Game Dev Story

Minh "Gooseman" Le, the creator of Counter-Strike, sits in for an hour-long podcast about his history developing videogames, from the creation of one of the most beloved and influential multiplayer games of the '90s to his work on new projects that blend all of his influences together, like the upcoming Alpha Response. We discuss changes in the game development industry, work culture at Valve, and what makes Counter-Strike so fundamentally special and lasting in a world crowded with a plethora of options for First Person Shooters. Counter-Podcasters win.

ODR [Outdoor Rink] Hockey Heroes is an exciting new arcade-style hockey game from Christopher Atallah, a fellow hockey historian who has played all the stick-and-puck game conversions and put the best influences back into his game. On the eve of this year's hockey season, we talk about our diehard hockey habits, create the Mount Rushmore of hockey videogames, and give an exciting preview for Atallah's new game ODR Hockey Heroes, inspired by NHL 94, Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey, NHL 3-on-3 Arcade, and Midway's NHL Hitz series. This is Christopher Atallah's Game Dev Story.

Michael Long of Foolish Mortals joins the show to discuss Kaiju Wars, a great riff on Advance Wars that pits your military against a rogue's gallery of awesome Kaiju. The game is a unique spin on the turn-based strategy play style employing timed puzzles to route the Kaijus before they cause unspeakable destruction to each area. We love Kaijus, Advance Wars, and Kaiju Wars, and now we get to tell Michael Long's Game Dev Story.

Nolan Bushnell is one of the foremost figures in the world of games, one of the first true innovators in the market who brought the coin-op experience home, Bushnell brought us Atari, Pong, the 2600, and Chuck E Cheese. Few creators in games have given us so much... and now, Nolan Bushnell tells us his Game Dev Story, from the storied beginnings of console games to the expansion into his own arcade spaces to his present work in cultivating a game market for education. Bushnell is one of a kind and you won't want to miss his journey through the history of games, which also happens to be the history of games themselves.You can order Nolan Bushnell's new book Shaping the Future of Education on Amazon

Zachtronics made singular games for engineers and people who make games. They made the game that inspired Minecraft. Imagine the breadth of their influence and it's clear what their open-ended puzzle games have truly inspired in modern game design. We chat with the studio's founder Zach Barth about the legendary history of these programming-forward computer games, the weight of outsized influence, working for Valve, and what he's up to today. This is Zach Barth's Game Dev Story.