Game Maker's Notebook

Austin Wintory chats with Mark Mothersbaugh about his long career in music including his band DEVO; his work in film and television; his transition into video games; his thoughts about game developmen...

16 Aug 20211h 26min

Ted Price chats with Harvey Smith of Arkane Studios. Together they discuss developing emergent mechanics, the importance of research to underpin creative decisions during development, and the importan...

9 Aug 20211h 26min

In this special 100th episode of the Game Maker's Notebook, we turn the tables on longtime host Ted Price. Guest host Tim Schafer (Founder, Double Fine Productions) chats with Ted about life before ga...

2 Aug 20211h 15min

Ted Price chats with Blizzard's President, J. Allen Brack, about his start in gaming and game development; Blizzard's diversity and inclusion initiatives and how it affects the company culture and its...

18 Jul 20211h 9min

Ted Price chats with his long-time colleague at Insomniac Games, Marcus Smith. Together they discuss their history at Insomniac Games; his experiences on the Resistance series and Sunset Overdrive; hi...

12 Jul 20211h 18min

Ted Price chats with Housemarque's Harry Krueger about their recently released game Returnal. Together they discuss how Housemarque embraced an organic creative process, what effect their gameplay des...

6 Jul 20211h 7min

Austin Wintory chats with Composer Brian D'Oliveira about his music "laboratory" and using its space as a tool for music creation, how he began his career as a composer and learned to have zero limita...

28 Jun 20211h 17min

Ted Price chats with Hazelight's Josef Fares about his move from film directing to game development, their focus on delivering a large amount of gameplay variety, their dedication to two-player coop e...

21 Jun 20211h 29min