Horace Goes Podcasting: For Gamers with Pong Memories

Mark Gibbons: Games Workshop Lore, Diablo III, and Battling the AI Dark Side Episode Description: We are officially BACK! After a stressful real-life high-stakes strategy game called "moving house," John has finally unpacked his gaming cables, the tea is brewing, and we are breaking our 2026 silence with absolute industry royalty. Today, we sit down with the legendary concept artist and...

GAMES INDUSTRY CAREERS & FEMALE GAMER STORIES. 🚀 Tina Townley (Production Director, Act 3) gives an unfiltered look at climbing the ladder from QA at Sega to a director at an independent studio. She reveals the shocking reality of working in game testing and how classics like Final Fantasy VII fuel her escapism. QA Exposed: The hard truth about testing one game over and over for years and the...

Jason Wilson is the co-creator of the MediEvil series, a smash hit on the PlayStation. He started working in the games industry straight out of school in the 80s and has worked at many studios, including as a Creative Director with Sony. In this episode, we talk with BAFTA winner Jason about the games he plays, such as the Elder Scrolls series, his enjoyment of gothic horror, his similarity to Tim...

In this episode, we talk with Luke Hale, Head of Production Services at Frontier Developments. Luke is not retired, or even thinking about retirement, because he's in his early thirties. We're expanding our exploration of gaming experience to people of many ages now, at Horace Goes Podcasting. With Luke, we talked about Football Manager, John's grudge against Frontier for nerfing his trade route i...

John and Kieron reflect on their favourite parts of the past four episodes and the great conversations we had with Nick, Terry, Eric and Dean. Drop your thoughts in the comments. We also talk about how we will change the focus of Horace Goes Podcasting. Listen to the full episode to find out where we're going next.

Dean Mohamedally is Professor of Computing Science at University College, London. His projects include many works for the betterment of the world through computing in many forms. He works with the UK NHS, IBM, Microsoft and Intel, among many other partners as part of his Industry Exchange Network Methodology. One project of interest to gamers is the MotionInput project, where Dean, his team and in...

Eric Lagel is a games producer who has worked in France, Canada and the UK, with Runescape, Crysis and Splinter Cell on his CV. He is deep into GTA Online and has sunk many, many hours in World of Warcraft. In addition to those games, we talk about his ideas for a magic shooter that will appeal more to older gamers, amazing story-focused games like Red Dead Redemption 2, and go off-brand to talk a...

Terry Greer is a games design lecturer at Falmouth University and has 30 years of experience in the games industry. He worked at Microprose, Jagex and Blitz, on projects like XCOM and Runescape. In this episode, Terry tells us about the art of designing games, the high pressure environment of pitching games ideas for a studio and how students are learning to design their own game projects. In the...

Nick Thompson is a games industry veteran, with over 35 years in the business. He has worked on top-tier titles, such as the original XCOM series, Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix series, Runescape, Carmageddon and Dirt Rally 2. His experience ranges from coding games in the Assembler language to booking studios and voice actors as a producer. He has seen it all in games. Now retired, he discusses game...

We're looking into the future in this episode. Kieron and John discuss various topics about gaming in later life, as well as more on our plans for the series. Those plans involve our listeners! If you want to be on the podcast, get in touch via our Facebook page or Instagram . Topics discussed in this episode: Streaming old games as part of the podcast. How the ecosystem around discussing games ha...

In this episode, the tables are turned (but not flipped), as Kieron interviews John on his life in games, as well as looking ahead to ideas about games in the future, and what changes might put John off a game. What new innovation would be too much for you? What was your golden era in gaming? We would love to hear your answers in comments or on our Facebook page . Check us out on Instagram . We di...

In this episode, get to know one of your hosts better. Jon asks Kieron questions about his gaming life and some thoughts for the future. We discuss arcade games we played, games ahead of their time, desert islands, surprises in games and what might happen to games and the games industry in the coming decades. What game do you think was ahead of its time? What did you play in the arcades? Where do...

Get to know your hosts of Horace Goes Podcasting more. Kieron and Jonny discuss the highlights of their gaming lives so far and the releases they are looking forward to. Is XWing vs TIE Fighter in the best list or worst game? Whose best memory was completing XCOM2? How often will Manic Miner get mentioned in this episode? What are the surprises we make for each other at the end? We would love to h...

Horace Goes Podcasting hits Alpha, full of gray blocks instead of buildings and low rent audio instead of a full soundtrack. Listen to what Kieron and Jonny have in store for Horace Goes Podcasting: For Gamers with Pong Memories. What's it all about? If you know who Horace was or what Pong was, then this podcast is for you! If you been gaming since the Seventies or Eighties, then we want your...