Episode 22 – PIG Squad’s Indie Game Adventure
In this episode we talk with Will Lewis and John Henrich, founders of the Portland Indie Game Squad, about the creation of their developer collective as well as the philosophy of what does—or does...
View ArticleEpisode 23 – Perils of Memory
Have you ever returned to a game fondly remembered from childhood only to bluntly discover it’s not the masterpiece you recall? The dangers of rose-colored glasses, and how they inform our opinion and...
View ArticleEpisode 27 – Shut Up and Take My Money
The debate over buying new games versus used has an active conversation between consumers, publishers and developers for years. Yet the evidence that it’s a one-sided argument—and one that consumers...
View ArticleEpisode 41 – Whatcha Playin’ 07.30.12
Today’s Whatcha Playin’ is a study in predecessors: we talk about each of this episode’s games in context to its predecessors and look at how this informed our opinions on the titles in question. Rich...
View ArticleEpisode 48 – Whatcha Playin’ 09.24.12
For this episode we invite Gerritt Rosa from Fangamer to talk about the games we’ve been playing. Gerritt exposes his secret love of management systems with the games Faster than Light and Plague Inc....
View ArticleEpisode 55 – Whatcha Playin’ 11.19.12
Emily Jarrett decides that we aren’t too shabby a podcast and sticks around for a Whatcha Playin’. Emily conjurs up a conversation about completionism when she brings up the game Psychonauts. What is...
View ArticleEpisode 65 – Whatcha Playin’ 02.04.13
This week’s Whatcha Playin’ contains a special guest: AJBS’ very own social media manager, Jarrett Civelli. Jarrett makes it a point to talk about Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, the beautiful...
View ArticleEpisode 79 – Whatcha Playin’ 07.08.13
We’re playin’ them up and spitting them out. Steve takes us to a god-forsaken post-apocalyptic hell hole when he talks about the game The Last of Us. Spoiler free so don’t be afraid to listen if you...
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