Category Archives: Podcasts

Game and movie podcasts featuring Tom Chick and guests.

Qt3 Games Podcast: which one is the tiger?

This week, Toddler Taxonomist developer Clay Heaton joins us to talk about how such long Latin words found their way into his kid’s game and the unlikely name for his Rogue-like currently in development. We also talk about first-person tower … Continue reading

1 Comment

Qt3 Movie Podcast: Star Trek Into Darkness

This week it’s a two-fer, with The Great Gatsby discussion for the first 31 minutes, followed by a Star Trek Into Darkness discussion until the 1:14-minute mark. At that point, we drop into this week’s 3×3 for a discussion of … Continue reading

25 Comments

Qt3 Games Podcast: Qt3 and the World of Tomorrow!

This week’s Qt3 Games Podcast comes to you from the distant future! Jason, Nick and Vickie discuss games we’re looking forward to in the year 2013, games we’re currently enjoying in the year 2013 and news we’re currently news…ing? You … Continue reading

4 Comments

Qt3 Movie Podcast: not Great Gatsby

We regret to inform you that The Great Gatsby podcast will be assimilated into the Star Trek Into Darkness podcast. Or that the Star Trek Into Darkness podcast will be borne back ceaselessly into The Great Gatsby podcast. Tune in … Continue reading

9 Comments

Qt3 Games Podcast: not starving

This week we consider the finer points of not starving in games like Minecraft, Terraria, and Don’t Starve. Then we discuss the latest and not-so-greatest in tower defense, why people are mad at Warren Spector, Diablo III’s Black Tuesday, how … Continue reading

11 Comments

Qt3 Movie Podcast: Iron Man 3

We might be too cool for Thor, Dark Knight Rises, and Elektra, but we’re not too cool for Iron Man 3. Maybe these comic books aren’t so silly, after all. You can skip this week’s 3×3 about lip syncing as … Continue reading

26 Comments

Qt3 Games Podcast: the man behind the Monaco

This week we’re joined by Monaco designer Andy Schatz who recognizes Tom Chick’s intellectual acumen at things like geometry and stealth gameplay, while he also recognizes that some people — he’s too polite to call out McMaster by name — … Continue reading

9 Comments

Qt3 Movie Podcast: Pain & Gain

Is this modestly budget character-driven thriller Michael Bay’s Fargo, his Once Upon a Time in America, or his Love Guru? Listen to the Pain & Gain podcast to find out. At the 34-minute mark, this week’s 3×3 points out the … Continue reading

8 Comments

Qt3 Games Podcast: what’s ours is yours

McMaster, Nick, Tom, and Vickie discuss whether to bring the monkey in Monaco, who is and isn’t a villain in Tomb Raider, action RPGs that are and aren’t Diablo 3, and some tower defense game McMaster can play at work. … Continue reading

11 Comments

Qt3 Movie Podcast: Oblivion

It’s a spirited two-to-one split on Oblivion, which is why the 3×3 doesn’t start until the 1 hour and 17-minute mark. Speaking of marks, this week’s 3×3 is tattoos!

17 Comments

Qt3 Games Podcast: Tom vs Bruce vs Chris Taylor

The battle between Tom and Bruce in Nemo’s War might be over, but the war rages on! Nemo’s War creator Chris Taylor joins Tom Chick and Bruce Geryk for an in-depth (get it?) discussion of Jules Verne, boardgaming, and more … Continue reading

7 Comments

Qt3 Movie Podcast: The Place Beyond the Pines

We all agree that The Place Beyond the Pines, the latest movie from Ryan Gosling and Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance, is no Blue Valentine. At the 57-minute mark we focus on our favorite lasers for this week’s 3×3. Next … Continue reading

21 Comments

Qt3 Games Podcast: what ever happened to Second Life?

Tom Chick and Nick Diamon call out Linden Lab CEO and erstwhile Sims developer Rod Humble for that weird Second Life game. Not pictured, by the way. That’s a screenshot from the lovely but inchoate Patterns, also from Linden Lab. … Continue reading

11 Comments

Qt3 Movie Podcast: Evil Dead

This week we see the R-rated, CG-less, soul-swallowing, horror reboot, Evil Dead. At the 54-minute mark, this week’s 3×3 is about smoke. Next week: The Place beyond the Pines

5 Comments

Qt3 Games Podcast: did 2K Games damage Bioshock Infinite?

Tom Chick, Nick Diamon, and Jason “It’s a-me, Luigi!” McMaster discuss whether the marketing for Bioshock Infinite hurt some of the sense of discovery. If you’ve seen the trailers and read the previews, don’t worry about spoilers. And if you … Continue reading

17 Comments