Episodes

  • Holiday Break!

    Holiday Break!
    Nov 27 2025
    We're taking a break for the holidays and will be back in the new year with a brand new season and new content! We'll be doing more topic deep dives so let us know what you want to hear about! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 min
  • 20 Years of Games: Working at Telltale, Jam City, Genvid and n-Space (Wii and DS)

    20 Years of Games: Working at Telltale, Jam City, Genvid and n-Space (Wii and DS)
    Nov 18 2025
    Game Industry veteran Chris Schroyer (The Walking Dead, Wolf Among Us, Tales from the Borderlands) stops by Brain Arcade to dive into DS wild-west creativity, mechanics as storytelling, and early-career origin stories. We unpack healthy (and unhealthy) indie dev rhythms, and explore how feedback, emotion, and weird ideas shape unforgettable games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    53 mins
  • Build Better Leaders to Build Better Games

    Build Better Leaders to Build Better Games
    Nov 11 2025
    Leadership matters even more on tiny teams. Coach and trainer Andy Coley shares how to communicate clearly, set expectations that stick to keep scope and moral under control so you can actually ship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • From TV to Unreal with Chris Knauer

    From TV to Unreal with Chris Knauer
    Nov 4 2025
    Writer Chris Knauer joins Brain Arcade to talk about his leap from writers’ rooms into Unreal Engine. We dig into what it means to treat games as a conversation with players, how art and interactivity collide, and why learning to manage scope might be the most creative act of all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • How do Juniors Get Experience? with Nathan White (Threeclipse Inc.)

    How do Juniors Get Experience? with Nathan White (Threeclipse Inc.)
    Oct 30 2025
    Nathan White, founder of Threeclipse Inc. joins to talk about building opportunities for juniors in game dev through mentorship and real shipped projects. We dig into what it takes to break in today, finish what you start, and build a sustainable creative path. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 mins
  • Profit and Play: The Business of Games

    Profit and Play: The Business of Games
    Oct 21 2025
    Returning guest Mark Netter and I dig into the business of play. From mergers and layoffs to AI-driven development and the shrinking middle class of indie studios. We look at how money, creativity, and technology are reshaping the games industry and what developers and players alike can learn from it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    53 mins
  • From Pixar to Silent Hill: Stephan Bugaj on Storytelling, Community & Discovery

    From Pixar to Silent Hill: Stephan Bugaj on Storytelling, Community & Discovery
    Oct 14 2025
    Stephan Bugaj (Pixar, Telltale, Genvid) joins me to explore the real reasons games succeed and why traditional marketing no longer cuts it. We dig into the saturation of the games market, the myth of “build it and they will come,” and how authentic communities are replacing ad campaigns. We also look at discoverability from a dev’s perspective, how to find your audience and why word of mouth still matters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    56 mins
  • Discoverability, Community, and the Death of Traditional Marketing

    Discoverability, Community, and the Death of Traditional Marketing
    Oct 7 2025
    Chris chats with Producer and previous VP of Production, Arthur von Nagel (Ubisoft, Genvid, Telltale), about how small teams build community-driven hits like Vampire Survivors, Balatro, and Cult of the Lamb. They dig into fandom, identity, and why marketing isn't what it used to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 mins