Pixel Pizza

This week we have not one, but TWO guests joining us to talk about their games! Denny McCorry and Lesther Reynoso run the indie gaming outfit Possum House Games, where they make pixelated projects of all kinds, from shepherd sim Heavy is the Crown to the upcoming shooter TankPig. It was especially cool hearing both an artistic and technical perspective! Plus great music from another upstate NY nat...

This week, I had a really great chat with Kathryn DeFeo, artist at WayForward! She's the first person so far on the show who I haven't known prior, but even so we had an awesome conversation about her journey in games, getting into the gaming scene in Rochester, the challenges of working on games for kids, and even how dreams impact her art design! And, of course, some sick musical interludes cour...

Special delivery! Episode lucky number 3 is here. This week we've got Owen Watson, Lead Artist at Jackbox Games, here to talk about his influences, what makes good game art, and how a series known for indoor parties has adapted to pandemic play. We've also got musical interludes from Popskyy! LINKS: 🐦Owen's Twitter: @babypopdipstick 🕹Jackbox Games: https://www.jackboxgames.com/ 🎵Popskyy: https:/...

Here we are, back again for episode 2! This week on Pixel Pizza, I'm joined by an old grad school friend of mine, Naomi Burgess. We reminisce on our time creating interactive experiences at Carnegie Mellon, and discuss her time since developing VR educational tools in Switzerland with the University of Lucerne, as well as her current gig in Sacramento as a Gameplay Engineer for Exploding Kittens!...

Welcome to the first episode of the Pixel Pizza Podcast: Boston's award-winning gaming radio show, re-baked and rebooted for the 2020's! Join me, Jared (aka DJ Jettset), as I talk every week with a different creator in the video game industry and play music from bangin' independent chiptune artists. This week we sit down with Chris Chung, developer at Firehose Games and meowstermind behind the hit...