Podcast · Leisure & Travel
by Alanah Pearce · English · Leisure & Travel
Join Alanah Pearce (game writer), Mike Bithell (game director), and Austin Wintory (game composer) as they talk about all the games, movies, TV and 'whatever else' that took their interest that week, from three unique perspectives in the games industry.
13 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 29 minNew
After years of talking about it, Mike, Alanah, and Austin finally had Kerry Dyer (Mike's wife and also stop-motion puppet doctor) on the show to talk about bringing puppets to life! We also discuss how different mediums seem to naturally avoid feedback/criticism, and memorable moments meeting famous people. Video games are in there somewhere idk.
S1 · E189 · 29 Sep 2026 · 53 min
Mike and Alanah chat with Double Fine's Tim Schafer on the indie future (and past?) of the studio since leaving Xbox, including how you can help!
S1 · E188 · 4 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
This week, Mike and Alanah sat down with Em from A Shell in the Pit to talk about BIG WALK, and, ultimately, steal foley (sound design) knowledge for use in their own games. Hey, at least we admit it.
S1 · E187 · 24 Jul 2026 · 53 min
In this week's episode, the crew discusses THE DEFINITION OF ART (2026 ver), and finding inspiration in the real world rather than other media, as a result of Alanah visiting Barcelona and exploring Antoni Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia.
S1 · E186 · 12 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 7 min
This week, Mike announced the latest game from Bithell Games (now a studio of three), Vampirium 1997. Alanah asks him about it!
S1 · E186 · 19 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
This week, we talk a bit about composing for early access, and how much scores (and VFX) influence films.
S1 · E182 · 29 May 2026 · 1 hr 11 min
This week, Mike, Austin, and Alanah mostly talk about human nature. No, really. The new James Bond game is also spoken about for about 10 minutes at the end.
S1 · E183 · 13 May 2026 · 1 hr 7 min
Alanah and Mike chat to game director Nic Tringali about science-fantasy city-builder "Amberspire".
S1 · E182 · 24 Apr 2026 · 1 hr
Mike and Alanah chat about the pit-falls of working for yourself, and how to manage your time as a freelance (or self-funded indie) game developer.
S1 · E181 · 24 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 11 min
SORRY AUDIO LISTENERS: podcast services briefly put a hold on our uploads, so you'll get a few in a row as we catch up! This episode features Austin, Mike, and Alanah talking about the changes at Xbox, among other things.
S1 · E180 · 27 Jan 2026 · 44 min
This week, Mike and Alanah discuss Bithell games, whether Mike is a Golden Retriever Boyfriend, the new era of the cosplay community, collaboration among indie game devs, and our fear of Early Access.
S1 · E179 · 3 Jan 2026 · 1 hr 34 min
Alanah, Mike, and Austin discuss sex (or the lack thereof) in video games, and how video game writing and film/TV do and do not compare. Also, happy new year!
S1 · E178 · 2 Jan 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
Apologies for the late upload! On this episode, Mike & Austin chat about the success of Dispatch, changes to video game dev structures, and where the industry seems to be headed.
S1 · E177 · 12 Nov 2025 · 1 hr 13 min
This week, Austin, Mike, and Alanah are joined by Adhoc Studios' Pierre Shorette to talk about Dispatch - the latest narrative driven game made by a group of Telltale alumni.
S1 · E176 · 24 Oct 2025 · 1 hr
Alanah and Mike discuss indie game marketing, and the fact that getting past being worried about something sucking is the best way to start... making something!
S1 · E175 · 3 Oct 2025 · 1 hr 12 min
This week, Alanah, Mike, and Austin chat about Hollow Knight: Silksong (yes, it's hard) and how media seems to prefer difficult games, Alanah's recent ChatGPT video (though this was recorded before it was published), and the Freewrite Traveler.
S1 · E174 · 12 Sep 2025 · 1 hr 8 min
This week, we sat down to chat with Matt Nava from Giant Squid, all about the studio's latest game - Sword of the Sea.
S1 · E173 · 30 Jul 2025 · 58 min
Austin, Mike, and Alanah chat about IP Rights and our (very early, uniformed lol) thoughts on the "Stop Killing Games" petition.
S1 · E172 · 12 Jul 2025 · 59 min
This week, Mike and Alanah talk about learning to use game engine Godot, the brilliant lighting in TRON: Catalyst, and ethics in genitalia shown in film.
S1 · E171 · 17 Jun 2025 · 1 hr 6 min
This week, Alanah, Mike, and Austin sat down to chat to Tonda Ros - the director of Blue Prince. Apologies for Tonda's echo!
S1 · E170 · 24 May 2025 · 1 hr 8 min
Alanah and Austin chat Blue Prince, addictive video games, and Satisfactory.
S1 · E169 · 8 May 2025 · 1 hr 14 min
This week, Mike, Alanah, and Austin chat to co-founder of Stoic, the creators of The Banner Saga and, more recently, Towerborne!
S1 · E168 · 6 Apr 2025 · 58 min
This week, Alanah and Mike discuss the Switch 2 presentation!
S1 · E167 · 7 Mar 2025 · 55 min
This week, Alanah and Mike start out by talking about the lay-offs across WB Games, then jump into talking about Microsoft's newly announced AI "Muse", and then we - finally - get Alanah's thoughts on Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
S1 · E166 · 26 Feb 2025 · 1 hr 13 min
This week, Austin and Alanah sit down to talk to Mike Laidlaw, the game director of Dragon Age: Origins who most recently started his own studio and make ETERNAL STRANDS. Which Austin also worked on, because of course he did. He cannot be contained.
S1 · E165 · 15 Feb 2025 · 1 hr 27 min
Apologies for the delay here - the audio file was corrupted! This week, Mike and Alanah are joined by Strange Scaffold's Xalavier Nelson Jr to talk about how the studio makes so many high quality games, and what it really means to be a good game director.
S1 · E164 · 27 Jan 2025 · 54 min
After a break due to the LA fires - which we talk about to begin with here - we chat about a recent 200-page document called "The State of Video Games in 2025" from Matthew Ball. If you'd like links to the charities we mentioned, please check those out on the YouTube version of the podcast!
S1 · E163 · 23 Dec 2024 · 59 min
Happy four years of PWL! Sorry about Mike's audio here, we don't know what happened.
S1 · E162 · 6 Dec 2024 · 1 hr 2 min
Alanah left her job at Sony, and Mike got in trouble for saying something on Bluesky. We discuss the state of the games industry now that it's December 2024, and the notion that "indies will save" everything.
S1 · E161 · 24 Nov 2024 · 56 min
We're back from a brief hiatus! Immediately discussing: should Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree be nominated for GOTY even though it's a DLC? Also: Mike announced another video game!
Join Alanah Pearce (game writer), Mike Bithell (game director), and Austin Wintory (game composer) as they talk about all the games, movies, TV and 'whatever else' that took their interest that week, from three unique perspectives in the games industry.
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