Core Elements

Core Elements is a weekly show discussing gaming and gaming culture. Each episode, we are joined by a game developer to discover how his life has influenced his art. In addition to these interviews, Core Elements discusses gaming news, resurrects a dead game, and answers good questions with absurd answers.

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Update frequency: every 13 days
Episodes: 75
Years Active: 2011 - 2016

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CE #14: Brian "Psychochild" Green

This week's show features Brian Green of Namaste Entertainment. In this episode, we discuss the past, present and future of MMOs, Brian's change of heart regarding user generated content, and repeat …

Thu 17 Nov 2011

CE #13: Jason Wishnov

This week's show features Jason Wishnov of Iridium Entertainment, developers of Sequence. In this episode, we discuss the relative complexity of checkers, the horrors of not getting acting credits, a…

Fri 04 Nov 2011

CE #12: Justin Korthof Must Die!

This week we are joined by Justin Korthof of Robot Entertainment. We discuss the job of a community manager, how Gabe Newell is experimenting on us, and how Spencer is WRONG! Since we're covering Rob…

Thu 27 Oct 2011

CE #11: Markus Beutel

After a two week break for vacation and the DWPP, we're BACK! This week we're joined by Markus Beutel, the designer of the Civilization NiGHTS mod for Civ 5. In this episode, we discuss linear RPGs, …

Thu 20 Oct 2011

CE #10: Andy Schatz

Andy Schatz of Pocketwatch Games joins us for our longest show to date! In this episode we discuss the potential for a console RTS, the social contribution of game reselling, and the target market fo…

Thu 29 Sep 2011

CE #9: Lisa Brown

This week we're joined by Lisa Brown, part of the Insomniac team that worked on Resistance! In this episodes we discuss what we'd like to be when we grow up, the value of class action lawsuits, and t…

Thu 22 Sep 2011

CE #8: Brian Weissman

This week we are joined by Brian Weissman of Grinding Gear Games, creators of Path of Exile. In this episode, we delve into the minutiae of Magic, the rage against resellers, and the take a look at g…

Thu 15 Sep 2011

CE #7: Greg Kasavin

Greg Kasavin of Supergiant Games join us this week. Their first game, Bastion, has been a favorite of critics and fans alike. We discuss the difficulty portraying story in games, the faustian specifi…

Thu 08 Sep 2011

CE #6: Joey Betz of Armor Games

This week we welcome Joey Betz from Armor Games! We discuss flash game development, the worth of gamification, and the value of elephants in games. Additionally, we reanimate Space Quest for a quick …

Thu 01 Sep 2011

CE #5: Borut & Ben

Ben Vance and Borut Pfeiffer of Haunted Temple Games join us to talk about their upcoming XBLA release, Skull of the Shogun. In this episode we discuss gaming company kerfuffles, the foreign language…

Thu 25 Aug 2011

CE #4: Dan Silvers

Dan Silvers joins us from Lantana Games, where they are working diligently on "Children of Liberty". In this episode, we discuss the controlversy of used game sales, the ups & downs of kickstarters, …

Thu 18 Aug 2011

CE #3: Eka of Uber

This week we talk to Chandana Ekanayake of Uber Entertainment, but he just goes by Eka. For this episode, we're celebrating the birthday of Monday Night Combat! It's one year old, and well worthy of …

Thu 11 Aug 2011

CE #2: Danny Day

Core Elements welcomes Danny Day of QCF Design into the laboratory. In this episode, we discuss gaming in education, the future of independant MMOs, and the proper way to get into the video game indu…

Thu 28 Jul 2011

CE #1: Brad Muir

Today we experiment on Brad Muir of Double Fine Productions, the Lead Developer on Trenched! We get to talk about sexy cooking, the wisdom of bad-mouthing publishers, and the value of robot smoking a…

Fri 22 Jul 2011

CE #0: The Beginning

Here it is! The introductory episode of Core Elements! If you have any questions about what this show is going to be, this should answer them. If it doesn't, listen to Episode 1! [MP3 AUDIO]