Byteside Podcasts
A tracking app is just fancy contact tracing
This week's podcast features a look at Australia's contact tracing app plans, Minecraft RTX, playing digital boardgames and Fortnite's next virtual concert!
Marc Rogers on CTI League's "Hackers without borders"
A fascinating chat with Marc Rogers, head of cybersecurity at Okta and long-time SecOps lead for legendary hacker conference DEFCON.
Interview: Alex Abrate, Level Up Dice
Seamus catches up with the founder and CEO of the best makers of gorgeous luxury gaming dice in the world: Alex Abrate from Level Up Dice.
Nico King, Chaos Theory Games
This week Seamus talks with Nico King, co-founder and Executive Creative Director of Chaos Theory Games, an independent games studio based out of Sydney,
Hacks, remakes and fancy new phones
When are Zoom hacks not actually Zoom hacks? Why do games seem to have a better handle on doing remakes than film? That and more on this week's show.
Michal Blicharz and IEM Katowice's coronavirus moment
Michal 'Carmac' Blicharz on that moment when IEM Katowice was told it couldn't open its doors, plus the nature of esports during the coronavirus crisis.
Now The Official Quibi Review Show
When this episode started we weren't sure about Quibi. By 15 minutes in we've decided that's all the show is about from now on.
Beyond just virtual boards to play on
We've looked at virtual board tools for online boardgaming, but what about skipping those and just getting a game running anyway you like? Just. Do. It.
The Unsubscribe Experiment
Seamus has been unsubscribing from all his video streaming services... but he's still using them all exactly the way he always has. Huh? How's that work?
The internet high wire act
Services are blowing up in all kinds of ways, whether becoming the new hotness or collapsing under the weight of all this new work from home traffic.
Hearthstone's Year of the Phoenix!
A big new year for Hearthstone. Unquestionably biggest yet. So The Scrapyard gets some Hearthstone specialists together to talk shop. Demon Hunters. Outland.
Ben Lee, Blowfish Studios
Ben Lee, co-founder and Managing Director of Blowfish Studios, talks about running an indie studio and publisher on the latest High Resolution podcast.
Staying together apart
As the coronavirus crisis worsens, tech has a massive role to play in keeping us together while we're physically isolating ourselves to avoid the virus.
Boardgames in the age of coronavirus
We're being encouraged to self isolate if we can, which is great news for many geeks. But if you can't gather around a table for a boardgames because that's a
The Sistine Chapel of Storytelling
We're not angry about Warcraft 3: Reforged, we're just disappointed. A deep dive on that in this week's podcast plus that blasted Corrupted Blood problem.
DON'T PANIC
42 years of The Hitchhiker's Guide, The Last of Us heading to TV, Dorsey fights to stay in charge of Twitter, and plenty more on this week's show!
Uplink: Ellen Broad
Ellen Broad is a boardgame designer. But that's not actually why I'm talking to her for Uplink. The boardgames was something of a byproduct – her main focus
Josh Inman: from ACL to ESL
Seamus caught up with Josh Inman, Operations Manager for ESL Australia, a few weeks ago around the AO Summer Smash event (ESL was behind the scenes on
Theros, how I mythed you
This week's show looks at Kickstarter games, card games where the theme makes it inherently fun, and the new Theros MtG crossover sourcebook for D&D!
Don't let anyone pretend 8K matters
This week we discuss coronavirus (because that's mandatory right now), mobile games, classic games and the proof that 8K TV is utterly unnecessary.
