To listen in your browser click the play button above, or simply search “MGIF Podcast” in your favourite podcast player and subscribe! THAT’S A WRAP on Season 6 of MGIF. I'm taking time over the summer to put together S7 and EVOLVE this thing we call MGIF. Thank you to ALL my guests without whom this would be a very boring podcast where I’m just ta…

To listen in your browser click the play button above, or simply search “MGIF Podcast” in your favourite podcast player and subscribe! This episode is with the fabulous voice actor Jess Nesling! We talked about: Growing up in Swansea, finding your “real voice”. how Ice Age inspired Jess to get into voice acting, overcoming shyness, using voice acti…

To listen in your browser click the play button above, or simply search “MGIF Podcast” in your favourite podcast player and subscribe! This episode is with the spectacular Shay Thompson! I met with Shay at Alexandria Palace - or Ally Pally as it is known - and we had a stroll in the beautiful sunshine before sitting down in a corner of Alexandria P…

To listen in your browser click the play button above, or simply search “MGIF Podcast” in your favourite podcast player and subscribe! This episode is with third time guest, a MGIF staple, podcast soulmate Anna Hollinrake! I met up with Anna at our favourite sandwich shop and we loaded up on nice stuff before struggling to balance various bagels, c…

To listen in your browser click the play button above, or simply search “MGIF Podcast” in your favourite podcast player and subscribe! This episode is with industry veteran, Mr Moo Yu! I met up with Moo outside Waterloo station in London, where we went for a short stroll on a rainy afternoon before finding a covered space outside a cafe to chat abo…

To listen in your browser click the play button above, or simply search “MGIF Podcast” in your favourite podcast player and subscribe! This episode is another returning guest - it’s the majestic Lana Zgombic! I visited Lana at home where she gave me the grand tour of her lovely flat, complete with Elden Ring and Bloodborne themed painted portraits,…

To listen in your browser click the play button above, or simply search “MGIF Podcast” in your favourite podcast player and subscribe! This episode is with the POWERFUL Rory Powers. Rory is one third of the colossal let’s play youtube channel known as RKG, one half of wildly successful podcast This Paranormal Life, a musician, a writer - the guy do…

To listen in your browser click the play button above, or simply search “MGIF Podcast” in your favourite podcast player and subscribe! This episode is with the one and only, Mr Masud Milas! Masud is a comedian, comedy writer and makes up one third of the Mystery on the Rocks podcast. We met up in our favourite coffee place then walked around Soho, …

To listen in your browser click the play button above, or simply search “MGIF Podcast” in your favourite podcast player and subscribe! This episode is with the marvellous Alex Donaldson. Alex is a video game critic, the owner of RPG Site and Assistant Editor / editor at large for VG247. We walked around the mean streets of Solihull and took in some…

To listen in your browser click the play button above, or simply search “MGIF Podcast” in your favourite podcast player and subscribe! This episode is with the absolutely wonderful Simon Parkin! Simon is a journalist, non-fiction writer and games critic. He also hosts the podcast My Perfect Console, where guests are invited to choose five games tha…

To listen in your browser click the play button above, or simply search “MGIF Podcast” in your favourite podcast player and subscribe! This episode is with the guy they very often call Paul Kilduff Taylor! Paul is a previous guest of the show, and the man behind Mode7 Games. He is also an extremely brilliant music man who is behind several soundtra…

To listen in your browser click the play button above, or simply search “MGIF Podcast” in your favourite podcast player and subscribe! This episode is with the fabulous Frankie Ward! Frankie is an amazing, highly experienced presenter and streamer. She is an Intel Gaming Ambassador and is currently working on FC 24, VALORANT and Fortnite, but she’s…

To listen in your browser click the play button above, or simply search “MGIF Podcast” in your favourite podcast player and subscribe! This episode is with actress and voice over queen, it’s Jane Perry! Jane is an actress who you may know as the voice of Rogue in Cyberpunk, Selene in Returnal - a role for which she won a BAFTA - and Agent 47’s hand…

To listen in your browser click the play button above, or simply search “MGIF Podcast” in your favourite podcast player and subscribe! This episode is with Actor, comedian, voiceover artist and MUCH more, it’s Inel Tomlinson! Recorded in February of 2024, we talk about firsts - first games, first stand up, first forays into TV, and from these start…

