, games, and belief. This week we’re joined by Michael Abbott, the man responsible for Brainy Gamer, one of the original blogs dedicated to thoughtful game criticism. Michael talks with us about how his Buddhist meditation p...
Episode 1 | Unwinnable's Stu Horvath on VR, death in the family, and The Wolf Among Us
Humans of Gaming Podcast - July 18, 2014 16:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsThe Humans of Gaming podcast is dedicated to having open and honest conversations about games, life, and belief hosted by our Chief Content Nerd, Drew Dixon and Richard Clark. For our pilot episode week we are joined by Stu Horvath, the editor-in-chief of Unwinnable who talks with us ...
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