Hey, Good Game Podcast
1) Crafting the Perfect Puzzle: James Sinclair on Handcrafted, Variant Sudoku
James Sinclair shares his remarkable journey from immigration lawyer to full-time puzzle crafter and creator of the Artisanal Sudoku Substack—a haven for lovers of elegant, human-made Sudoku variants....Show More
2) 32 Wordles?! Bryan Chen on Building Duotrigordle
Bryan Chen joins Nate Kadlac and Aaron Kardell on Hey, Good Game to unravel how a simple coding side project exploded into Duotrigordle, the 32-Wordle brain buster beloved by millions.A computer scien...Show More
3) From Bingo Nights to Daily Puzzles: The Story of Silly Little Games
Angela Swain and Mariam Mollaghaffari join Aaron Kardell on Hey, Good Game to share how two longtime friends turned a nostalgic obsession with wordplay into Silly Little Games—a vibrant, human-crafted...Show More
4) When Pixel Art Tells a Spooky Story
From Haunted Pixels to Conservation: Peter Lazarski on Art, Accessibility, and Indie Game GritIndie developer and visual artist Peter Lazarski—aka Imaginary Monsters—joins Nate to explore his creative...Show More
5) Life in 60 Seconds: Michael Frei’s ‘Time Flies’
Award-winning artist, animator, and game designer Michael Frei joins Nate and Joseph to share his creative journey from apprentice construction draftsman to co-founder of Zurich’s Playable, the indie ...Show More
6) From Wall Street to Wordplay: Inside Pete Muller’s Mind
Pete Muller is not your average guest—he’s a quant hedge fund legend, a touring singer-songwriter, and a prolific puzzle constructor whose creations appear in The New York Times and The Washington Pos...Show More
7) Funding Dreams & Crafting Stories: Lessons From an Indie Game Visionary
Indie-game luminary Tatiana Delgado joins Nate to trace her 20-year journey from drawing paper games as a kid to co-founding Madrid’s Out of the Blue Games. She explains how titles like Call of the Se...Show More
8) From Zero to Hooked in 20 Seconds: The Stopwatch Strategy for Sustainable Indies
What does it take to turn a minimalist text-based game into a global phenomenon?Indie developer and software craftsman Amir Rajan joins us to unpack his unconventional path from enterprise software to...Show More
9) Why Most Web Games Skip the Sound—and What They’re Missing
What does it take to create unforgettable game audio—from eerie soundscapes in Death Stranding to iconic branding in Mortal Kombat? Composer and sound designer Joel Corelitz joins us to talk about his...Show More
10) From Craps Tables to Sudoku Grids: A Microsoft Vet's Journey into Puzzle Setting
Meet David Workman, known in the puzzle world as "Half-Baked Lunatic" - a Microsoft veteran who creates Sudoku puzzles so difficult he can't solve them himself.David shares the incredible story of how...Show More