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#566: Vidcon 2018
For the last three years, my daughter Rachel and I have attended Vidcon, a convention dedicated to YouTube video stars. This podcast is the story of this year's trip a...
#565: Replies with Rachel 4
My eldest daughter, Rachel, is off to college, but before she left, I was able to get in one more podcast with her. We chose to continue with our mailbag series "Repli...
#564: GP Las Vegas
To celebrate Magic's 25th Anniversary, we had five birthday Grand Prix around the world. I attended one of them, GP Las Vegas, and this podcast is all about my trip to...
#563: 20 Lessons - It All Connects
This is the 20th and final installment in my series "20 Lessons, 20 Podcasts" based on my 2016 Game Developers Conference speech. In this podcast, I talk about how the...
#562: Vision, Set, Play Design Retrospective
It's been two years since Research and Development started the new Vision Design, Set Design, Play Design model. In this podcast, I take a look at it and judge how I t...
#561: GDS3 Final Day
After three trials and five design challenges, the GDS3 top three came to Wizards' offices for the final day of the competition. This podcasts talks all about the fina...
#560: Tuesday Magic Meeting
In this podcast, I talk all about a longstanding meeting we have every week in Research and Development.
#559: Unstable Cards, Part 6
This podcast is part six of a six-part series on the design of each and every non-Contraption card in Unstable.
#558: Unstable Cards, Part 5
This podcast is part five of a six-part series on the design of each and every non-Contraption card in Unstable.
#557: Unstable Cards, Part 4
This podcast is part four of a six-part series on the design of each and every non-Contraption card in Unstable.
#556: Video with Richard and Peter
For the 25th Anniversary Grand Prix, I recorded a video with Richard Garfield and Peter Adkison. This podcast is all about the day I spent shooting that video. I also ...
#555: Unstable Cards, Part 3
This podcast is part three of a six-part series on the design of each and every non-Contraption card in Unstable.
#554: Unstable Cards, Part 2
This podcast is part two of a six-part series on the design of each and every non-Contraption card in Unstable.
#553: Unstable Cards, Part 1
This podcast is part one of a six-part series on the design of each and every non-Contraption card in Unstable.
#552: When to Keyword
This podcast talks about how we decide when to keyword (or ability word) a mechanic in design.
#551: How to Be Creative
I'm often asked about how one can be more creative, so I decided to finally make a podcast about the topic.
#550: Magic Evolution, Part 4
This is the fourth in my "Magic Evolution" series where I go through every Magic set and talk about the design innovations of each one. On today's podcast, I talk abou...
#549: Parts of a Card
I go through a Magic card and talk about what impact design has on each part of the card.
#548: Kicker
In this podcast, I talk about the history of the kicker mechanic from its start in Invasion all the way through to its use in Dominaria.
#547: Jumping-Off Points
For this podcast, I walk through every design team I've led or co-led and talk about what the jumping-off point was for the design to show the many different paths we ...
#546: World Identities
In this podcast, I talk about why it's important for each plane to have a distinct identity.
#545: 20 Lessons - Feedback
This is another in my "20 Lessons, 20 Podcasts" series based on my 2016 Games Developers Conference speech. Today is lesson nineteen: "Your audience is good at recogni...
#544: GDS3 Check-In
The Great Designers Search 3 was plugging along behind the scenes when I recorded this, so I checked in to give you some info on how it was going.
#543: Stand-Up Comedy
In this podcast, I talk about my days doing stand-up comedy and the lessons I learned that applied to Magic design.
#542: Dominaria, Part 3
This is the third and final part of a three-part series on the vision design of Dominaria.
#541: Dominaria, Part 2
This is the second part of a three-part series on the vision design of Dominaria.
#540: Dominaria, Part 1
This is the first of a three-part series on the vision design of Dominaria.
#539: Reprints
Not every card is new. In this podcast, I talk about when and how we use reprints in design.
#538: Making Videos
I was asked to make some "How to" videos for Magic (alongside Gaby Spartz). This podcast is all about the day I spent making Magic videos.
#537: Poll Position #1
I started a new feature on my Twitter where I polled the audience about various Magic design issues. This podcast goes over the issues I asked about and the feedback I...