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Join Alanah Pearce (game writer), Mike Bithell (game director), and Austin Wintory (game composer) as they talk about all the games, movies, TV and "whatever else" that took their interest that week, from three unique perspectives in the games industry.

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01:04:15

77. Demo Disks, Game Design, and DEATHLOOP (really)

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2021/09/25

This week, Alanah, Troy, Mike, and Austin talk about demo disks in cereal boxes, game design, and Deathloop. An entirely gaming podcast from your favourite gaming podcast, wow. What a triumph.

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58:40

76. I Just Want to Talk About Deathloop

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2021/09/17

Instead we talk about 9/11 and social responsibility. But there is a TINY bit of Deathloop, I really tried.

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52:41

75. Games Need Trailers Like The Matrix

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2021/09/11

Austin and I saw John Williams live, and Troy is very excited about The Matrix.

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01:10:12

74. The Cost of Voice Acting in Video Games

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2021/09/03

This week, we talk about how actors view good acting, why we like the performances we do, and the 'cost' of voice acting, for the actor and indie and AAA studios. It's an almost entirely on-topic episode - you're welcome.

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54:06

73. Austin Scored Aliens: FireTeam Elite!

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2021/08/28

And also we start talking about 12 Minutes. We said we'd continue it, which means we almost definitely will not.

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01:05:33

72. The Boyfriend Dungeon Controversy

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2021/08/20

We're back! Troy got a cool mask, there's some controversy surrounding a game called Boyfriend Dungeon, and what does "consent" mean in video games?

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01:17:04

71. Tencent, Censorship & Elaborate Setups

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2021/07/31

Also: we're taking a break. It's not you, it's me. No, really.

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01:02:30

70. Kotaku's Recent Headlines

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2021/07/23

A discussion of Kotaku's recent headlines that, of course, somehow ends up getting existential and profound because we can't help being who we are, okay?

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01:21:43

69. When Writing Is Too Videogamey

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2021/07/17

We didn't make a single joke about the episode number, but we did speak at length about the future of video game storytelling and narrative design!

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01:16:25

68. The Future of Indie Games (plus Mike & Troy use...

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2021/07/03

This week, we talk about indie studios being bought up all over the place, and discuss how feasible it is to exist without a publisher. Also, more hotel etiquette, including an excessive use of towels.

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01:09:53

67. Can Gameplay Out-Do Bad Writing?

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2021/06/25

The headlining topic is at around 45 minutes, and there are some spoilers for RE8 from this point onward. Otherwise, standing desks, dogs, and player agency!

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01:39:47

66. Troy Moved House

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2021/06/20

E3 is briefly mentioned but this week's episode of your #1 video game podcast mostly talks about absolutely anything and everything else.

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57:48

65. God of War on PS4 AND PS5?

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2021/06/12

We talk about games we haven't played and feel guilty about, and the next God of War game being on multiple platforms. I don't know what happens after that, someone please let me know.

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50:14

64. The Games Industry Without E3

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2021/05/29

This week, join Austin, Mike, and Alanah to talk about the progression of E3 and how it's likely to change, and influence different facets of the games industry as it does. There's only one tangent and it's about... radio broadcast. I'm not sure why either.

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52:26

63. Are Returnal and Mass Effect Competing?

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2021/05/21

This week, we talk about Mass Effect, Returnal (sort of, more next week, hopefully), Resident Evil and how single-player games have to be strongest in their earlier moments.

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55:30

62. Troy Baker, Austin Wintory, & Mike Bithell...

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2021/05/15

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01:01:04

61. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

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2021/05/07

Honestly, I'm not going to lie to you, we mostly talk about a movie that came out in 1988.

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01:02:53

60. Mortal Kombat (but not the movie)

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2021/05/01

We celebrate 60 episodes with a discussion of everything except for the actually trending Mortal Kombat topic.

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01:11:55

59. What Makes a Good Performer

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2021/04/24

This week, we talk about YouTube, performances, what to look for in a job, and Jeff Kaplan leaving Blizzard. Surprising nobody, it's a real grab bag. Also, next week's episode will be live-streamed on YouTube!

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01:21:19

58. How QA Works

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2021/04/17

Apologies for the break last week, BUT WE'RE BACK! We don't have a Troy, but we do have discussions about what QA does, VR porn, and if social media is needed to get into the games industry.

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