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Toronto Indie Guys EP 16 – Game Journalism

Arthur Marris — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:31:23 +0000

EPISODE 16 is finally here; the Toronto Indie Guys’ summer blockbuster! In this EP, both Max & I talk with 3 awesome game journalists in Toronto:

Jaime Woo, writer for the Torontoist and co-founder of Gamer Camp.
Mathew Kumar, writer/publisher of exp. magazine.
David Gallant, freelance writer & newly established indie game developer ( Silver Maple Studios).

Find out about their roots with writing, and their involvement with the Toronto indie game community. We talk ‘quality of games’, ‘what makes a good journalist’, and much more! Download & listen from iTunes, or download the mp3. You can find the stream here as well. Background music: Machinarium Soundtrack by Tomas Dvorak. Other Links: Four Thousand Words Jam , The_Scrawl .

Toronto Indie Guys EP 13 – Flew the Coop Team Interview

Arthur Marris — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:54:34 +0000

Have you heard of (and bought) Flew the Coop yet, a new iOS game? Well, you should if you haven’t!

We have the developers behind the barn, Jason Kaplan, and Damian Sommer. Jason is the founder of Game Prototype Challenge, and Damian is an indie extraordinaire. Releasing their first collaborated iOS game together, we go in-depth on how it came to be, and some of the problems they experienced during development. If you’re planning to create an iOS game yourself, this EP is for you!

Show them some support, spread the word. Mom bloggers, you know what to do. You can buy Flew the Coop here. It’s only $1.

Listen to the EP here, or on iTunes.

P.S. We have a twitter account @TOindieguys , and a Facebook Page here.

Toronto Indie Guys EP 8

Arthur Marris — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:24:03 +0000

NEW & IMPROVED, welcome to Episode 8 of the newly acronymed TOIG Podcast, where Max and I talk about the latest IGDA events (Open Mic Night, and the IGDA Gala), TOjam, and our thoughts on the ever popular, Sword and Sworcery. Have a listen to this exciting new condensed episode, which is more awesome in every way!

You can download it on iTunes here.

Toronto Indie Guys EP 7

Arthur Marris — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 06:07:58 +0000

Welcome to episode 7 of the TIG, where both Max and I dive deep into the world of sex, censorship and morality in video games. We also give the low-down on some cool upcoming events, like TOjam 6, Level Up, and the IGDA’s Open Mic Night! We discuss our experiences with CASO’s latest event with Doug Sutton, and our visit to Trans Gaming Studio. Their developing some awesome games, so give them a shout on Facebook or Twitter!

It should be available on iTunes soon, waiting for them to recognize that we’ve updated our feed.

Thanks!

Toronto Indie Guys EP 6

Arthur Marris — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:55:08 +0000

Episode 6 of the TIG can be found here. In this episode, we talk about a whole bunch of cool stuff happening in the city, like the latest IGDA event, S&S, Wrestle Crisis Deluxe, Super Street Fire, INplay, etc.

We’re always looking for more speakers on the show so if you ever want to talk about an event, game, or anything Toronto Game Dev, we’ll be happy to have you on!

We’re also on iTunes now if you’d like to download these recordings to your devices.