Gaming Career Podcasts
Gaming podcasts are the fastest way to level up your craft without opening a textbook. The best ones feel like sitting in on a studio meeting. You get real design debates, dev postmortems, art and animation breakdowns, narrative tactics, and the unfiltered career advice nobody puts in a job description. Below is a handpicked list of high-quality shows and streams across game design, development, worldbuilding, writing, and industry insights.
ART, ANIMATION AND WORLDBUILDING
Deep dives into the visual language of games. Style, motion, lighting, environments, and the craft of making worlds feel alive and cohesive.
| Art, Animation and World Building Podcasts | URL |
| The Animation Guild Podcast | https://open.spotify.com/show/0kKfIDKEVVLwiTADqtQBEP |
| The Art Department | https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/artdepartmentpodcast/ |
| Art Side of Life | https://open.spotify.com/show/3R6nmxo7gy6ZhLT1MA3qAq |
| Concept Art Podcast | https://www.youtube.com/@concept_101 |
| Designer Notes by Idle Thumbs | https://open.spotify.com/show/6olSupiE8sNmVfBdVFvVr6 |
GAME DESIGN
Shows that break down what makes gameplay click. Expect mechanics, balance, player psychology, and why some ideas feel fun on paper but fail in playtests.
| Game Design Podcasts | URL |
| Designer Notes | https://www.idlethumbs.net/designernotes |
| Game Maker’s Notebook | https://www.interactive.org/Interviews/the_game_makers_notebook.asp |
| Level Design Lobby | https://www.youtube.com/@LevelDesignLobby |
GAME DEVELOPMENT
Practical, build-focused conversations on shipping games. Tools, pipelines, engineering tradeoffs, production realities, and lessons from what actually worked.
| Game Development Podcasts | URL |
| CodeNewbie | https://www.codenewbie.org/ |
| The Debug Log | https://the-debug-log.simplecast.com/ |
| Game Developer Podcast (by GameDeveloper.com) |
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/about-the-game-developer-podcast |
| Game Dev Field Guide | https://open.spotify.com/show/7MHCdZLUyHLjmb3zc2XmJR |
| Game Dev Podcast with Jonas Tyroller |
https://tyrollerjonas.podbean.com/ |
| GameDev Unchained | https://www.youtube.com/gamedevunchained |
NARRATIVE AND GAME WRITING
For anyone shaping story, character, and dialogue in interactive worlds. Structure, branching choices, pacing, quest design, and writing that supports play.
| Narrative and Game Writing Podcasts | URL |
| Game Writer’s Panel | https://open.spotify.com/show/6Elfk4i5nNycqMCemjod9u |
| LORE | https://www.youtube.com/@lorepodcast |
| Script Lock | https://open.spotify.com/show/4P5fvfUOn7ysFb9777PpgK |
| Writing Excuses | https://www.youtube.com/@WritingExcusesPodcast |
CAREER AND INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
Straight talk about how the industry runs. Roles, hiring, portfolios, studio culture, pay and progression, plus what to learn next to stay competitive.
| Career and Industry Podcasts | URL |
| Deconstructor of Fun | https://www.deconstructoroffun.com/ |
| Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games | https://www.youtube.com/@thesecretlivesofgames |
| Gaming Industry News | https://www.youtube.com/@IGN |
| The Gaming Playbook | https://phokou.com/the-gaming-playbook/ |
| Kinda Funny Gamescast | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy3mMHt2i7RIn1aLupj0mSiSAETxwHDwm |
| The Nextlander Podcast | https://www.youtube.com/@Nextlander |
| Play, Watch, Listen | https://www.youtube.com/@PlayWatchListen |
| Spawn On Me | https://open.spotify.com/show/54RpOtEt0xBo6K1FO0Vo7X |
| Triple Click | https://open.spotify.com/show/54RpOtEt0xBo6K1FO0Vo7X |
| What’s Good Games | https://www.youtube.com/@WhatsGoodGames |
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