Play, Watch, Listen podcast

Play, Watch, Listen

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.

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.

 

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177. Dispatch Writer Pierre Shorette Talks CHOICES!

This week, Austin, Mike, and Alanah are joined by Adhoc Studios' Pierre Shorette to talk a... more

12 Nov 2025

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:21

12 Nov 2025


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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... more

24 Oct 2025

59 MINS

59:41

24 Oct 2025


#177

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) an... more

03 Oct 2025

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:47

03 Oct 2025


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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 lat... more

12 Sep 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:29

12 Sep 2025


#175

173. IP Rights & Stop Killing Games

Austin, Mike, and Alanah chat about IP Rights and our (very early, uniformed lol) thoughts... more

30 Jul 2025

57 MINS

57:55

30 Jul 2025


#174

172. Mike talks TRON: Catalyst! (& Alanah learns to code)

This week, Mike and Alanah talk about learning to use game engine Godot, the brilliant lig... more

12 Jul 2025

58 MINS

58:56

12 Jul 2025


#173

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 P... more

17 Jun 2025

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:44

17 Jun 2025


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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.

24 May 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:24

24 May 2025


#171

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 Banne... more

08 May 2025

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:53

08 May 2025


#170

168. Our Nintendo Switch 2 Reactions!

This week, Alanah and Mike discuss the Switch 2 presentation!

06 Apr 2025

58 MINS

58:08

06 Apr 2025


#169

167. Lay-Offs, Microsoft's new AI (sorry, Phil), and Who Framed Roger Rabbit

This week, Alanah and Mike start out by talking about the lay-offs across WB Games, then j... more

07 Mar 2025

54 MINS

54:45

07 Mar 2025


#168

166. Talking to Eternal Strands director Mike Laidlaw!

This week, Austin and Alanah sit down to talk to Mike Laidlaw, the game director of Dragon... more

26 Feb 2025

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:01

26 Feb 2025


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165. The Studio Making Four Games A YEAR!? (ft. Xalavier Nelson)

Apologies for the delay here - the audio file was corrupted! This week, Mike and Alanah ar... more

15 Feb 2025

1 HR 27 MINS

1:27:01

15 Feb 2025


#166

164. The State of Video Games in 2025

After a break due to the LA fires - which we talk about to begin with here - we chat about... more

27 Jan 2025

53 MINS

53:59

27 Jan 2025


#165

163. Game Design Challenges & the Indiana Jones Game!

Happy four years of PWL! Sorry about Mike's audio here, we don't know what happened.

23 Dec 2024

59 MINS

59:26

23 Dec 2024


#164

162. Can Indies Save The Games Industry?

Alanah left her job at Sony, and Mike got in trouble for saying something on Bluesky. We d... more

06 Dec 2024

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:31

06 Dec 2024


#163

161. Should DLC Be Nominated for Game of the Year?

We're back from a brief hiatus! Immediately discussing: should Elden Ring: Shadow of the E... more

24 Nov 2024

56 MINS

56:25

24 Nov 2024


#162

160. We Love 11 Bit Studios

This week, FROSTPUNK 2!

18 Oct 2024

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:42

18 Oct 2024


#161

159. Star Wars: Outlaws and Bugs in Video Games

This week, AUSTIN TURNS 40 (technically over a week ago at the time of publishing). So, we... more

20 Sep 2024

56 MINS

56:57

20 Sep 2024