Episode 254: Art of Rally creator Dune Casu on racing culture, nomad life, and rally school
Art of Rally is a gorgeous low-polygon take on the wild world of rally racing, with tight turns and plenty of burning rubber. Creator Dune C...
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The 1099 is an interview-based podcast that highlights the best writers, YouTubers, developers, publishers, and people in video games (and sometimes media/sports). Host Josiah Renaudin, a fo...
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Episode 253: What Nobody Understands About Video Game QA
When the newest, biggest video game launches, it's not long after that folks start complaining about bugs. But the art, business, and strugg...
Episode 252: Hitman 3 Review with Gamasutra's Alissa McAloon
Gamasutra news editor and noted Hitman diehard Alissa McAloon joins the 1099 to discuss why Hitman 3 is so damn good. We talk all about the...
Episode 251: Umurangi Generation Creator Veselekov on Fascism, QAnon, and Giant Robots
Umurangi Generation blends the world of cyberpunk -- giant robots, kaiju, and penguins -- with the much more in-your-face world of today --...
Episode 250: Matt Nava on Making The Pathless, Journey, and finding your own way in life
Truth is a pathless land. - J Krishnamurti These words influenced a young Matt Nava, who would go on to direct art for thatgamecompany's Jou...
Episode 249: The Games and Online Harassment Hotline is Here to Listen, with Jae Lin
CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of harassment, assault, mental health, and other sensitive topics. Have you ever experienced harassment, online...
Episode 248: Bugsnax's Philip Tibitoski on Young Horses' Success, Chicago, and Rejected Snax
Kinda bug, kinda snack, 100% Chicago. Young Horses co-founder and CEO Philip Tibitoski joins the 1099 to discuss the six-year road to releas...
Episode 247: The Games That Weren't...With Frank Gasking
Bankruptcy, console bombed, legal wranglings, infighting, too ambitious...For so many reasons, video games get canceled and never see the li...
Episode 246: The story of Ed Smith, one of the first African Americans to work in video games
The earliest days of the video game industry were, to put it lightly, a wild west of new technology We all know Atari, and I’m sure plenty o...
Episode 245: Next-Gen Accessibility Changes We Want to See with Can I Play That
On this week's episode Can I Play That staff members Courtney Craven and Grant Stoner join the show to discuss their work advocating for gam...
Episode 244: The Psychology of Final Fantasy with Dr. Anthony M. Bean
The Final Fantasy series has made for some of the most beloved storytelling in all of video games, but it goes beyond giant swords, spiky ha...
Episode 243: Carrion developer Krzysztof Chomicki on making a reverse-horror game
Decades after movies like The Thing and The Blob, why does the body horror genre still fascinate fans? Even better, how do you translate the...
Episode 242: Code-Switching in a World With COVID, Featuring Kahlief Adams and Riana Manuel
Kahlief Adams (Spawn on Me) and Riana Manuel (What's Good Games, Xbox) join the 1099 to discuss how code-switching impacts the video game in...
Episode 241: The Last of Us Part 2 Spoilercast with Natalie Flores
SPOILERS FOR THE LAST OF US PART 2 The lovely Natalie Flores joins the 1099 to gush all about Naughty Dog's latest post-apocalypse journey,...
Episode 240: Yes, Your Grace lead Rafal Bryks on building a medieval narrative adventure
Rafal Bryks had no idea what he was doing for the majority of Yes, Your Grace's long development, but he and the rest of the team at Brave a...
Episode 239: Touching Britney Spears' Butt & Other PR Hijinks With Stephanie Tinsley
Stephanie Tinsley has had one hell of a career, from the early days of somehow getting to touch Brittney Spears' butt in a conga line, to li...
Episode 238: Cloudpunk Writer Thomas Welsh on Building a Cyberpunk World and Making Your First Game
Cloudpunk is one of my favorite games of the year, so of course I had to have writer and narrative designer Thomas Welsh on to discuss how h...
Episode 237: It's a Review Show! Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Gears Tactics, and Cloudpunk
It's a review show! This week, Mr. John Phipps from SGDC and Red Bull's Jake Tucker join to dish all about the legacy of Final Fantasy 7 and...
Episode 236: Overwatch Writer Michael Chu on 20 Years at Blizzard
Michael Chu -- lead writer of Overwatch and game designer on World of Warcraft, Diablo 3 and more -- joins the show to talk about his 20 yea...
Episode 235: How LudoNarraCon is Celebrating Indie Narrative Games
LudoNarraCon is celebrating its second year! What's LudoNarraCon? It's the coolest all-digital convention that celebrates the best of narrat...