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Tone Control

Steve Gaynor of The Fullbright Company sits down with noteworthy video game developers for an in-depth conversation about their career and creative process, and the tricky work of establishing and mai... Read more

Ranked #1

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Tone Control 14: Ken Levine

Tone Control 14: Ken Levine

A long journey's road comes to an end. We always arrive back where we started. Circles within circles... there's always ... Read more

1 May 2014

1hr 32mins

Ranked #2

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Tone Control 19: Harvey Smith

Tone Control 19: Harvey Smith

Harvey Smith is a mensch. Not only has he been a lead or director on some of the most inspiring and foundational Immersi... Read more

1 Feb 2018

1hr 45mins

Ranked #3

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Tone Control 9: Jonathan Blow

Tone Control 9: Jonathan Blow

We all know Jonathan Blow as the creator of Braid and The Witness. But what was he up to before bursting onto the scene ... Read more

15 Feb 2014

1hr 58mins

Ranked #4

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Tone Control 18: Nina Freeman

Tone Control 18: Nina Freeman

It's like rain on your podcasting day. It's when a train goes by, and you can't hear what I say. It's the hammer blows, ... Read more

15 Jan 2018

1hr 59mins

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Tone Control 12: Tim Schafer

Tone Control 12: Tim Schafer

Few creators in the games industry are fortunate enough to have decades-long careers, much less ones where their own wor... Read more

1 Apr 2014

1hr 40mins

Ranked #6

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Tone Control 4: Clint Hocking

Tone Control 4: Clint Hocking

It's what all Idle Thumbs readers have been waiting for: a personal appearance by none other than the man behind that le... Read more

1 Dec 2013

1hr 51mins

Ranked #7

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Tone Control 3: Craig Hubbard

Tone Control 3: Craig Hubbard

Steve visited Seattle to talk with one of the creative minds behind the classic series No One Lives Forever, F.E.A.R., a... Read more

15 Nov 2013

1hr 55mins

Ranked #8

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Tone Control 16: Mariel Cartwright

Tone Control 16: Mariel Cartwright

Classic 2D animation: the art of drawing the same thing in slightly different poses over and over and then flipping thro... Read more

25 Nov 2017

1hr 39mins

Ranked #9

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Tone Control 13: Jake Solomon

Tone Control 13: Jake Solomon

Do you like aliens? No-- you like KILLING aliens. And so does Jake Solomon. He's made a career of it, in fact. But how? ... Read more

15 Apr 2014

1hr 32mins

Ranked #10

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Tone Control 17: Charles Webb

Tone Control 17: Charles Webb

Charles Webb, self-styled "Senior Black Writer" at Hangar 13, joined the Mafia III team after a long and winding path th... Read more

1 Jan 2018

1hr 53mins

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