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Join Alanah Pearce (game writer), Mike Bithell (game director), and Austin Wintory (game composer) as they talk about all the games, movies, TV and 'whatever else' that took their interest that week, from three unique perspectives in the games industry.

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180. We're Scared of Early Access

2026/01/27

This week, Mike and Alanah discuss Bithell games, whether Mike is a Golden Retriever Boyfriend, the new era of the cosplay community, collaboration among indie game devs, and our fear of Early Access.

This Episode is About Sex (in Video Games)

2026/01/03

Alanah, Mike, and Austin discuss sex (or the lack thereof) in video games, and how video game writing and film/TV do and do not compare. Also, happy new year!

178. Where are Video Games Headed in 2026?

2026/01/02

Apologies for the late upload! On this episode, Mike & Austin chat about the success of Dispatch, changes to video game dev structures, and where the industry seems to be headed.

Dispatch Writer Pierre Shorette Talks CHOICES!

2025/11/12

This week, Austin, Mike, and Alanah are joined by Adhoc Studios' Pierre Shorette to talk about Dispatch - the latest narrative driven game made by a group of Telltale alumni.

How to Market an Indie Game (& Undertale's Terrible Code)

2025/10/24

Alanah and Mike discuss indie game marketing, and the fact that getting past being worried about something sucking is the best way to start... making something!

Hollow Knight: Silksong's Difficulty, and Alanah's ChatGPT Video

2025/10/03

This week, Alanah, Mike, and Austin chat about Hollow Knight: Silksong (yes, it's hard) and how media seems to prefer difficult games, Alanah's recent ChatGPT video (though this was recorded before it was published), and the Freewrite Traveler.

174. Wave Tech in Sword of the Sea!

2025/09/12

This week, we sat down to chat with Matt Nava from Giant Squid, all about the studio's latest game - Sword of the Sea.

IP Rights & Stop Killing Games

2025/07/30

Austin, Mike, and Alanah chat about IP Rights and our (very early, uniformed lol) thoughts on the "Stop Killing Games" petition.

Mike talks TRON: Catalyst! (& Alanah learns to code)

2025/07/12

This week, Mike and Alanah talk about learning to use game engine Godot, the brilliant lighting in TRON: Catalyst, and ethics in genitalia shown in film.

A Chat to the Creator of Blue Prince!

2025/06/17

This week, Alanah, Mike, and Austin sat down to chat to Tonda Ros - the director of Blue Prince. Apologies for Tonda's echo!

We love Blue Prince (but maybe won't finish it, is that okay?)

2025/05/24

Alanah and Austin chat Blue Prince, addictive video games, and Satisfactory.

From The Banner Saga to Towerborne (ft. Arnie Jorgensen)

2025/05/08

This week, Mike, Alanah, and Austin chat to co-founder of Stoic, the creators of The Banner Saga and, more recently, Towerborne!

Our Nintendo Switch 2 Reactions!

2025/04/06

This week, Alanah and Mike discuss the Switch 2 presentation!

Lay-Offs, Microsoft's new AI (sorry, Phil), and Who Framed Roger Rabbit

2025/03/07

This week, Alanah and Mike start out by talking about the lay-offs across WB Games, then jump into talking about Microsoft's newly announced AI "Muse", and then we - finally - get Alanah's thoughts on Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Talking to Eternal Strands director Mike Laidlaw!

2025/02/26

This week, Austin and Alanah sit down to talk to Mike Laidlaw, the game director of Dragon Age: Origins who most recently started his own studio and make ETERNAL STRANDS. Which Austin also worked on, because of course he did. He cannot be contained.

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4.8 out of 5

569 reviews

★★★★★

Detective Astronaut 2024/02/09

A big fave

This podcast is full of such great conversations & insight about the gaming industry, any success is well deserved

★☆☆☆☆

greatmario 2024/12/26

Great conversations, horrible audio quality

As a game developer myself, I enjoyed their conversations and insights. However it’s basically ruined by the audio quality of one of the hosts (Mike?...

★☆☆☆☆

HopesAria 2024/07/30

Not worth your time

Austin Wintory is the only reason this podcast is worth a listen post Troy Bakers exit. Austin is a fantastic & fascinating host with great insights i...

★★★★★

hotwheels73 2023/06/19

These four people make a difference

Listening to this podcast every week or every time that they post a podcast is fantastic. They don’t know how much they have a positive affect on peop...

★★★★★

turk1825 2023/02/15

Troy baker is the goat

See title

★★★★★

Godot2 2022/12/19

Good Stuff

★★★★★

Purpledragoon 2022/10/31

Love this podcast!! But please please PLEASE!!

Stop cutting off Austin! Like, he’s the best one, and y’all be disrespecting this king 👑 Be better. (I say this with humor and love, keep up the awe...

★★★★★

Mark1718 2022/09/23

Egregious

There was some eating at the start of the latest episode. Be warned, I haven’t listened to a single episode of Beyond since the infamous ham episode. ...

★★★★★

Cirilla2020 2022/09/15

Love this Pod!

Such a great group…yes there are tangents but it’s part of the charm. Love the discussions they have and even when they don’t agree or are on a more s...

★★★★★

bripater 2022/06/05

Interesting perspectives.

Really cool concept with very talented and intelligent people bringing different and thought provoking perspectives! They talk about all things video ...

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