Crafting the Perfect Puzzle: James Sinclair on Handcrafted, Variant Sudoku
James Sinclair shares his remarkable journey from immigration lawyer to full-time puzzle crafter and creator of the Artisanal Sudoku Substack—a haven for lovers of elegant, human-made Sudoku variants....
4 Nov 202552min
From Bingo Nights to Daily Puzzles: The Story of Silly Little Games
Angela Swain and Mariam Mollaghaffari join Aaron Kardell on Hey, Good Game to share how two longtime friends turned a nostalgic obsession with wordplay into Silly Little Games—a vibrant, human-crafted...
9 Sep 20251h 7min
When Pixel Art Tells a Spooky Story
From Haunted Pixels to Conservation: Peter Lazarski on Art, Accessibility, and Indie Game GritIndie developer and visual artist Peter Lazarski—aka Imaginary Monsters—joins Nate to explore his creative...
19 Aug 202553min
Life in 60 Seconds: Michael Frei’s ‘Time Flies’
Award-winning artist, animator, and game designer Michael Frei joins Nate and Joseph to share his creative journey from apprentice construction draftsman to co-founder of Zurich’s Playable, the indie ...
22 Juli 202545min
From Wall Street to Wordplay: Inside Pete Muller’s Mind
Pete Muller is not your average guest—he’s a quant hedge fund legend, a touring singer-songwriter, and a prolific puzzle constructor whose creations appear in The New York Times and The Washington Pos...
15 Juli 202548min
Funding Dreams & Crafting Stories: Lessons From an Indie Game Visionary
Indie-game luminary Tatiana Delgado joins Nate to trace her 20-year journey from drawing paper games as a kid to co-founding Madrid’s Out of the Blue Games. She explains how titles like Call of the Se...
1 Juli 202538min
From Zero to Hooked in 20 Seconds: The Stopwatch Strategy for Sustainable Indies
What does it take to turn a minimalist text-based game into a global phenomenon?Indie developer and software craftsman Amir Rajan joins us to unpack his unconventional path from enterprise software to...
24 Juni 202546min
