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Jimi and Nick are back from springtime excursions to hop on the Nostalgia Train as they revisit Runescape on mobile and Capcoms Dragons Dogma on Switch They also get into the exponentially over the top and ridiculously fun Risk of Rain 2If youre into this kind of thing you can follow us on Spotify here httpbitlyMakePlayRadio Trust us its way better than Podcasts dot ComSponsor CattleMusic by Nick Ragusa

Playwright Fiona GorryHines joins us this week to talk about making plays The tables have turnedIf youre into this kind of thing you can follow us on Spotify here httpbitlyMakePlayRadio Trust us its way better than Podcasts dot ComSponsor Tiny SinkMusic Bjork by Podington Bear and Suco de Abacaxi by Guifrog

Jimi and Nick get back in the proverbial horseseat to talk about plants Mad gods and gods of warAs always you can find the rest of our junk at bitlymakeplay or wherever you normally listen to people you dont know talk to each otherSponsor Cable Guy Music XY by Nctrnm and Chanterelle by yy

Our first ever interstate interview welcomes Melissa Weisner to the show Melissa is an old friend of ours so naturally we talk about purple people eaters eating the people of Animal crossing games as services and how to remain zen when getting yelled at over the phoneAs always you can find the rest of our content at bitlymakeplay or wherever you normally listen to people you dont know talk to each otherGames discussed Animal crossing Resident Evil 2 remastered Titanfall 2 Apex legends Dragalia Lost and Caves of QudSponsor Surge Pinata Music Bjork by Podington Bear

The one and only Michael Dellapi joins a lone Jimi this week to talk about the future of pizza hot demons and a house that kills people for centuries Its a good oneAlso we have news Next week marks a year of us being on the internet and to mark the occasion well be streaming all afternoon over on twitchtvmakeplaylive starting at 1pm est Be sure to check in to see what were playingor makingAnd subscribe on iTunes If you wantSponsor Pizza BotMusic Nick with those smooth bass tunes closed out by Siesta by Jahzzar

This week we welcome the wonderful Emily Koonce to the show Emilys a BFA candidate in NYUs game design program whose work meditates she thinks for the most part at least right now on autonomy and the lack thereof in everyday life Emily Jimi and Nick talk about being bored in the suburbs burning rice in Overcooked 2 and the amazing gift of a Wii with dozens of old gamesIntro music this week is by Nick sponsor and closing music by the Greatest Artist of Our Generation George MichaelBe sure to subscribe to us on your preferred podcasting platform so you dont miss any of our hot hot content

Jimi and Nick talk about the merging of bass guitar and philosophy this week its even funkier than it sounds in addition to discussing the twists and turns of freelance gigs Theyve also been playing a lot of that hot new Apex Legends game so naturally they talk a lot about being really really really bad at it and why thats OKMusic this week is by Nick Great job Nick

Michael Fegreus and Corinne Stein join us this week in our first ever 4 person show We discuss a host of topics focusing on our guests crafts art and illustration Mike and Corinnes upcoming game Vivarium is about home growing up and escaping from a giant terrarium with the help of woodland creatures Check it out at vivariumgametumblrcom and follow them on twitter VivariumGameGames discussed include Apex Legends Dark Souls Smash Brother Ultimate Persona 5 Dungeons and Dragons and Yo Noid IIMusic by J1 and Guifrog via the Free Music ArchiveSponsored by Blue Undies

Hey check it out were on actual podcasting platforms Which means you can subscribe To us Please do Spotify iTunes Overcast coming to Stitcher and Google Play v soonMore importantly this week our good friend Steven Goehrig joins the show Steves an animator and game designer living here in Brooklyn we discuss his trials and tribulations in bringing VR to NYUs film department the desire to make more digital friends in games Steves feelings about colors and Gris and a bunch of other stuff This is our longest show to date and also the most wellattended We plan to do more of these interviewstyle shows in the coming weeks so look out for that Sponsor Louisianas own Alligator Raptor Farm Music musicsessionflac courtesy of ondrosik on Freesoundorg and sick bass jams by Nick Ragusa

As you mightve guessed this episode was recorded about a month ago 121618 That was last year But its here now and its not like we ever talk about relevant games anyway soIts been a long week which means we have a shorter episode this week But that just means we packed our content into an even more succulent packageJimi finally published a museum To be specific The Hall of Available Samples a downloadable exhibition of free 3D models from around the InternetOn the games side things lots of Smash Brothers has been happening and with Nicks recent purchase of a Switch we go over some of the best games on the platform including Breath of the Wild and Celest Intro music by AstrometricsSponsor Flappers

