Gamefulness, and farewell to the Clockwork Game Design Podcast!
It has been an amazing ten years! Thank you to everyone who listened! This is a short episode where I just talk a little bit about where I’m...
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20 of 50 episodes“Progressive” games and neoliberal ideology with Austin Anderson
Hi all! Today I have a fascinating conversation with the brilliant Austin Anderson, who is I think the last of the guests that I’ll have on...
Final Fantasy, Consensual Play and more with Kathleen Morrissey
Hi everyone! I come to you with another great conversation, with another super cool person that I met at the Alt-F4: Rebooting Community Aft...
Final Fantasy, dark patterns and more with Dr. Rachel Kowert
Hi all! today I have a wide ranging conversation with Dr. Rachel Kowert, a researcher who studies the effects of games and also discusses a...
Interview with game marketing expert Ryan Rigney
Hi all! The Clockwork Game Design Podcast has re-taken-over its own podcast space from the Bannet Bulletin for a week, to share with you thi...
Bannet Bulletin Ep. 3 – Introducing the Impulse Combat System (and more)
Above is an early screenshot of our combat system in the prototype for Through Broken Land, which is coming along smoothly. The incredible U...
Bannet Bulletin Ep. 2 – The Skill Grid, Characters, and a game update
Hey all. Today I wanted to talk about the SKILL GRID for my upcoming RPG Through Broken Land, and talk about how it interacts with playable...
Introducing: the Bannet Bulletin!
Hello all and welcome to the first episode of the Bannet Bulletin! It’s still the Clockwork Game Design Podcast feed, but for awhile I’m goi...
The RPG Report, and the worst things in RPGs
Hey all! Today I have a new episode where I’m going to be talking about two things. First, I’m going to report on a bunch of RPGs that I’ve...
RPG Questions, and Trails in the Sky FC
Hi all! Today I have a nice podcast episode, all about RPGs and RPG design! I feel like I have a lot to say here, and I do dare say that I a...
Clockwork Game Design Podcast – Episode #94 – 2022 wrap-up
Hey all! This is kind of a “bonus episode” of sorts, only 30 minutes long. Here’s some of the topics covered: A bit of navel gazing about my...
Clockwork Game Design Podcast – The Final Fantasy Episode
Hi all! It’s been awhile since the last episode. This year I got married and went on my honeymoon, so things have been kind of crazy. But no...
Strategy Can Be Fun on our own DRAGON BRIDGE
Today Brett Lowey and I discuss DRAGON BRIDGE, my two player bumping card game. It’s a weird game for me, in a bunch of ways. For one thing,...
Strategy Can Be Fun – Soren Johnson on OLD WORLD
Today I bring you one of the world’s more renowned strategy videogame designers – the designer of Civilization IV, one of the most beloved i...
Strategy Can Be Fun – Blue Moon
Wow, things certainly have changed a lot since 2004, huh? Brett and I took a journey into the strange Reiner Knizia card game, Blue Moon. It...
Strategy Can Be Fun – Strategic Evaluation in Pax Pamir
Hello everyone! Welcome to our third episode of STRATEGY CAN BE FUN. Today, Brett Lowey and I discuss the Cole Wehrle game, Pax Pamir. I thi...
Strategy Can Be Fun – Contextualized Choices in Puzzle Strike 2
Hello all! Thanks so much for checking out the second episode of our new podcast, STRATEGY CAN BE FUN? It’s up sooner than expected — when y...
Strategy Can Be Fun – Through The Ages, Playfulness and The Four Horsemen of Work
Surprise! New podcast! Introducing STRATEGY CAN BE FUN?, a new podcast with myself and Brett Lowey. Brett is a game designer and developer,...
Let’s talk about Magic: The Gathering, with two experts
Hello all! I have a special episode for you today, wherein we have a great big discussion on MAGIC: THE GATHERING – something I haven’t real...
Free-to-play, Gacha games and game design discourse with Dan Felder
Hello everyone and welcome to the 91st episode of the CLOCKWORK GAME DESIGN PODCAST! Today’s guest is Dan Felder, a game designer who has wo...