Show Notes
Necrosoft Games Director and Intrepid Reporter Brandon Sheffield interviews fellow developers and attendees of GDC 2026.
Hosted by Brandon Sheffield, with Brendon Chung, Tony Grayson, Laura Michet, Chris Pruett, Phil Salvador, and Antonio Uribe. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.
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SHOW NOTES:
Brandon Sheffield
GDC 2026
Yerba Buena Gardens
1: Antonio Uribe, AKA Fáyer, creator of PancitoMerge and Dig! Dig! Dino!, on baked goods and making a Playdate game (04:14)
Fáyer
PancitoMerge
Arco
Dig! Dig! Dino!
Playdate
The Whiteout
Casual Birder
Fulcrum Defender
Into The Breach
Suika Game
Threes
Harvest Moon series
Stardew Valley
PICO-8
Itch.io
Game Boy Advance
Nintendo DS
Nintendo Switch
2: Phil Salvador, Library Director of Video Game History Foundation, on building a library (21:56)
Phil Salvador
Video Game History Foundation
Chuck E. Cheese
The Secrets of Sega Channel: VGHF recovers over 100 Sega Channel ROMs (and more)
William Volk Papers
Game Developer Magazine
archive.gamehistory.org
NeverDead
MLB SlugFest Rejected Audio
Activision 1994 Expense Report Form
3: Tony Grayson, Director of Antonblast for Summit Sphere, on platformers (36:08)
Tony Grayson
Antonblast
Wario Land series
Pizza Tower
Bonk series
Persona series
Peak
Highguard
2XKO
Fortnite
Apex Legends
Demonschool
Cuphead
It Takes Two
4: Laura Michet, Narrative Director of Blendo Games and writer of Skin Deep, on comedy in video games (50:05)
Laura Michet
Blendo Games
Skin Deep
The Substance (2024)
Riot Forge
Skype
5: Brendon Chung, Creative Director of Skin Deep from Blendo games, on signposting in immersive sims (01:02:03)
Brendon Chung
Skin Deep
Immersive Sim
Repo Man (1984)
System Shock series
Thief series
Deus Ex series
BioShock series
Dishonored Series
Prey series
Deathloop
Brigand: Oaxaca
Die Hard (1988)
Final Fantasy Tactics series
Into the Breach
Phantom Brigade
6: Chris Pruett, Director of Games at Meta, on modern horror games (01:17:35)
Chris Pruett
Robot Invader
Silent Hill f
Resident Evil: Requiem
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake
R.E.P.O.
Five Nights at Freddy’s series
Mouthwashing
7: Brandon Sheffield, Writer and Director of Demonschool, on AI and being home from GDC (01:29:00)
Tripuzz
Stahlfeder: Tekkō Hikūdan
AirGrave
Santos
Patrick Miller
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