Kritiqal Care

About Kritiqal Care

Conversations about games, community, and the reasons we play. Kritiqal Care is a monthly interview show highlighting the breadth of the games community. Nathalie is joined by tabletop writers, video game designers, pixel artists, streamers, YouTube critics, and others from all corners of the medium to explore games as personal, creative, and political. These are rough times, but games can help us feel less alone through it all.

Publisher

KRITIQAL

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Mar 2020

Latest episode

9 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

98 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Aug 2025

   Episode 90: Will Uhl

   Will Uhl (they/them) is a tabletop game designer whose work explores inter-player relationships, unconventional mechanics, and high drama. We discuss balancing narrative conflict and player safety, providing structure to micro-RPGs, and why card-based systems might be better than dice? You can keep up with Will’s work on Bluesky @raffitheowl.bsky.social‬ (https://bsky.app/profile/raffitheowl.bsky.social)‬‬ (https://bsky.app/profile/pzlr.org), support their work on Comradery (https://comradery.co/merrymancergames), and play their games on itch (https://willuhl.itch.io). Will’s Inspiring Thing to Share - Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer, 2013) - Getting involved with local mutual aid groups Things Discussed - Chitchat (https://willuhl.itch.io/chitchat)(Will Uhl, 2020) - Mystic Lilies (https://willuhl.itch.io/mystic-lilies) (Will Uhl, 2021) - The Luminous Aviary (https://willuhl.itch.io/the-luminous-aviary) (Will Uhl, 2022) - Stereo Mixtape (https://willuhl.itch.io/stereo-mixtape) (Will Uhl, 2024) - Night Drifters: Second Stage (https://willuhl.itch.io/night-drifters-second-stage) (Will Uhl, 2025) - Delta: A Game of Changing Rivers (Will Uhl, upcoming) - The TTRPG Safety Toolkit (https://ttrpgsafetytoolkit.com) - Don't Kill A Bird With A Baseball (https://rat-bastard-games.itch.io/dont-kill-a-bird-with-a-baseball) (Rat Bastard Games, 2023) - The Quiet Year (https://buriedwithoutceremony.itch.io/the-quiet-year) (Avery Alder, 2013) - Wanderhome (https://possumcreekgames.itch.io/wanderhome) (Possum Creek Games, 2022) Kritiqal Care is produced by me, Nathalie, with music by Desired (https://desired.bandcamp.com/). It's available on Pocket Casts (https://pca.st/t8omsc5b), Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kritiqal-care/id1505209892?app=podcast&mt=2), and wherever else you get podcasts. If you enjoyed the show, consider leaving a review or rating, sharing it with a loved one, and supporting KRITIQAL on Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/kritiqal).

2. 

   6 Jul 2025

   Episode 89: q1

   Musician q1 discusses the social dynamics of subway commutes, the creative constraints of small game engines, and the parallels between game development and songwriting in this interview episode.

3. 

   7 Jun 2025

   Episode 88: Sandy Weisz

   Puzzle designer Sandy Weisz discusses the origins of his daily puzzle game RADDLE, shares insights on writing good clues, and explores the challenges of balancing puzzle difficulty in this interview with Nathalie.

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

8,225

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100

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

Quality

61

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

68

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