Front Seat Gamer

This week we have a special guest, Rory Rackham. Rory is a game designer at Grinding Gear Games. We talk a lot about getting into the games industry and what it's like working inside the industry.  We also talk about Van Helsing 3, Don’t Starve Together, Street Fighter vs Tekken vs Mortal Kombat, the many uses of glitter, Borderlands and the D&D card game Rory is creating. Rory also answers a ton of listener questions.

Nick likes Jazz but not Punk. Blake spreads vicious Dark Souls rumors. Saveun cheats at Cluedo. We talk Broforce, Magic: The Gathering, Fallout 4, Jaz Punk and The Witcher 3. 

Nick plays more Heathstone. Saveun hates jump-scares. Blake starts reading The Witcher novels. We’re talking Mad Max, Hearthstone, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and The Witcher 3…

Blake and Saveun eat the hottest chilli in the world. Nick questions his fire making skills. We talk, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, Red Dead Redemption 2, and The Witcher 3.

Nick confesses his love for Survivor. Saveun talks about Hitman Blood Money. Blake gets stuck in Dark Souls II. We answer listener emails and talk about the first steps towards a job in the games industry.

We continue our conversation with Jonathan, the Lead Programmer and Co Founder of Grinding Gear Games.

Jonathan Rogers, Co Founder of Grinding Gear Games, joins us for a chat about the good times and the bad times of developing Path of Exile. What it’s been like building a studio that started in a garage. And what other games he’d like to make one day.

We discuss the importance of a good show reel vs qualifications. Nick paints some beautiful word pictures. Blake is still trying to convince everyone that Dark Souls II is a good game. Saveun has now bought three copies of GTA 5

Act 4 of Path of Exile has been announced. We talk about what it was like working on it. Nick is still deep in Hearthstone. Blake is trying to fill a Bloodborne shaped void with Dark Souls. Saveun talk about the GDC Baby Brain. And we answer listener questions.

There’s a new Hearthstone Expansion. Sony has bought OnLive. We talk about level design and answer listener questions.

Nick has finaly played some Magic. Blake is sad that he can’t play Bloodborne on a PC. We discuss up coming ARPGs. And we answer more listener questions.

Nintendo is making mobile games. Saveun tells us why Rockstar is the greatest studio. Nick still wishes he was playing Magic. Blake spies on a rival game studio. And we answer some listener questions.

Magic anyone? This week we finally have our own mics. Our apologies, we’re still configuring them, there is a butt load of echoo. Touching on steam machines and answering more forum questions.

Episode 2 of Front Seat Gamer. You know what… Not too many announcements on the game front

Three guys and one microphone talking about video games. This week we talk about The Order 1886, touch on Blizzards new MOBA and answer a few questions from the PoE community.