To listen in your browser click the play button above, or simply search “MGIF Podcast” in your favourite podcast player and subscribe! This episode is with presenter and journalist Steffan Powell! Recorded in January 2024, I met Steffan outside the South Bank centre in London. We went for a stroll alongside the Thames, grabbed a coffee from one of …

This episode is with comedian, author, TV man and capital G GAMER, it’s Steve McNeil! Recorded in October of 2023, I visited the VIBRANT / mostly concrete town of Milton Keynes, where Steve took me on a driving tour of everything the place had to see (basically the Milton Keynes concrete cows). After doing our level best to not mention computer gam…

Photos courtesy of Lyndsay Spence It’s a longer one this week as I take you on an audio journey to Scotland, as I make my way to the fabulous Glesgames! Recorded THIS MONTH - March 2024 - I took a train to Edinburgh where I stayed with a friend (shout outs to Mark - I love you mate) before making my way over to Glasgow to attend Glesgames - an even…

Welcome back! Episode 4 is with returning guest George “not that one) Osborn! Recorded in Octobier 2023, I was refreshing George’s headshots in Stoke Newington’s Loading Bar so I decided we should double up (or double down?) and crack out an hour of magical podcasting. Surprisingly for us, we used up 80% of our usual mutual silliness putting the he…

Welcome back! Episode 3 is with the magnificent Luke Hebbelthwaite! Luke is head of games at BAFTA - if you’ve seen a BAFTA games thing in the past, you can bet Luke was involved in it! Recorded in January 2024, Luke met with me in the churchyard close to BAFTA 195 in London Piccadilly where we had a mini tour of the surrounding area, before headin…

Welcome back! Episode 2 of Season 6 is with the mighty Ellie Gibson! Ellie Gibson is a comedian, journalist and these days a streamer of computer games, as people over 40 born in the UK sometimes call them. Aside from her legendary tenure at Eurogamer, you may know her from the TV series Dara O’ Briain’s Go 8 Bit as well as being one half of the ex…

Welcome to season 6 of MGIF, a videogames-leaning podcast where you listen to me walking around (mostly) London having fun silly chats with people who are involved with or have an interest in videogames in one way or another. IF, while you’re listening to this podcast, you begin to think about videogame culture and its wider place in society, that …

It’s been a while, and I know you’re all waiting for the new season to drop, well here’s something to be getting on with until the new season is ready - it’s MGIF goes to WASD! WASD is an indie-focused videogames expo that was hosted this weekend at the Truman Brewery in Shoreditch. I pootled along with my microphone and did my usual shit chatting,…

Episode 11 and the season finale is with ustwo Games producer, Mike Anderson! Mike is an old friends from my time where I spent three years creating a photodocumentary of the people of ustwo games as they made Monument Valley 2. This is a completely off the rails chat where we chat about all sorts of nonsense, but of course various video games and …

Episode 10 is with co-founder of the brand new game studio Electric Saint, it’s the FIRST returning guest, the majestic Anna Hollinrake! I met up with Anna at a sandwich shop and fuelled up for our walk through the park. We talked about Anna’s new studio Electric Saint, in between getting lost on various flights of whimsy, as you might expect from …

Episode 9 is with Landlord of Nottingham’s King Billy pub, games media veteran and one fifth of the comedy podcast Regular Features, it’s Jon “Log” Blyth! I met Log at St Pancras station where we walked around for a bit, got pissed on by the rain, sang a bit of Nina Simone, bought a shitty wrap and slagged off the significantly more successful podc…

Episode 8 is with legendary radio DJ and lord and master of the Stak podcast network, Pete Donaldson! I met up with Pete over at the Stak studio. We went for a brisk walk in the park and discussed jolly topics like having heart palpitations at the age of 40 and what “brands” of dogs he knows, before strolling back to the Stak studio and plugging in…

Episode 7 is with the absolutely wonderful Imogen Mellor. Imogen worked at PC Gamer until she recently left for a new job working with the Telegraph as an Audience Development Editor for the puzzle section of the paper. I met with Imogen in Chiswick and we took a walk around the market before settling down in the park to complete our podcast chat. …

