RPG and Development Podcasts
There are a ton of excellent podcasts out in the world about role-playing games, from tabletop to videogames to everything in-between. I have collected a number of links to some of my favorites that include not only general discussions about role-playing games, but also game development and design. Hopefully you find these as helpful and entertaining as I do.
Videogame RPG Podcasts
Axe of the Blood God | An RPG Podcast
Axe of the Blood God is an excellent RPG podcast hosted by entertainment media veterans who have written for a number of gaming sites over the years. As media industry veterans, they have interviewed a large number of game industry movers and shakers, especially in the Japanese RPG world. The current host lineup is Kat Bailey, Nadia Oxford, and Eric Van Allen.
The JRPG Report
The JRPG Report is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to Japanese Role-Playing Games (JRPG) such as Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Persona, etc. It is player-centric, offering a number of facets of what some players like and do not like about JRPGs.
Tabletop RPG Podcasts
The Game Design Round Table
While The Game Design Round Table does dabble in digital games (i.e. “videogames”), its real bread-and-butter is in tabletop game design and development. Many of the interviews that they conduct are with established and indie tabletop boardgame and role-playing game designers. There is always a lively discussion and a TON of information presented.
The Game Design Roundtable – A podcast by game designers, for game designers
Design Podcasts
Level Design Lobby
Level Design Lobby is dedicated to…wait for it: level design in videogames. It is hosted by an industry veteran Max Pears and often hosts a number of industry veterans he has worked throughout his career.
Programming Podcasts
The Debug Log
The Debug Log is a programming and development podcast largely dedicated to videogame development. It began as a Unity-oriented podcast, but has since opened the floodgates to other engines and developers in reaction to the Unity per-install charges to developers. While Unity has backed off on their requirements some, the changes to the podcast opening to all developers is an extremely positive thing.