People change people make game so are games changing Or are we These and other convoluted questions are asked and sometimes also answered on this weeks episode More to the point Jimi and Nick talk about the Museum of the Moving Images exhibition on sports games which was cool but weird but mostly cool Jimi has a bit of an existential crisis about his taste in games see above Games discussed include Mario Party which will literally tear you and your loved ones into raging monsters and whats Remains of Edith Finch

Its been a minute Or a couple hundred thousand In the past few months Nick and Jimi have been busy doing a lot of nothing And by nothing we mean living up to the second half of this podcasts name In all fairness Jims been a working guy and Nick has been on the hunt for a job which he has succeeded in tracking down by the scent of its musk and obtainedThe creative process is a fraught thing this week Jimi and Nick begin the show by discussing how theyve been attempting to wrangle it in their postgraduate lives Games discussed this week include a small game called Overwatch and the various ways in which it induces an intense level of anxiety in Jimi not that that stops him from playing it The crazy amount of wish fulfillment and shiny shiny cars in Forza Horizon 4 and the doldrums of becoming a god in Caves of Qud are also discussedEnjoy PS Well be posting more regularly now that Nick and I are living in the same apartment so look out for these episodes every Monday

What do Spongebob Dwarves and examinations of the quotidian all have in common Theyre all discussed on this weeks showJimi talks about what its been like working on the David Bowie is Virtual project and Nick tries to wrap his head around the rest of his lifeGames discussed include Deep Rock Galactic Micro Machines Overwatch and Pokemon ChessA big thanks this week to our sponsor Pillow Fort for finding all of my lost pillowsMusic is as always by the Ohio Players with an intro tune from Astronomics

Chalkitoomee is a game about drawing stuff on the ground with chalk and erasing your enemies drawingsWITH SUPER SOAKERSThis week Jimi walks through the design of a physical game called Chalkitoomee that he designed with his girlfriend on a bus to New Jersey and that maybemaybemaybe will be at Come out and Play at the end of the month Also introduced is a new segment were calling Nicks DOTA corner where Nick talks about DOTA in a cornerOther games discussed include The Swords of Ditto Dishonored Death of the Outsider and Burnout ParadiseMusic Scenario by A Tribe Called Quest please dont sue us and the Funky worm by the Ohio PlayersSponsor Lettuce Wrap

Weve taken some time off from casting pods were back now and Nick loves QudAfter graduating back in May and taking some time be unproductive and not feeling guilty about it were ready to talk to you about video gamesThis week we talk about the mysteries in Caves of Qud and complain for a while about old people stories Also discussed areFirewatch TheSwords of Ditto andOvercookedlili1 margin 00px 00px 00px 00px font 140px Proxima NovaspanAppletabspan whitespacepreulul1 liststyletype square

In this episode we have our good friend Flan Falacci on the show to talk about their hot new project Dreams for your Computer Jimi was out of town this week so its just Nick and Flan flappin lips about Skeal Breath of the Wild and just a little bit of Smash Brothers 4 flan wants you to fight themBig thanks to our TWO sponsors this week Ad Reels Givin Ad Reels and Luxury Tea Woven by SpidersMusic cual campo by Hernn Sam amp Marcelo von Schultz Funky Worm by The Ohio Players lili1 margin 00px 00px 00px 00px font 140px 39Proxima Nova39 ulul1 liststyletype square

After a short break the boys are back Jimi has come back from the Game Developers Conference as Dad and Nick has come back from Disney as a glitch artistWe talk in depth about making glitch art the process of bending data in realreal neat ways In the 2nd half Nick tells us about that one time he took out a helicopterwith a couple arrows in Far Cry 5 and how he got to know his pet cougar PeachesMusic SpaceMTV by Komoki and Funky Worm by the Ohio PlayersEmai us at makeplayradiogmailcomFollow us on Twitter makeplayradioFollow Nicks glitch art on Instagramnickfearsdolphinshe sells stickers and stuff pp1 margin 00px 00px 00px 00px font 120px Helvetica Neue color 454545

Nick is in the magical land of Disney World this week which means in this episode of Make Play we have our first guest Kas is a good friend of mine and wed been meaning to have him on for a couple weeks now Listen in to find out what Kas has been making and playing the past few weeks if youre into procgen andor Czech artgames you wont be disappointed

In this weeks episode we talk about how impossible it is to make a decent puzzle how to make people uncomfortable and how to go crazy bending space and time Its a hootBrought to you by OakWood DesignsMusic by Komiku

In this episode of Make Play we talk about what its like to deal with conceptual scope level designing with Unreal and sucking at DOTA 2Send us an email at makeplayradiogmailcom with any questions you have games youd like us to play or hot new sponsorship deals especially if theyre TacoBellThis episode was brought to you by Brick Air the Denser Way to FlyMusic by Disco Biscuit and The Ohio Players