LCC Games Design

We've slightly updated the format of the show to make it snappier, hipper and more productive! Please tell us what you think of the new format by leaving a comment.Omar quizzes us on ESRB ratings, Tarik greenlights a discussion about Steam's efforts to help indie developers and Sam reveals he doesn't want any more shaders. After all of which, they talk about Contre Jour.Remember to subscribe in iTunes and please leave a comment or e-mail us letting us know what you think.<p><p>Gadget Google - Lecteur multimédia de Google - http://www.liens-du-vin.ch/google-audio_player-script.htm</p></p> Download the MP3 directly.Add the Podcast feed to your RSS reader.Subscribe using iTunes.Hosts: Sam Barker, Omar Bobat, Tarik Bensaria, Dominic Aldridge.Music: http://www.purple-planet.com/

We've been far too busy doing interesting and constructive things, so this overdue podcast will have to suffice. We talk about emotional games, crunch (not the chocolate bar, unfortunately) and whether we've all achieved our summer goals. Omar tells us about Shogun 2, Peter talks Guild Wars 2 and Sam has technical difficulties. Enjoy!Remember to subscribe in iTunes and please leave a comment or e-mail us letting us know what you think.<p><p>Gadget Google - Lecteur multimédia de Google - http://www.liens-du-vin.ch/google-audio_player-script.htm</p></p> Download the MP3 directly.Add the Podcast feed to your RSS reader.Subscribe using iTunes.Hosts: Sam Barker, Omar Bobat, Peter Holley.Music: http://www.purple-planet.com/

It's officially Slow News Month here on the LCC Games Podcast! Sam and Dom are joined by new girl Supreet to talk about what makes an excellent game, Mass Effect 2, Steam sales and that feeling of nostalgia not being quite right.Remember to subscribe in iTunes and please leave a comment or e-mail us letting us know what you think.<p><p>Gadget Google - Lecteur multimédia de Google - http://www.liens-du-vin.ch/google-audio_player-script.htm</p></p> Download the MP3 directly.Add the Podcast feed to your RSS reader.Subscribe using iTunes.Hosts: Sam Barker, Dominic Aldridge, Supreet Kaur.Music: http://www.purple-planet.com/

New kid on the block Tarik joins a few regulars this week to thank you for your support at the end of year show! We also talk about bringing in architects and economists to work on games and the latest Kickstarter craze Ouya as well as Oh My Game, Batman and Peter's secret desire to be a dictator.Remember to subscribe in iTunes and please leave a comment or e-mail us letting us know what you think.Download the MP3 directly.Add the Podcast feed to your RSS reader.Subscribe using iTunes.Hosts: Sam Barker, Dominic Aldridge, Peter Holley, Tarik BensariaMusic: http://www.purple-planet.com/

First thing's first: come to our End of Year Show! Check out our post about it here!Shan and Omar join Sam to talk about Peter Molyneux's 22Cans, financial morality and ultraviolence in games, scary! But it's not all heavy stuff as we give a shout out to all the gaming dads for Father's Day, talk about Tropico 4 and recommend Botanicula.Remember to subscribe in iTunes and please leave a comment or e-mail us letting us know what you think.Download the MP3 directly.Add the Podcast feed to your RSS reader.Subscribe using iTunes.Hosts: Sam Barker, Omar Bobat, Shan BlackwoodMusic: http://www.purple-planet.com/

E3 is upon us, so we talk about that for far too long. We also recommend a few games we played at the Indie Games Expo, including hand-sketched puzzler The Bridge and one-button addictiveness Swift*Switch.We also tell you about our end of year show, at which you'll be able to play all of our delightful games we've discussed on the show and many more! Check out our post about it here.Remember to subscribe in iTunes and please leave a comment or e-mail us letting us know what you think.Download the MP3 directly.Add the Podcast feed to your RSS reader.Subscribe using iTunes.Hosts: Sam Barker, Dominic Aldridge, Peter HolleyMusic: http://www.purple-planet.com/

We have officially finished this year of university, so now we talk about our plans for making games in the summer and beyond. Keith has a big announcement, we look at the 38 Studios collapse and talk about the UK industry compared with Hideo Kojima's descriptions of the Japanese industry.Remember to subscribe in iTunes and please leave a comment or e-mail us letting us know what you think.Download the MP3 directly.Add the Podcast feed to your RSS reader.Subscribe using iTunes.Hosts: Sam Barker, Keith Soomal, Omar BobatMusic: http://www.purple-planet.com/

After a week of silence we're back in full force to bring you all the games insight you'll ever need. We look back at Andy Lemon's audio talk, we look forward to finishing our games and we gaze adoringly at Max Payne 3. We also talk about Sony's troubles and Activision's activities.Remember to subscribe in iTunes and please leave a comment or e-mail us letting us know what you think.Download the MP3 directly.Add the Podcast feed to your RSS reader.Subscribe using iTunes.Hosts: Sam Barker, Keith Soomal, Omar BobatMusic: http://www.purple-planet.com/

