Designer Notes
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4.9 / 5
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Designer Notes

by Idle Thumbs

Category
Video Games
Frequency
Language
English
Why do we make games? Every designer has a different and very personal answer to that question. Soren Johnson, founder of Mohawk Games, sits down with noted designers to find out by examining their careers as a whole.

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Recent Reviews

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nauseatingpain5/11/2025

Great stuff but please dampen the reverb

Love this pod

Bellinater12/6/2023

I was wondering when you’d interview Jake Solomon! I’ve listened to other interviews with him and he mentioned you, so I was wondering why he hadn’t been on.

Quality conversations

Just go ahead and shoot me11/5/2023

Soren manages to balance more technical questions with broader and personal ones such that the podcast is entertaining and relevant for a broad audience. A pleasure to listen to.

Great interviews with some games industry legends

OhTheWerewolf10/27/2023

Very thoughtful and in-depth interviews with many of the greats of the field. I love that Soren, as a peer of his interviewees, is not afraid to sometimes be a bit critical of their past work while getting deep into how they made it succeed. I would go so far as to call it indispensable for anyone who cares about game design and development in general.

In depth conversations with legendary game designers

mbcauley3/29/2022

A really great podcast with some legendary guests and extremely thorough conversations. Soren covers a lot of ground in each episode. I appreciate that he goes deep into the careers and creative decision making processes with his guests. The extended length of the interviews is welcome - I only wish I could listen to both parts of an interview back to back but it’s worth the wait.