Man it feels good to be back.
“Making Games Is Fun” is now “ The MGIF Podcast”. Not a drastic change of branding, I agree, but I wanted to subtly change it to reflect the small changes in format.
I love games, but games are a part of wider life to me, as I think they are to everyone, and I wanted to reflect that in the pod. I’d been a bit unsure for some time about what was missing from the format to make it as authentic as possible and, whilst I’m sure none of you noticed, it’s important to me to make this thing as real and natural as possible.
Portraits are no longer linked to the pods, although I am still taking them - they’ll be along later - and videogames aren’t the only subject we cover (although still a massive one because I play lots of them).
This change in format allows me to chat not just to game developers, but to anyone whose life has games in them, either professionally or personally. I’d already broken the rules in previous episodes by chatting with writers and streamers, so why not throw the rulebook out the window?
As you’ll hear in this episode, I’m more interested in people who aren’t completely in the loop about games all the time, or see them as a more casual hobby. Y’know, normal people!
Despite loving games, there are times where I don’t love them, or I can’t be arsed with them, or I have major criticisms about the industry or the content that’s being put out, and you can’t reflect those feelings if you feel compelled to talk about gaming all the time; that brings us back to the idea of authenticity - I can’t be authentic if I’m asking a question about games for the sake of it, when I’m not actually interested in the answer, right?
Also, in the interests of adding to authenticity, and because I love this stuff, I’m aiming to add more audio of me travelling, meeting guests, doing things with guests other than just sitting down and talking, and recording the sounds of wherever I am, to get some nice texture. I want you to feel like you’re here with us.
Right that’s enough of my famous overexplaining, I hope you enjoy this latest episode of the new season, and please spread the word far and wide - share, subscribe etc - cos THIS time I’m hoping to make it bigger than ever.
Thanks and much love to you all,
Gary