MIGW Podcast - Season 2

Farewell Games Week 2024

On today’s episode Games Week is over! We take a look back at the week that was through the eyes of Games Industry legend Shuhei Yoshida. We’ll also dive into some of the themes that made Games Week 2024 so special, in a chat with the Indiginerd himself Cienan Muir.

The Rise of Tabletop!

An increasing amount of the games featured in Games Week are non-digital, and so today we’re talking tabletop. I’ll chat with Logan Timmins from ARC and Kitty Grace from PAX about the increasing amount of tabletop games in Australia’s biggest games convention. Plus Nick Robertson from Mafia The Game: The Show about how to turn a role playing game into a Fringe Show.

The State of the Industry Episode

On today’s episode I have a sweeping state of the industry conversation with Sav Wolfe from IGEA, plus I get the lowdown on life as an AGDAs judge from Luke Mitchell at Checkpoint on Joy FM.  And if you want to hear more from Luke you should check out Checkpoint Gaming https://checkpointgaming.net/ [https://checkpointgaming.net/]

The Indie Episode (Freeplay & Melbourne Q.ueer Games Festival)

The Indie Episode - On today’s episode we’re diving into the indie games scene. We’re chatting with Louie Roots and Mads Mckenzie from Freeplay about this year’s Parallels, and we’ve got a really fun interview with Luke Miller, Creative Director of Melbourne Q.ueer Games Festival.

Everybody is Turning 10!

This episode we’ve gone 10th Anniversary crazy. We’ve got an interview with Jay Armstrong and Josie Fletcher from Massive Monster (which turns 10 this year). We’re gonna chat with Clera Reeves, CEO of Hipster Whale (which is also celebrating their big 10).