Nice Games Club Podcast
1) Nice Games Jam: "Time Traveler Estate Sale" [Nice Replay]
#384Time Traveler Estate SaleNice Games Jam2025.04.10Roles reverse as Dale joins Stephen and Lydia for a Nice Game Jam prompted by Mark. The results are an antiques-fueled jaunt through time, and an u...Show More
2) Video Game IP Law (with Haley MacLeon) [Nice Replay]
#388Video Game IP LawInterview2025.05.08Your nice hosts get a crash course on video game IP law from lawyer and MinnMax cohort, Haley MacLeon. We learn about incorporating, publishing agreements, the ...Show More
3) "Half trash compactor, half empty." Composting; Overdesigning [Nice Replay]
#399"Half trash compactor, half empty."Roundtable2025.07.24Ellen's back for a serendipitously in-sync pair of metacognition-rich roundtable topics. In this episode, Lydia shares a chapter from one of ...Show More
4) Digital Escape Rooms (with Lydia Symchych) [Nice Replay]
#375Digital Escape RoomsInterview2024.11.28All of your hosts are together in the Clubhouse for a special interview! Lydia Symchych is an impact game designer who has been working with Ellen over the l...Show More
5) Nicest of 2025
In this end-of-year tradition, your nice hosts talk about the games they played and the things that they accomplished in 2025, as well as the games they're excited to play and the things they hop...Show More
6) “Well, what do you art?” Lydia is an Artist; Platforms and Ecosystems
Part 3 of what your nice hosts are calling "Giving Lydia Therapy", we get into Lydia's thoughts on calling herself an artist and what it may mean to think of your self in this way. Also in the episode...Show More
7) "Argue with me, I guess." Interactivity vs. Play; Fail States in Art
Lots of thinking about thinking in this episode as the Nice Hosts attempt to define some core concepts to gameplay. What even is a game? Interactivity? Play? A failstate?!Buckle in for an intellectual...Show More
8) Reinventing GDC (with Mark DeLoura)
Mark DeLoura's decades-long career in games includes roles ranging from Nintendo engineer to White House senior advisor. A longtime and passionate developer advocate, this year he's been tapped t...Show More
9) "I saw a Beatle." Being Honest With Your Work; The Critical Eye
This week the clubhouse is filled with emotions. Lydia was frustrated that she did not recapture the magic of her first escape room game, Stephen was frustrated that finding his critical eye makes for...Show More
10) Nice Games Jam: "Grog"
This week, Lydia provides all the fun facts about living on a boat while your nice hosts develop a card game based around scurvy management!Hoyle's Official Book of Games - WikipediaPro...Show More