Giant Spacekat, founded by Brianna Wu and Amanda Warner, released their first game today: Revolution 60. It’s a cinematic-style, live-rendered game with rich dialog and interaction that employs strong female characters. Brianna is also a co-host of the Isometric podcast. We talk about illustration, independence, and meeting (and exceeding) expectations. Sponsors and patrons This podcast… Continue reading Depth Takes a Holiday with Amanda Warner and Brianna Wu (Episode 84)
Category: Games
Community Supported Appliculture with Henry Smith (Episode 72)
Henry Smith is a games app developer, and the evil genius behind the addictive multi-player app Spaceteam. Spaceteam won oodles of awards, and it has the added benefit (or problem) of being free. Henry has an active Kickstarter to fund future development of free work over the next year. Sponsors & Patrons This podcast is… Continue reading Community Supported Appliculture with Henry Smith (Episode 72)
Shell Game with Dan Shapiro (Episode 59)
Dan Shapiro with a premium sheet of game pieces. Dan Shapiro created the game Robot Turtles out of scissors, clip art, and a printer to offer asymmetric play: kids and adults can play together and both can enjoy the experience. He brought it to Kickstarter to sell a few hundred copies, and… Continue reading Shell Game with Dan Shapiro (Episode 59)
Episode 28: Hugs and Kisses from Portland: Andy Baio and Andy McMillan on XOXO
Click above to listen in your browser or download the podcast directly (MP3, 38.4 MB, 80 minutes). Subscribe to the show’s podcast feed to get every episode automatically Andy Baio and Andy McMillan had the simultaneous idea for an arts-and-technology conference, and the synchronistic good fortune to wind up in the same city at the… Continue reading Episode 28: Hugs and Kisses from Portland: Andy Baio and Andy McMillan on XOXO
Episode 15: Serial Artistry with Zach Weinersmith
Click above to listen in your browser or download the podcast directly (MP3, 34 MB, 71 minutes). Subscribe to the show’s podcast feed to get every episode automatically. Zach Weinersmith, the artist behind Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal,takes nerdy Web comics to their logical extreme, and has developed ahuge following among science geeks. We talk about… Continue reading Episode 15: Serial Artistry with Zach Weinersmith
Episode 1: Pac-Man Fever with Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky
Click above to listen in your browser or download the podcast directly (MP3, 24 MB, 50 minutes). Subscribe to the show’s podcast feed to get every episode automatically. Filmmakers Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky discovered the richstories behind independently produced videogames, and turned some preliminary interviews into first one Kickstarter campaign, and then another. The… Continue reading Episode 1: Pac-Man Fever with Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky