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Alanah Pearce
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.
Episodes
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Nov 12, 2025 • 1h 13min
177. Dispatch Writer Pierre Shorette Talks CHOICES!
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.
Oct 24, 2025 • 60min
176. How to Market an Indie Game (& Undertale's Terrible Code)
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!
Oct 3, 2025 • 1h 12min
175. Hollow Knight: Silksong's Difficulty, and Alanah's ChatGPT Video
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.
Sep 12, 2025 • 1h 8min
174. Wave Tech in Sword of the Sea!
This week, we sat down to chat with Matt Nava from Giant Squid, all about the studio's latest game - Sword of the Sea.
Jul 30, 2025 • 58min
173. IP Rights & Stop Killing Games
Austin, Mike, and Alanah chat about IP Rights and our (very early, uniformed lol) thoughts on the "Stop Killing Games" petition.
Jul 12, 2025 • 59min
172. Mike talks TRON: Catalyst! (& Alanah learns to code)
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.
Jun 17, 2025 • 1h 6min
171. A Chat to the Creator of Blue Prince!
This week, Alanah, Mike, and Austin sat down to chat to Tonda Ros - the director of Blue Prince. Apologies for Tonda's echo!
May 24, 2025 • 1h 8min
170. We love Blue Prince (but maybe won't finish it, is that okay?)
Alanah and Austin chat Blue Prince, addictive video games, and Satisfactory.
May 8, 2025 • 1h 14min
169. From The Banner Saga to Towerborne (ft. Arnie Jorgensen)
This week, Mike, Alanah, and Austin chat to co-founder of Stoic, the creators of The Banner Saga and, more recently, Towerborne!
Apr 6, 2025 • 58min
168. Our Nintendo Switch 2 Reactions!
This week, Alanah and Mike discuss the Switch 2 presentation!
