Mark Cerny, lead system architect, PlayStation 4 & 5.
Mark Cerny is an American programmer, and game designer whose career has shaped not only how we play, but the systems we play on. A San Francisco native, he dropped out of UC Berkeley at 17 after rece...
2 Dec 20251h 30min
Brandon Adler, game director, The Outer Worlds 2.
Brandon Adler is an American game director and producer whose career has been defined by his work on some of Obsidian Entertainment’s most acclaimed role-playing games. After serving in Iraq with the ...
25 Nov 20251h 20min
Correspondence Special #8: Catching guests out, coding on ships, and best moments in games
In this special correspondence edition, Simon reads out your letters and answers your questions.Why are guests so often caught out when asked to name their console? What is the best moment in a video ...
21 Nov 202528min
Andy Davidson, creator of Worms.
My guest today is a British game designer whose ingenuity and persistence turned a bedroom project into one of the most iconic multiplayer series in video games. In 1991, he took the characters from t...
18 Nov 20251h 27min
Shuhei Yoshida, former president, Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios.
Shuhei Yoshida is former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, and one of the most beloved figures in the video games industry. After graduating from Kyoto University with a d...
11 Nov 20251h 23min
Danny Abbasi, musician, Miniseries.
Danny Abbasi is a musician best known as the drummer for Miniseries, the genre-blurring band whose dreamy, cinematic soundscapes have been turning heads in the indie music scene. After graduating from...
4 Nov 20251h 19min
Rami Ismail, gamemaker (Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, Luftrausers, Australia Did It).
Rami is a developer, speaker, and global ambassador for indie games. As the co-founder of Vlambeer, he helped create a string of critically acclaimed titles—including Super Crate Box, Ridiculous Fishi...
28 Okt 20251h 32min
Lorien Testard, composer (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33).
Lorien Testard is a French musician and composer. He started his career as a guitar teacher, composing instrumental tracks for imaginary video games in his spare time. He began to upload them to his S...
21 Okt 20251h 18min
