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#530: What Is a Game
This is a fun podcast where I explain my definition of what a game is. I'm sure it's bound to prompt much discussion.
#529: 20 Lessons: Creativity
This is part eighteen of my series "20 Lessons, 20 Podcasts" based on my 2016 Game Developers Conference talk. In this podcast, I explain why restrictions breed creati...
#528: Dissension, Part 3
This is part three of three, where I share many card-by-card design stories from Dissension.
#527: Dissension, Part 2
This is part two of three, where I share many card-by-card design stories from Dissension.
#526: Dissension, Part 1
In this podcast, I go over the design test, the third trial for the Great Designer Search 3.
#525: Rookie Mistakes
Having just read 94 design tests for the GDS3, I spend a podcast talking about many of the common mistakes novice designers make.
#524: GDS3 Trial 3
I finally get around to the third and final set in original Ravnica block, Dissension. This is part one of three, where I share many card-by-card design stories from t...
#523: GDS3 Trial 2, Part 3
In this podcast, I go over the answers for the final 25 questions in the Trial 2 multiple-choice test for the Great Designer Search 3.
#522: GDS3 Trial 2, Part 2
In this podcast, I go over the answers for the second 25 questions in the Trial 2 multiple-choice test for the Great Designer Search 3.
#521: GDS3 Trial 2, Part 1
In this podcast, I go over the answers for the first 25 questions in the Trial 2 multiple-choice test for the Great Designer Search 3.
#520: GDS3, Trial 1
To make it into the Top 8 of the Great Designer Search 3, you needed to pass three trials. In this podcast, I talk about the first trial, the essay test.
#519: Editing
In this podcast, I talk all about the important work done by our editing team.
#518: ESPN2
For many years, Magic was broadcast on ESPN2. This podcast looks back at that time and talks about the experience from behind the scenes.
#517: Answering Questions
Part of my job is answering questions from all sorts of different sources. In this podcast, I talk about who I answer questions from and how I do it.
#516: New to Magic
This podcast was made for you to share with someone new to Magic. I walk through the basics and demonstrate the important things to do when introducing the game.
#515: Building New Worlds
This is a companion podcast to one I did about designing sets that revisit worlds we've been to before. In this podcast, I talk about designing for a new world.
#514: Unstable Pre-Prelease
I traveled to Victoria, Canada, to participate in LoadingReadyRun's inaccurately named but very fun Pre-Prerelease for Unstable. This podcast is all about my trip.
#513: Unstable Variants
Unstable did something different by having various versions of a card with the same name. This podcast talks about how they happened and the great lengths we went to i...
#512: Playtest Cards
In this podcast, I talk all about the history of playtest cards in R&D, including a discussion on the latest technology.
#511: 20 Lessons: Less Is More
This is part seventeen in my 20-part series "20 Lessons, 20 Podcasts" based on my 2016 Game Developers Conference speech. In this podcast, I talk about the lesson "You...
#510: Great Designer Search 3
In this podcast, I talk about the lengthy journey to make the third Great Designer Search happen.
#509: Magic Evolution, Part 2
This is part two of my "Magic Evolution" series where I walk through sets and explain what innovations they added to Magic design.
#508: Unstable Talk, Part 2
This is technically a "Drive from Work." I picked Mark up at his house to do the last podcast, so we figured we might as well do another podcast when I drove him home.
#507: Unstable Talk, Part 1
I have a special carpool guest, Magic Senior Brand Director Mark Purvis. He promised to come back when we could talk openly about Unstable. And so he did.
#506: Game Knights
I had the opportunity to appear on Game Knights with Jimmy Wong and Josh Lee Kwai. The three of us and Gavin Verhey drafted Unstable before its release so we could sho...
#505: Reactions
I've often said the hardest part of my job is making cool things and then not being able to talk about them for a long time. This podcast is all about the joy of getti...
#504: Hackathon
R&D started a new process called a "hackathon" where we take off a week and work on future speculative products. Today, I'm going to explain how it works and walk you ...
#503: Unstable Rules
One of my many jobs is Un-rules manager. In this podcast, I talk about my role and about many of the weird rules of Unstable.
#502: Slivers
In this podcast, I talk all about the history of one of the most popular creature types in Magic, Slivers.
#501: 200 and Counting
This is Part 2 of my look back. Note that while there will eventually be a Part 3, it won't be for a while.