Ludology
Erica Hayes-Bouyouris, Sen-Foong Lim
Welcome to Ludology, an analytical discussion of the how’s and why’s of the world of board games. Rather than news and reviews, Ludology explores a variety of topics about games from a wider lens, and discusses game history, game design and game players.
Ludology is part of The Dice Tower Network, the premier board game media network.
Ludology is part of The Dice Tower Network, the premier board game media network.
Episodes
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Apr 30, 2017 • 26min
GameTek Classic 150 - VirZoom
New Content! Geoff interviews Eric Janszen, the CEO of VirZoom. VirZoom makes a Virtual Reality exercise bike, that interfaces with all the major VR platforms, and uses games to keep people exercising. What lessons have they learned about gaming and engagement? Duration 25:39
Apr 23, 2017 • 1h 25min
Ludology Episode 150 - Mike Drop
Changes! We bid a fond farewell to Mike, and a big hello to Gil! Duration: 1:25:22
Apr 16, 2017 • 33min
GameTek Classic 149 - Procedural Narrative Generation
New content! Geoff interviews Rogelio Cardona-Rivera, a researcher at North Carolina State, about Procedural Narrative Generation - systems that can create and manipulate story structure in a game on the fly. For more information, please check out http://rogel.io and http://storygen.org Duration: 32:58
Apr 9, 2017 • 1h 2min
Ludology Episode 149 - Blast From The Past
Mike and Geoff are pleased to welcome Justin Jacobson from Restoration Games, to talk about what they've learned from bringing older games back for a modern audience. Duration: 1:01:35
Apr 2, 2017 • 6min
GameTek Classic 148 - Teamwork
In this classic GameTek, Geoff looks at games that help improve teamwork. Duration: 05:41
Mar 26, 2017 • 59min
Ludology Episode 148 - Half-Baked
Mike and Geoff are pleased to welcome guest J.R. Honeycutt, to discuss the role of the Developer in the game design and publication process. Duration 59:25
Mar 19, 2017 • 6min
GameTek Classic 147 - Estimating
In this classic GameTek Geoff discusses some techniques for estimating things in your head. Duration 6:19
Mar 12, 2017 • 1h 10min
Ludology Episode 147 - Listen Up!
Mike and Geoff field a bevy of listener questions. Duration: 1:10:21
Mar 5, 2017 • 7min
GameTek Classic 146 - Betrayal
In this classic GameTek Geoff looks at how the language people use can give clues to their treachery. Duration: 6:32
Feb 26, 2017 • 1h 16min
Double Take
Mike and Geoff are pleased to welcome designer Andrew Parks to discuss taking a second shot at a design, whether it's revisiting a mechanic or taking an entire system into a new direction. Duration: 1:15:42