Episode 6 is with the incredible stand up comedian Bilal Zafar. Bilal is currently on tour with his new show “Care”, which recounts his experiences working in a private care home on minimum wage. He is also well known for his Twitch presence, particularly the ongoing serial drama / sitcom series “Hot Peppsy”. I met up with Bilal and we went for a c…

Episode 5 is with the brilliant Sarah Dyer, community manager at Splash Damage. I met up with Sarah in a pub near Splash Damage’s offices and we had a couple of pints whilst discussing wrestling (for a bit), Sarah’s move into her first games role at Splash Damage, getting into games without having to go to uni to study them and BRAINS, and how they…

Episode 4 has arrived and it’s with the wonderful Lauren Kaye - a presenter and content creator behind the podcast She Plays Games and the Youtube channel Final Fantasy Union. I met up with Lauren in summer last year in Ecclestone Yards, where we talked about London-centric events, our initiative Photomode, as well as other initiatives such as Wome…

Season 5 Episode 3 is with Lana Zgombić, producer at Playstation London and co-founder of the Limit Break mentorship program.By MGIF Podcast

Season 5 Episode 2 the MGIF Pod is with podcast legend and co-host of TCGS, Sean BellBy MGIF Podcast

Season 5 Episode 1 of the newly branded MGIF Pod is with the fantastic stand up comedian Masud Milas.By MGIF Podcast

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. This episode of Making Games Is Fun is with Anita Wong. Anita works at the PR company Indigo Pearl, known for their work with Devolver Digital and Blizzard, amongst many other…

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. This episode of Making Games Is Fun is with Ho-Yee Li. Ho-Yee is a producer at Mediatonic, and has just released their first game, Murder By Numbers. We talk about how it feel…

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. This episode of Making Games Is Fun is with George Batchelor of State of Play. George works at State of Play by day, and by night he creates “sad animal games”; conversation-b…

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. This episode of Making Games Is Fun is with Dan Maher, editorial director at Explosive Alan, although you may know him from Inside XBox and Videogame Nation. We chatted about …

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. This episode of Making Games Is Fun is with Ricky Haggett! Ricky, previously of Honeyslug, now heads up Hollow Ponds with his wife and is working on a currently unannounced ti…

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. This episode of Making Games Is Fun is with the wonderful Daniel Krupa of RKG. Dan formed YouTube channel RKG with his two friends and work colleagues Gav Murphy and Rory Powe…

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. This episode of Making Games Is Fun is with Jim Unwin. Jim is a game artist and a UI/UX developer currently working at Glowmade, an indie dev studio based in Guildford. Jim ha…

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. We start 2020 with an absolute STONKER of a pod with George Osborn. George is head of communications at UKIE, but he’s much more than that - he’s an ambassador for the charity…

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. While you await the new series of Making Games Is Fun, I thought I’d put a mini bonus episode together from my visit to EGX. And, well, here it is! This episode features a cat…

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. This episode of Making Games Is Fun is with videogame journalist and historian Holly Nielsen. We talk about when Holly's interest in both videogames and history began, and how…

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. I sat down with Anna in their home to chat about their artwork and the process of creating concept art, as well as their extraordinary personal work in which Anna creates beau…

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. New episodes release every other week. Subscribe to the Patreon today to get the next episode of Making Games Is Fun a week early. Go to www.patreon.com/MGIF to find out more.…

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. I sat down with the incredible Alexis Trust during their last days at Attention Seekers, a London based creative agency specialising in videogame content. I spoke with Alexis …

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. Emily Gera is a freelance videogame journalist who has written for Variety, Polygon, Eurogamer and The Guardian, amongst many others. In this episode, we talk about the proces…

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. Luca Redwood is the creator of 10000000 and You Must Build A Boat, a pair of light-hearted, beautifully designed match 3 action RPG games for mobile. His latest game, Photogra…

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. To calm my nerves after going so far out of London in the last episode (Cambridge), I decided to delve deep into the heart of the city and interview Haley Uyrus of Mediatonic.…

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. Episode seven of this series is with Polygon Treehouse. Polygon Treehouse are an indie dev studio from Cambridge, and are made up of two ex Guerilla Games and Sony veterans Al…