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Everybody's Talking At Once

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Drew Messinger-Michaels

A longform interview podcast where we talk about everything, by talking about games. We gather insights and stories from game developers, designers, composers, writers, artists, directors, producers, and everyone else who makes games what they are.

#184

Who Could Want Gameplay? with Alexander Clair Tseu Martin (a.k.a. droqen)

The one and only droqen puzzle-platforms on over to discuss his latest game The End of Gam... more

12 May 2025

1 HR 38 MINS

1:38:19

12 May 2025

#183

The Utility of Contrarianism, with Barney Oram

Barney Oram gets into different patterns of sound design, in all sorts of different roles ... more

28 Jan 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:21

28 Jan 2025

#182

If We Can’t Do This, Then What Are We Doing? with Rasheed Abueideh and Rami Ismail

Rasheed Abueideh and Rami Ismail talk about Dreams on a Pillow. We talk about how the game... more

06 Jan 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:26

06 Jan 2025

#181

This Nightmare Will Never End! Hell Yeag! with Lilith Walther

Lilith Walther aetherboosts her way on over to talk about Nightmare Kart, its previously l... more

16 Apr 2024

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:07

16 Apr 2024

#180

Dragon’s Dogma II, Chaos, and Dogs

Dragon's Dogma II is full of inventive, quirky flourishes, meaningful frictions, and... sh... more

02 Apr 2024

41 MINS

41:47

02 Apr 2024

#179

Helldivers II and Making Art about Fascism without Making Fascist Art

Helldivers II is a wildly popular co-op shooter. It's also extremely funny. It's also very... more

19 Mar 2024

42 MINS

42:10

19 Mar 2024

#178

Palworld: A Ludic Reading and a Luddite Reading

While the show was taking a break, Drew started putting together some essays on the growin... more

05 Mar 2024

26 MINS

26:00

05 Mar 2024

#177

Some of What We Played in 2023

Lucio and Drew talk about some of the games they've enjoyed gaming at this year, from Karm... more

26 Dec 2023

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:14

26 Dec 2023

#176

You Should Be Free, with Glen Henry and Chase Bethea

Glen Henry and Chase Bethea drop achor awhile and talk about Sunken Stones, why pirates me... more

12 Dec 2023

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:50

12 Dec 2023

#175

Setting the Stakes, with Ezra Szanton

Ezra Szanton painstakingly platforms his way over to talk about To The Flame, the first in... more

28 Nov 2023

1 HR 25 MINS

1:25:31

28 Nov 2023

#174

Devs, Uh, Find a Way, with Eric Peterson (a.k.a. Baja the Frog)

Eric Peterson hops on over to talk about the joys of hobbyist game development, the things... more

14 Nov 2023

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:09

14 Nov 2023

#173

Reality, Augmented and Otherwise, with Ryan Canuel

Ryan Canuel of Petricore stops by for a mostly-not-especially-spooky conversation about au... more

31 Oct 2023

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:46

31 Oct 2023

#172

That’s the Point of the Thing, with Jerry Belich

Jerry Belich talks about his wild work in the Alt.ctrl milieu, his boundary-redefining esc... more

17 Oct 2023

1 HR 47 MINS

1:47:14

17 Oct 2023

#171

Ambitions and Ascensions, with Des Gayle

Des Gayle ascends to the sky island of podcastery to discuss his storied career as a produ... more

03 Oct 2023

59 MINS

59:27

03 Oct 2023

#170

Chance, Curation, Providence, with Matthew Brelsford

Matt Brelsford opens his hundred eyes and talks about the "loose collective" that is Tiny ... more

19 Sep 2023

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:51

19 Sep 2023

#169

Baldur’s Gate 3, as Rolled by Two D&D Neophytes

Drew and L talk about their time so far with Baldur's Gate 3, which works beautifully as a... more

05 Sep 2023

46 MINS

46:46

05 Sep 2023

#168

On Sequels, with Bryant Cannon

Bryant Cannon tunes into our frequency to talk a bit about OXENFREE II: Lost Signals (whic... more

22 Aug 2023

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:21

22 Aug 2023

#167

A True History Turnip Exchange, with Jaku

Jaku is a security expert, a speedrunner, and a longtime builder of tools that expand how ... more

08 Aug 2023

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:19

08 Aug 2023

#166

Drama, Not Trauma, with Jessica Antenorcruz

Jessica Antenorcruz has a unique, and also uniquely appropriate role on the upcoming drag ... more

25 Jul 2023

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:24

25 Jul 2023

#165

Somewhere People Want to Be, with Harris Foster

Harris Foster is the former Community Manager at Finji and the current Director of Communi... more

11 Jul 2023

58 MINS

58:20

11 Jul 2023

#164

Monsters and ‘Merica, LLMs and Luddites, with Ichiro Lambe

Ichiro Lambe has been making games since the days of MUDs and Palm Pilots, and here he tal... more

27 Jun 2023

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:30

27 Jun 2023

#163

The Thing Nobody’s Talking About, with Andrew

Andrew anthologizes on by to talk about Indiepocalypse, as well as the alleged indiepocoly... more

13 Jun 2023

1 HR 41 MINS

1:41:47

13 Jun 2023

#162

I Was a Teenage VR Museum, with Sarah Northway and Colin Northway

Sarah and Colin Northway land on our own little art-loving exoplanet to wax philosophical ... more

30 May 2023

56 MINS

56:55