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I met with Fabian Akker Jasper Koning and Olivier Thijssen of Ronimo Games to check out their latest game Swords and Soldiers 2. After the demo I talked to the guys about the companies history, the games they make, and how things … Continued The post GDC 2015 – Ronimo Games appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

Tetrapulse is a four player single screen cooperative multiplayer game. David Laskey and Peter Sheff are two of the fine gentlemen working on this game and I caught up with them a few days before Train Jam 2015. Months after … Continued The post Ep. 187 – David Laskey and Peter Sheff appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

Dan Teasedale is an industry vet from working on Destroy All Humans, Rockband, and Gunstringer. He now heads up No Goblin and works with artist and designer Panzer with it’s debut game Roundabout already released on PC and was just … Continued The post Episode 186 – Dan Teasedale appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

Distance is the spiritual successor to DigiPen student game Nitronic Rush. The DigiPen alumns Jordan Hemenway and Kyle Holdwick decided that going indie was the correct path for them post graduation. Refract Studios was formed and Distance was born, meant … Continued The post Episode 185 – Refract Studios appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

It’s been over two years since we were collectively exposed to the madness and delight of Jim Crawford’s Frog Fractions. Subversive, hilarious, autobiographical and described as possibly the greatest game of all time; Frog Fractions left many of us wanting … Continued The post Jim Crawford and Frog Fractions appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

Dum Ditty Dum! Jungle Rumble was released today for the PS VITA. Previously available for only iOS and Android, Disco Pixel is bringing their rhythm inspired tactics game to a dedicated gaming platform and I think this is a perfect … Continued The post Jungle Rumble Comes to PS Vita appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

Starr Mazer is the latest in indie game mashups. This time we mix together the venerable genres of point and click adventure games and Shoot ’em up a.k.a. SHUMPs. If you ever thought that R-Type was rad but couldn’t tell … Continued The post Starr Mazer – Imagos Softworks appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

POP: Methodology Experiment One is an eclectic hot mess. I say that because it accurately describes the undeniable attraction I have for  something so jarring and deliberately obtuse. POP:ME1 wants you to play it on it’s own terms, and will … Continued The post Episode 183 – Rob Lach appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

Expectations seem to cause much turmoil for Taylor Bai-Woo. I’ll be honest, most of the time expectations do indeed lead to inevitable let downs. The concept of expectations dominated much of our conversation, specifically how expectations affect us as humans … Continued The post Episode 182 – Taylor Bai-Woo appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

The Talos Principle seems to be the bastard love child of Kurt Vonnegut and Phillip K. Dick as raised by a pack of feral puzzle games from the 90s. Mechanically, atmospherically, and narratively, the game’s components are so tightly intertwined … Continued The post Episode 181 – The Talos Principle appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

The Floor is Jelly might look like ‘just another indie platformer,’ but it’s more than that. It’s a game that once played shows all the telltale signs of an experienced developer at work. The pacing is smooth, the difficulty is … Continued The post Episode 180 – Ian Snyder & Rich Vreeland appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

Hohokum was one of my favorite games of 2014, technically it was my 2nd favorite game of all. I had once before already spewed out a collection of words in my adoration of the game and how I purposefully ignored … Continued The post Episode 179 – Ricky Haggett & Dick Hogg appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

10 Valiant Hearts: The Great War Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier Valiant Hearts is a game of contrasts. There are humorous moments along with total tragedy. It’s a game that looks cute and has mechanics familiar to games for all audiences, but … Continued The post Top Ten Games of 2014 appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

As part of our end of the year deliberations we’ve selected nine different categories to highlight what we feel is some of the Best of 2014. Listen in to our debates on what we believe are the games (and films) … Continued The post End of the Year 2014 – Category Winners appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

We’ve made our master list of the year. Collectively we’ve played over 100 games this year and we start the process of narrowing down our favorites, talking about what we liked, what we didn’t like and look back at another … Continued The post End of the Year 2014 – Part 1 appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

It’s that time of year where you’re thinking about gifts and what to get that special nerd in your life. We brought together some friends to bring you our Annual Super Stocking Stuffer Special. This year we have 45 awesome … Continued The post Super Stocking Stuffer Special 2014 appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

It’s been about a week since I last played Ultraworld. After completing the game it allows you to wander around the environments and equips the player with a camera function. I felt that this was James Beech’s way of admitting … Continued The post Episode 178 – ULTRAWORLD appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

Push Me Pull You is a very literal name for a game. Specifically for the type of game it is. The team behind PMPY is looking to embed themselves in the constellations of the recently resuscitated pantheon of local multiplayer … Continued The post Episode 177 – Push Me Pull You appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

I sat down with designer/producer Joshua Birse and creative director Yossi Landesrocha to talk about Alpha Muse. Having first seen it at PAX East I’ve been working my magic to get the designers on to discuss the issues that come … Continued The post Episode 176 – Alpha Muse appeared first on BigSushi.fm.

Dain Saint and Will Stallwood are the co-founders of Cipher Prime. After numerous emails, a PAX panel, and idle chat in airports, we got these purveyors of fine digital experiences to sit down for a long intimate conversation about their … Continued The post Episode 175 – Cipher Prime appeared first on BigSushi.fm.