The Secret Lives of Games
The Secret Lives of Games
Candid conversations with game creators that dive deep into the art, craft, and process of making games.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on The Secret Lives of Games podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Spelunky
Derek Yu
#2 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Grasshopper
Games, Life, and Utopia
Bernard Suits
#3 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Beauty of Games
How games create beauty and meaning, and how we can use them to explore the aesthetics of thought.
Frank Lance
#4 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Metroid
Rón Ginn
#5 Mentioned in 2 episodes
1984
George Orwell
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Metagaming
mut moochi, Jonny Hopkins, and Gurn Group
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Mega man
Ian Flynn
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Earthbound
Grace Ji-Sun Kim
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Echo the Dolphin
Amusement Vision
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Prince of Persia
The Lost Crown
Disney
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Death Stranding
Carl Eustice
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Okami
Eric Van Lustbader
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Mario 2
George Hatcher
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The myth of the eternal return
Mircea Eliade
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Games Climbers Play
Lito Tejada-Flores
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
My Perfect Console
with Simon Parkin
Bennett Foddy
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
King's Quest 2
Kenyon Morr
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Mere Christianity
C.S. Lewis
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Let's Talk about Love
A Journey to the End of Taste
Carl Wilson
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Beyond a boundary
C. L. R. James
