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This year, Ellen thought a lot about cheating in games. So your nice hosts kept doing episodes about it. Three in total over this last summer. So, to…
2 years, 5 months ago
Nicest of 2023
Episode 336
The clubhouse continues the annual tradition of reviewing the past year. But first they need to talk about Doctor Who and new Minnesota state flag. E…
2 years, 6 months ago
Creative Career Paths (with Will Bredbeck)
Episode 335
Will went to school for illustration. After many plot twists—including a bike accident, leading a team of animators, and climbing mountains in Alaska…
2 years, 6 months ago
Nice Games Jam: "The Loft"
Episode 334
This week, the clubhouse becomes the birdhouse; we're talking pigeons! Dale created a prompt inspired by Ellen's activities as a child and she bombar…
2 years, 6 months ago
"Am I making a joke?" Debug Functionality; Polish
Episode 333
Your nice hosts start this episode with some personal updates, and (spoiler) it does not "go quick" as planned, then take on two really fascinating p…
2 years, 6 months ago
Scoping for Your Project (with John Donkin and Rob Donkin)
Episode 332
In this episode the brothers Rob and John Donkin of BadViking join the hosts in the clubhouse for a frank discussion on goals and expectations, scopi…
2 years, 7 months ago
Game-based Learning (with Jennifer Javornik)
Episode 331
Ellen spoke with this week's guest, Filament Games' chief partnerships officer Jennifer Javornik, at the 2023 Serious Play Conference in Toronto, Can…
2 years, 7 months ago
Serious Play Conference 2023
Episode 330
Earlier this autumn, Ellen visited Toronto to attend the Serious Play Conference. It's an event for people who design, develop, and study so-called "…
2 years, 7 months ago
Megagames (with Trenton Greyoak)
Episode 329
We welcome Trenton Greyoak into the clubhouse to talk about the vast topic of megagames! Trenton provides a huge amount of insight into the developme…
2 years, 7 months ago
"Smarter, more evolved." Polymorphism; Save Scumming
Episode 328
In this week's episode, Mark teaches us to cast polymorph, a 4th level transmutation spell. Just kidding! But Mark does put his high INT score to wor…
2 years, 7 months ago