
As if making games wasn’t enough work, we now have a podcast! On the Zachtronics podcast we go behind the scenes of how indie games are made and interview independent game developers, asking them the questions that only another independent game developer would know to ask.
| Publishes | Infrequently | Episodes | 10 | Founded | 11 years ago |
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| Categories | Video GamesLeisure | ||||

In episode #10 of the Zachtronics podcast I'm joined by Keith again, this time to interview Tom Braunlich, one of the designers of the Star Trek and Star Wars collectible card games from the 90s. We talk about designing games for licensed IP, creatin... more
In episode #9 of the Zachtronics podcast I'm joined by Keith to interview Chris Crawford, the creator of a bunch of historically notable games, including the first commercial computer wargame. We talk about how he started making games, his time at At... more
In episode #8 of the Zachtronics podcast I interview Jeff Schader of The Skins Factory, the graphic design studio responsible for most of the Windows Media Player skins of the early 2000s. Although you might think this has nothing to do with games, i... more
In episode #7 of the Zachtronics podcast I don't interview anyone! Instead, I talk with Keith and Jared (two other members of Zachtronics) about our attempt to play Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, how the game design compares to modern Dungeons and Dr... more
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Fantastic, informative, entertaining podcast for people into games and game design. Not overly technical either. Zach is an amazing host, brimming with joy and enthusiasm about his guests and their creations.
Zach, I recently became a fan of yours after discovering, buying and falling in love with EXAPUNKS, and I am so beyond happy to see that there's a brand new episode of the podcast as well! Hope this continues! Love all of your work!
Would love it if Zach did more of these!
This is one of the best game developer interview podcasts out there - it's so refreshing to hear good, interesting interview questions. I'd love to hear episodes more frequently. Keep up the good work!
I like this podcast enough to rate and review it on iTunes, even though I don't use iTunes. That's how much I like it.
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