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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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44:22

180. We're Scared of Early Access

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2026/01/27

This week, Mike and Alanah discuss Bithell games, whether Mike is a Golden Retriever Boyfriend, the new era of the cosplay community, collaboration among indie game devs, and our fear of Early Access.

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01:34:00

179. This Episode is About Sex (in Video Games)

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2026/01/03

Alanah, Mike, and Austin discuss sex (or the lack thereof) in video games, and how video game writing and film/TV do and do not compare. Also, happy new year!

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01:03:42

178. Where are Video Games Headed in 2026?

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2026/01/02

Apologies for the late upload! On this episode, Mike & Austin chat about the success of Dispatch, changes to video game dev structures, and where the industry seems to be headed.

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01:13:21

177. Dispatch Writer Pierre Shorette Talks CHOICES!

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2025/11/12

This week, Austin, Mike, and Alanah are joined by Adhoc Studios' Pierre Shorette to talk about Dispatch - the latest narrative driven game made by a group of Telltale alumni.

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59:41

176. How to Market an Indie Game (& Undertale's...

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2025/10/24

Alanah and Mike discuss indie game marketing, and the fact that getting past being worried about something sucking is the best way to start... making something!

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01:11:47

175. Hollow Knight: Silksong's Difficulty, and...

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2025/10/03

This week, Alanah, Mike, and Austin chat about Hollow Knight: Silksong (yes, it's hard) and how media seems to prefer difficult games, Alanah's recent ChatGPT video (though this was recorded before it was published), and the Freewrite Traveler.

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01:08:29

174. Wave Tech in Sword of the Sea!

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2025/09/12

This week, we sat down to chat with Matt Nava from Giant Squid, all about the studio's latest game - Sword of the Sea.

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57:55

173. IP Rights & Stop Killing Games

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2025/07/30

Austin, Mike, and Alanah chat about IP Rights and our (very early, uniformed lol) thoughts on the "Stop Killing Games" petition.

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58:56

172. Mike talks TRON: Catalyst! (& Alanah learns to...

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2025/07/12

This week, Mike and Alanah talk about learning to use game engine Godot, the brilliant lighting in TRON: Catalyst, and ethics in genitalia shown in film.

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01:05:44

171. A Chat to the Creator of Blue Prince!

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2025/06/17

This week, Alanah, Mike, and Austin sat down to chat to Tonda Ros - the director of Blue Prince. Apologies for Tonda's echo!

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01:08:24

170. We love Blue Prince (but maybe won't finish it,...

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2025/05/24

Alanah and Austin chat Blue Prince, addictive video games, and Satisfactory.

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01:13:53

169. From The Banner Saga to Towerborne (ft. Arnie...

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2025/05/08

This week, Mike, Alanah, and Austin chat to co-founder of Stoic, the creators of The Banner Saga and, more recently, Towerborne!

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58:08

168. Our Nintendo Switch 2 Reactions!

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2025/04/06

This week, Alanah and Mike discuss the Switch 2 presentation!

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54:45

167. Lay-Offs, Microsoft's new AI (sorry, Phil), and...

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2025/03/07

This week, Alanah and Mike start out by talking about the lay-offs across WB Games, then jump into talking about Microsoft's newly announced AI "Muse", and then we - finally - get Alanah's thoughts on Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

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01:13:01

166. Talking to Eternal Strands director Mike Laidlaw!

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2025/02/26

This week, Austin and Alanah sit down to talk to Mike Laidlaw, the game director of Dragon Age: Origins who most recently started his own studio and make ETERNAL STRANDS. Which Austin also worked on, because of course he did. He cannot be contained.

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01:27:01

165. The Studio Making Four Games A YEAR!? (ft....

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2025/02/15

Apologies for the delay here - the audio file was corrupted! This week, Mike and Alanah are joined by Strange Scaffold's Xalavier Nelson Jr to talk about how the studio makes so many high quality games, and what it really means to be a good game director.

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53:59

164. The State of Video Games in 2025

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2025/01/27

After a break due to the LA fires - which we talk about to begin with here - we chat about a recent 200-page document called "The State of Video Games in 2025" from Matthew Ball. If you'd like links to the charities we mentioned, please check those out on the YouTube version of the podcast!

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59:26

163. Game Design Challenges & the Indiana Jones Game!

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2024/12/23

Happy four years of PWL! Sorry about Mike's audio here, we don't know what happened.

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01:01:31

162. Can Indies Save The Games Industry?

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2024/12/06

Alanah left her job at Sony, and Mike got in trouble for saying something on Bluesky. We discuss the state of the games industry now that it's December 2024, and the notion that "indies will save" everything.

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56:25

161. Should DLC Be Nominated for Game of the Year?

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2024/11/24

We're back from a brief hiatus! Immediately discussing: should Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree be nominated for GOTY even though it's a DLC? Also: Mike announced another video game!

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