Playscape: Los Angeles

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Join game maker Teddy Dief (Hyper Light Drifter) for a tour through Los Angeles’ vibrant video game scene. Episodes feature one-on-one conversations with developers, actors, writers, hosts—creators from all walks of life discussing their inspirations, lives, and processes.

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Top 10 Playscape: Los Angeles Episodes

Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Playscape: Los Angeles episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Playscape: Los Angeles for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Playscape: Los Angeles episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Playscape: Los Angeles 5: Alx Preston

Playscape: Los Angeles

04/08/16 • 96 min

Teddy speaks with the person he has spoken most to over the last couple years. Alx Preston, the creator of Hyper Light Drifter, sits down with his old pal to talk about fine art, running a company, and being forever unsatisfied. Teddy opens up about his career-long impatience and unrealistic goals, and how he likes it that way.

Playscape: Los Angeles 4: Sarah Elmaleh

Playscape: Los Angeles

04/05/16 • 81 min

Teddy mixes coffee and wine with guest Sarah Elmaleh, prolific voiceover artist in indie games and beyond, as they chat about the language of voice acting, physicality, and social lives. Teddy draws a questionable simile between releasing a game and witnessing a nuclear blast, and takes questions from Twitter.

Playscape: Los Angeles 10: Tyler J Hutchison

Playscape: Los Angeles

06/13/16 • 92 min

In final episode of the series, Teddy talks with comic artist and programmer Tyler J Hutchison, about art and code mindsets, choosing constraints, getting off the computer, and more. Teddy talks about burnout and protecting your time, and says a reluctant goodbye from his new home in Montreal.

Playscape: Los Angeles 9: Austin Wintory

Playscape: Los Angeles

05/20/16 • 95 min

Composer Austin Wintory explains his outlook on success, craft, and endlessly challenging oneself to innovate, and responds to what it’s like to win a BAFTA Award for his work on Journey. Teddy takes a vacation and wonders what it takes to be able to “turn it off, and back on”.

Playscape: Los Angeles 8: Rachel Sala

Playscape: Los Angeles

05/05/16 • 74 min

Mysterious co-creator of Frog Fractions, Rachel Sala apparates into the studio to talk to Teddy about keeping secrets, creating weird things, and what it’s really like to be a woman in the games industry. Teddy is leaving LA, and talks about what matters - what remains after the hype subsides from a big event.

Playscape: Los Angeles 7: Patrick Miller

Playscape: Los Angeles

04/30/16 • 73 min

Game designer and writer Patrick Miller drops wisdom on Teddy about fighting games, eSports, and weird career paths. Teddy tries to rest, now that Hyper Light Drifter support is slowing down, but what does rest mean??

Playscape: Los Angeles 6: Zoë Quinn

Playscape: Los Angeles

04/18/16 • 83 min

Teddy is joined by game maker, writer, and FMV connoisseur Zoe Quinn. Listen as they discuss comedy, failure, and of course, Neopets. Teddy muses about reviews - what they mean to a creator, what he expected them to feel like, and what they contribute to feelings of closure after releasing Hyper Light Drifter.

Playscape: Los Angeles 3: Vernon Shaw

Playscape: Los Angeles

04/01/16 • 81 min

Master of the Internet Vernon Shaw leaps out of the virtual world to talk about making people laugh, the psychology of internet culture, and what it means to work in and around YouTube. Teddy tries to process yesterday’s release of his team’s game. (Teddy rambles about next week, when he'll talk with the Hyper Light Drifter team members who live in LA - Alex Preston, Beau Blyth, Sean Ward, Cosimo Galluzzi)

Playscape: Los Angeles 2: Brendon Chung

Playscape: Los Angeles

03/28/16 • 70 min

Teddy gets serious with Brendon Chung (aka Blendo Games) about working solo, how he keeps a routine, and pushing to push out of his comfort zone. After a weekend of crunch work, Teddy attempts to summarize all of Los Angeles in five minutes.

Playscape: Los Angeles 1: Ashly Burch

Playscape: Los Angeles

03/24/16 • 68 min

A shining guest for a shiny first episode - Teddy talks with writer, director, and voice actor Ashly Burch about her path to acting, putting passion behind work, and social change through media. On the verge of releasing Hyper Light Drifter, Teddy describes what it’s like to hunger for an audience.

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FAQ

How many episodes does Playscape: Los Angeles have?

Playscape: Los Angeles currently has 10 episodes available.

What topics does Playscape: Los Angeles cover?

The podcast is about Leisure, Videogames, Podcasts, Video Games and Game Dev.

What is the most popular episode on Playscape: Los Angeles?

The episode title 'Playscape: Los Angeles 10: Tyler J Hutchison' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Playscape: Los Angeles?

The average episode length on Playscape: Los Angeles is 82 minutes.

How often are episodes of Playscape: Los Angeles released?

Episodes of Playscape: Los Angeles are typically released every 4 days, 22 hours.

When was the first episode of Playscape: Los Angeles?

The first episode of Playscape: Los Angeles was released on Mar 24, 2016.

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Top 10 Playscape: Los Angeles Episodes

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