22 episodes
Video Game Feelings Area Code
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5.0 • 9 Ratings
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"This podcast is tender without being twee, the kind of soft and open that isn’t an aesthetic, just a genuine question. It’s a special vibe that gives me games discourse nostalgia..." - Sarah Elmaleh, Video Game Voice Actor and Director
"It reminds me of my most cherished conversations with other game makers." - Hayden Scott-Baron, Senior game designer at ustwo Games
Video Game Feelings is an interview podcast about the way video games make us feel, and the reasons we play them. Each week, host Richard Clark speaks to a video game insider to delve into their hearts and minds and discover the various ways video games make us feel. You'll love this series of conversations with video game developers, journalists, and personalities where we explore why open-world games can feel so lonely, why hype can ruin a video game experience, or what video games can teach us about grief.
Video game Feelings is an Area Code Production. Find out more at AreaCodeAudio.com.
Theme song by Bruce Holtman.
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HEALING (with Beacon Pines Creative Director, Matt Meyer)
Matt Meyer just wants those who play his game to feel something.
The music and sound clips you hear in this episode are from the game, Beacon Pines. Matt Meyer is the creative director. -
BRAVERY (with Pentiment's Josh Sawyer)
Josh Sawyer felt less pressure working on Pentiment than any game he's worked on in the last decade. Easily.
Josh Sawyer is the design director at Obsidian. He worked on Pillars of Eternity I & II, Fallout: New Vegas, and Icewind Dale I & II. -
The Year in Feelings
To round out the year, we invited three friends to gather and discuss the games that made them feel most deeply. (plus, I share my top ten games of the year)
Featuring special guests:
Allegra Frank, frequent guest on one of my fav podcasts, ICYMI, editor at The Daily Beast, formerly at Vox, Polygon and Slate.
Sarah Elmaleh, co-host on Eggplant, a podcast about videogames (not sex!),voice of high-profile video game villains (spheres, not cubes!), voice actor, director and advocate.
M Joshua Cauller, trailer-maker for Devolver and creator/maintainer of the highly personal game discussion community, Reading Gamebow. -
FOCUS (with Spawn On Me's Kahlief Adams)
Kahlief Adams is moving past angst.
Kahlief Adams is the host and Founder of Spawn on Me and The Spawnies.
On this episode we processed:
How God of War: Ragnarok made Kahlief happy he didn't have children
How to address the non-inclusionary layers in the video game industry
How to have empathy for complaining
Getting old
Why Final Fantasy feels exclusionary.
Video Game Feelings is an Area Code Audio production. Hosted and produced by Richard Clark. Mixed and Edited by Nettie Smith. Additional help from Ashley Whitehurst and Matthew Linder. -
DISCOVERY (with Just the Zoo of Us' Ellen Weatherford)
Ellen Weatherford loves the feeling of finding a bird she's seen before doing something weird.
Ellen Weatherford is the host of Just the Zoo of Us and Spellbound and Gagged.
Video Game Feelings is an Area Code Audio production. Hosted and produced by Richard Clark. Mixed and Edited by Nettie Smith. Additional help from Ashley Whitehurst and Matthew Linder. -
HARD (with Salt and Sacrifice's James Silva)
James Silva makes his games difficult, because creation is difficult.
James Silva is the developer behind Salt and Sacrifice, Salt and Sanctuary, Charlie Murder, The Dishwasher, and I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1.
Here's some stuff we talked about:
Our Feelings
XBox Live Indie Games was maybe more special to the developer than to the gamer
Fallout 76 is an alone in a crowd kind of situation
Contra Box Art does a little bit of the up-resing for you
Video Game Feelings is an Area Code Audio production. Hosted and produced by Richard Clark. Mixed and Edited by Nettie Smith. Additional help from Ashley Whitehurst and Matthew Linder.
Customer Reviews
Great host, fascinating guests!
Video Game Feelings has quickly become one of my favorite podcasts about games. Richard Clark is an insightful host who knows how to ask questions that stir up forgotten and dormant memories and emotions. The guests he’s brought on the show come from all areas of the gaming world, and each one has brought their own unique perspective to bear. Can’t recommend it enough!
A lovely surprise!
I’ve never heard of the host or Area Code podcasts, but I’m glad I found them! Always looking for more conversations about games. This has a refreshing look to what we play and how we play it. Can’t get enough!