Media Molecule Podcast

The birds are chirping, the sun's been shining a bit, the flowers are starting to bloom, and our clocks have gone forward--all signs that spring has sprung! And with it, a shiny new podcast! It's been a while, and we're down a Tom this week, but Kenny, Spaff, and Alice went into the sound cave to quickly catch up on where it is we've been this whole time, including tons of fun stuff that's been happening in the Little Big Planet world! But that's not all! This podcast sees the first of two special segments we recorded in our adventures a few weeks ago during the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. We hope you enjoy our two very special guests, Greg Rice from Double Fine Productions and Chris Remo from the Idle Thumbs Podcast. They speak with us about their amazing success on Kickstarter--very exciting and impressive!--and then we dive into some wonderful indie games chatter. As fate would have it, and as you may have noticed as it is now the 2nd of April and no longer a Friday, we did not manage to get the podcast up last week. So, it looks as though we're the April Fools after all!

Do you smell that? Take a whiff -- it's the tantalising aroma of a new gaming device. The PlayStation Vita launched this week in the US and EU, and Kenny, Tom, and Alice are feeling the electronic device envy as folks around Mm towers start to unpack their very own shiny new handhelds. Spaff recounts tales of a recent gam jam that took place at Tarsier Studios in Sweden. And, exciting news -- the Sackies have reached the final phase! All you fine folks can now go and vote for your favourite finalists on LBP.me! A lot of traveling is on the horizon for us podcasters though, with Game Developers Conference around the corner, followed by SXSW, so we quickly wrap things up with some fine (quality not confirmed) jokes! Have you bought or plan to buy a PlayStation Vita? Let us know what games you're looking forward to, or send us some jokes (maybe good ones!) to podcast AT mediamolecule.com

Oh dear... Have you ever played a game so vigorously -- so enthusiastically, so POWERFULLY -- that you've accidentally given yourself an injury? Spaff, Tom, Kenny, and Alice think back on all the times they've given themselves a game-related ouchie in this podcast's Topic of the Week (spoiler: Spaff is made of glass and is currently sporting a fractured radius). Cradle that sore gaming thumb of yours as we read out some stories from you, the listeners! On an entirely less "owie" note, the Sackies have reached the end of the nominations phase! Keep your butts glued to your seats, as the finalists will soon be revealed and you'll be able to enter the voting phase. Very exciting :)

Kenny, Alice, Tom and Spaff attend his week's episode of the podcast , which takes a dive into the mundane as we discuss tiling, shelf erecting, sink unblocking, and moving house. Kenny explains Burns Night, which leads to a special reading of a Burns Night classic poem, and that's not the only performance… that is if you could our impromptu attempt to record a song a performance.

We may be saying goodbye to tides of yule and, alas, bidding farewell to the entirety of last year, but please take time to welcome, welcome, welcome 2012's first Mm podcast goodness! In keeping with new beginnings, keen listeners may notice we've freshened up the format a bit – and the addition of snazzy sounds is surely not to be missed! This week’s TOPIC OF THE WEEK (WEEk WEek Week week….echo echo) is: “What is your new year’s resolution?” Feel free to chime in with yours in the comments below! Additionally, Kenny, Spaff, Tom, and Alice discuss who did what and where over the new year, dive into the latest and greatest LBP happenings, dance dangerously close to Kenny’s Star Wars mega-fan triggers, and dust off the good ol’ mail bag. We hope you enjoy it! “Where can I find out about that thing you were talking about?” -The Sackies! Go to LBP.me now to get nominating! -Daytime Fireworks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPV8zdiySlI -Richard Jacques: http://www.richardjacques.com/ -Star Wars: The Old Republic: http://www.swtor.com/