The Talk Show With John Gruber

346: ‘Like Neo Dodging Bullets’, With Zach Gage

May 9, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
Is the Apocalypse a Game?
01:50 • 3min
3
How to Make Games Work on a Multi Touch Screen?
04:40 • 2min
4
Game Boy - Game Boy Game Boy
06:27 • 2min
5
Playing Tetres on the Game Boy
08:53 • 3min
6
Collide - A New Take on N Point Management
11:42 • 4min
7
How I Got Into Making Games
15:19 • 4min
8
The First iPhone Game That Hit the Abstore
19:00 • 3min
9
Phones Are the End Point of Personal Computers
22:16 • 4min
10
I Love Making Games on the Phone
26:19 • 2min
11
Are They Doing Really Good Work?
28:39 • 3min
12
Lights Out - The Biggest Hit of the iPhone
31:32 • 2min
13
I've Never Thought About Candy Barn So Longy
34:00 • 1min
14
Game Design - Interactive Art for the Gallery
35:28 • 3min
15
Game Design - How to Turn People Into Performers
38:02 • 4min
16
I Don't Have Google Analytics at the Momenti Unhooked Google Analytics
41:44 • 3min
17
Memberfull - The Best Way to Make Money With Memberships
44:27 • 3min
18
Sidoku Game Review
47:24 • 2min
19
Making Games That Help People Becoming Better Critical Thinkers
49:13 • 3min
20
What's the Key to Creativity in Video Games?
51:55 • 2min
21
How to Play Spider Solitaire
54:23 • 4min
22
A Deck of Cards Is My Favorite Tool of All Time
58:00 • 2min
23
Three Card Poker - I Love It!
01:00:20 • 5min
24
Craps - A Major Victory for the Narrative Generation of a Game
01:05:37 • 2min
25
Not Words - The Cross Word Game
01:08:00 • 3min
26
The Jumble Crossword Puzzle
01:10:38 • 2min
27
Do You Remember Jal or Mytlyo Bat a Game?
01:12:23 • 2min
28
Playing Not Words on Paper
01:13:54 • 4min
29
The Joy of Newspaper Puzzles
01:17:38 • 2min
30
Using a Generator to Generate Sudoku Puzzles?
01:19:14 • 2min
31
Using Word Lists to Generate Puzzles
01:20:55 • 2min
32
Is There a Legitimate Word in Not Words?
01:22:43 • 2min
33
I've Never Heard of Te T E C
01:24:29 • 2min
34
Not Words - I Love It
01:26:24 • 3min
35
Otwords - The Most Fun Way to Play Wordle
01:29:42 • 2min
36
Game Review - How Does the Game Make Money?
01:32:12 • 2min
37
You Hate Subscriptions?
01:33:54 • 6min
38
Letter Press - It's Not What Driven Me Away
01:39:37 • 3min
39
Cloning Puzzles by Hand Is a Good Idea
01:42:08 • 2min
40
Wordscapes
01:44:16 • 3min
41
What Is the Magic of Conceptual Art?
01:47:02 • 2min
42
How Much Do You Design Paper?
01:48:47 • 2min
43
What's the Split on iOS Android and the Steam Versions?
01:50:45 • 2min
44
Game Design for Steam - Sudoku Crossword Game
01:52:17 • 2min
45
Square Space - The Third Sponsor
01:53:55 • 4min
46
What's It Called When You Poach, Right?
01:58:07 • 3min
47
The Game Industry
02:01:17 • 2min
48
Game Literacy - Is That Really Important?
02:03:30 • 4min
49
A Hitchcock Movie Review
02:07:32 • 2min
50
Is Snake a Snake Game?
02:09:51 • 2min
51
Pico Eight
02:12:08 • 6min
52
What if We Could Reach Out to Everyone?
02:17:57 • 4min
53
Game Design - The Play Date, the Atkinson Dithering Effect
02:22:18 • 2min
54
The Reds at Its Best
02:24:05 • 4min