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Few people understand strategy game design and development like Soren Johnson. After starting in the industry as a programmer on Civilization 3 at Firaxis, Soren went on to lead the design of Civilization 4. Later he went on to EA Maxis to work on Spore, and Zynga East to develop a free-to -play strategy game of his own design. Most recently Soren founded Mohawk Games – A small studio composed of industry veterans. Mohawk just recently released their first title, Offworld Trading Company, on Steam Early Access. In this interview Soren and I discuss strategy game design, Soren's varied career, and more.

Taylor Fischer  (Artist) from Firaxis, Michelle Menard (Game Designer) from Zynga East, and Bryanna Lindsey (Effects Designer) from Zenimax join Tronster and Brett Doerle one more time in the basement to talk about game development.  This time the topic of "Violence" in terms of gore, guts, and sexualization in video games is discussed. Michelle’s recent book Game Development with Unity [Amazon] is available for purchase.Information about MAGFest can be found on Magfest.org  Audio engineering by Bryan Lee. Theme Music “The Massacre” by FantomenK“Views expressed by hosts and guests are solely of the individuals and do not reflect the views of their current or prior employers. Copyright 2012, All Rights Reserved. [ DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE ]

Tronster and Brett Doerle continue to host three game developers to talk about their perspective as professional game industry women regarding booth babes at trade shows and then move on to discuss the industry's dirty secret of Metacritic ratings. Taylor Fischer (Artist) from Firaxis, Michelle Menard (Game Designer) from Zynga East, and Bryanna Lindsey (Effects Designer) from Zenimax are in the basement. Michelle’s recent book Game Development with Unity [Amazon] is available for purchase. Audio engineering by Bryan Lee. Theme Music “The Massacre” by FantomenK“ Views expressed by hosts and guests are solely of the individuals and do not reflect the views of their current or prior employers. Copyright 2012, All Rights Reserved. [ DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE ]

Tronster and Brett Doerle host three game developers from local AAA studios to talk about women in the game industry. Taylor Fischer (Artist) from Firaxis, Michelle Menard (Game Designer) from Zynga East, and Bryanna Lindsey (Effects Designer) from Zenimax share their views and stories, as well as answer a Redditor question from Applzor. Michelle's recent book Game Development with Unity" [Amazon] is available for purchase. Audio engineering by Bryan Lee. Theme Music “The Massacre” by FantomenK“ Views expressed by hosts and guests are solely of the individuals and do not reflect the views of their current or prior employers. Copyright 2012, All Rights Reserved. [ DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE ]