Game Developer Podcast

About Game Developer Podcast

Find out how video games get made! The official podcast for GameDeveloper.com brings you illuminating conversation and commentary from brilliant people in the video game industry. Hosted by Game Developer senior editor Bryant Francis. Music by Mike Meehan. Published every other Friday.

Publisher

GameDeveloper.com | Game Development News, Tips, & Insights

Category

arts · leisure · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Aug 2019

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

18 of 85 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   #79 - Why it's still worth making immersive sims ft. Harvey Smith & Ben Horne

   Senior editor Bryant Francis interviews immersive sim pioneers Harvey Smith and Ben Horne about the creative principles driving their new studio, Black Pony Immersive.

2. 

   25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   GDC Side Quest - Exploring co-development opportunities with Sam Carlisle

   Content marketing manager Beth Elderkin interviews Microsoft veteran Sam Carlisle about evolving co-development strategies essential for modern game production.

3. 

   18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   #78 - How toolmakers like ARM work with devs, ft. Peter Hodges

   Bryant Francis interviews Peter Hodges, Director for Ecosystem Strategy at ARM, about integrating ARM's Neural Technology into game development workflows.

Inside a recent episode

#79 - Why it's still worth making immersive sims ft. Harvey Smith & Ben Horne

Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I've mentioned a few times here on the podcast, like you can look at, I mean, this is neither a good nor a bad thing, but sometimes you look at games through the lens of like content and sort of like the, what is being put in front of the player. And then sometimes you get to look at games as like the sum of the software, right? Like, and when you can sort of look at that, and it's even for me as someone who's like aware of that dynamic, and it's a spectrum, right? It's not a hard A to B. Even if something like that, like the ability to sort of like step back and look at the sum total of all that NBA work and then like take that filter and looking over to arcane stuff and seeing like the commonalities and sort of not being distracted by like some of the things that would look different on the content side. […]

Who has been a guest on Game Developer Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Harvey Smith
• Ben Horne
• Sam Carlisle
• Peter Hodges
• Greg Foertsch

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.4 / 5

34 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

96 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

59

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

95

Contact Game Developer Podcast

Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

Shows with a similar audience

• 

  Game Dev Field Guide

• 

  The Game Informer Show

• 

  Noclip Crewcast

• 

  Triple Click

• 

  The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook

• 

  Post Games

Questions about Game Developer Podcast