Peter rejoins the line-up this week to talk about a whole bunch of things, from sound to depression. We talk about game exhibitions, how John Cleese thinks we can be productive, another new adventure game and a MMORPG that treats depression. Omar also has his weekly Trials gush, which is simply unmissable.Remember to subscribe in iTunes and please leave a comment or e-mail us letting us know what you think.Download the MP3 directly.Add the Podcast feed to your RSS reader.Subscribe using iTunes.Hosts: Sam Barker, Keith Soomal, Omar Bobat, Peter HolleyMusic: http://www.purple-planet.com/

We are very lucky to have an interview with Col Rodgers on this week's show! Col is Chief Game Designer at Codemasters and is also working on an awesome car-wrecking game for iOS called Carnage. We chat about our new buddy Frazer Nash and talk about the latest game announcement to (not) shake the world: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Don't miss this one!Remember to subscribe in iTunes and please leave a comment or e-mail us letting us know what you think.Download the MP3 directly.Add the Podcast feed to your RSS reader.Subscribe using iTunes.Hosts: Sam Barker, Keith Soomal, Omar Bobat, Dominic AldridgeMusic: http://www.purple-planet.com/

For a very special number 10, we've got a very special episode. It might not sound special, but it is! We spill the beans about the games we're working on this term, we discuss the visit from Codemasters and we become more nerdy than you could ever imagine when we talk about our New Star Soccer stats.Remember to subscribe and please leave a comment or e-mail us letting us know what you think.Download the MP3 directly.Add the Podcast feed to your RSS reader.Subscribe using iTunes.Hosts: Sam Barker, Keith Soomal, Omar BobatMusic: http://www.purple-planet.com/

There's talk about the future, paranoia and Terminator this week so it was totally deliberate when Omar started turning into a robot. Totally deliberate. We also talk about Valve's eyewear solutions, Notch's new space programming game and governments playing the latest fighting/war game mash-up Age of Empires X Tekken.Remember to subscribe and please leave a comment or e-mail us letting us know what you think.Download the MP3 directly.Add the Podcast feed to your RSS reader.Subscribe using iTunes.Hosts: Sam Barker, Keith Soomal, Omar BobatMusic: http://www.purple-planet.com/

There's a gaggle of game design students on the show this week talking about EA's latest controversy, Capcom's latest controversy and Keith conjures up 2013's GOTY in Wine Drinking Simulator.Here are the links for some of the things mentioned on the show: Caine's Arcade, Jenova Chen interview and Limbo.Remember to subscribe and please leave a comment or e-mail us letting us know what you think.Download the MP3 directly.Add the Podcast feed to your RSS reader.Subscribe using iTunes.Hosts: Sam Barker, Keith Soomal, Shan Blackwood, Peter Holley, Dominic AldridgeMusic: http://www.purple-planet.com/

Keith and Shan join Sam around his virtual fireplace to talk about university, games and lots more. They leap from game jams to retail economics and from consoles to cats in no time at all, can you keep up?Remember to subscribe and please leave a comment or e-mail us letting us know what you think.Download the MP3 directly.Add the Podcast feed to your RSS reader.Subscribe using iTunes.Hosts: Sam Barker, Keith Soomal, Shan BlackwoodMusic: http://www.purple-planet.com/

It's an intimate pod with only three hosts, but don't let that fool you, it was as triffic as it ever was! Dom cracks open a brew and elaborates upon his views about the Mass Effect 3 ending debacle, Sam shows his distaste for both hardcore and casual games and Keith holds it all together like several rolls of sticky tape.Remember to subscribe and please leave a comment or e-mail us letting us know what you think.Download the MP3 directly.Add the Podcast feed to your RSS reader.Subscribe using iTunes.Hosts: Sam Barker, Keith Soomal, Dominic AldridgeMusic: http://www.purple-planet.com/

We've had a break from podcasting so we're back! Fresh-faced and raring to go or even more drowsy than usual, you decide! We talk about our productive Easter break, we give you good news and bad news about the UK games industry and Omar talks about his friend Jack Daniels.Remember to subscribe and please leave a comment or e-mail us letting us know what you think.Download the MP3 directly.Add the Podcast feed to your RSS reader.Subscribe using iTunes.Hosts: Sam Barker, Keith Soomal, Omar Bobat, Peter HolleyMusic: http://www.purple-planet.com/

Leap week means it's an action-packed, fast-paced podcast for you! We talk about cash grabbing mobile games, Keith gets SSXy, Sam gets his geography wrong and new podder Shan is as wise as he ever was.Remember to subscribe and comment or e-mail letting us know what you think.Download the MP3 directly.Add the Podcast feed to your RSS reader.Subscribe using iTunes.Hosts: Sam Barker, Keith Soomal, Omar Bobat, Shan BlackwoodMusic: http://www.purple-planet.com/