About This Episode
Heidi McDonald joins Drew this week to talk about various topics including a public confession of not knowing how to ride a bicycle, asset comparisons between herself and her avatar in Dragon Age, the great “Squee!” incident of 2013, and learning how to be bold from her boss riding into a wall on a penny farthing bicycle.
Heidi has several books to her name including Digital Love: Romance and Sexuality in Games. She also worked as the “translator” for iThrive Games and designer at School Games in her hometown of Pittsburg, PA.
Image Credit – GDC
Episode Hosts
Drew is the Chief Content Nerd for Love Thy Nerd and the co-host of Humans of Gaming. He is also the editor of Explore the Bible: Students and co-hosts the weekly CaPC Digest podcast for Christ and Pop Culture. Drew has written for Paste Magazine, Relevant Magazine, Christianity Today, WORLD Magazine, and Think Christian. He lives in the Nashville, TN area with his wife and their three children.
Episode Producer
Starting with Clear Channel Radio in the 90's, Jonathan has worked in audio and marketing for 20 years. Credits include stints at EA Tiburon, Christianity Today, Christ and Pop Culture, and freelancing as voice talent for audio books and podcast production services.
Related Content
The Pull List 27 | Meredith Finch on Comic Writing and The Book of Ruth
Meredith Finch joins Chris and Hector to talk about her life in Canada, thinking David Finch lived in a basement, and her Kickstarter The Book of Ruth.
Free Play 72 | Should RPG’s be Shorter?
Who doesn’t love a 400-hour story mode? But is all of that time worth it? Would it be better to play for a shorter time and move on to the next best thing?
Humans of Gaming 168 | Rob Daviau of Hasbro Games
Drew and Chris chat with board game titan Rob Daviau about his time as Hasbro, being a part-time parent, and how his beliefs influences his work.
Free Play 72 | What is Death Stranding Even About?
After what feels like a thousand years of waiting, we finally had a chance to see what Kojima has up his sleeve. But is it any good?
Pull List 26 | The Pull List Turns One Year Old
It’s been one whole year since Chris and Hector started The Pull List Podcast! Help us celebrate together by talking about Comics!
Free Play 32 | Spoopiest Moments in Games (Community Edition)
We polled our Facebook Community and asked them about a few of the more memorable times when they got a little more than scared playing games.
Free Play 69 | Gaming’s Weirdest PR Stunts
Well… Fortnite broke itself… and the internet in a brilliant PR stunt. This, and other wierd gaming PR stunts is what we want to talk about this week.
Pull List 25 | NYCC News, Rumors, and a Spoiler FilledJoker Review
We talk about the news and rumors out of NYCC Comic Con 2019 including the possibility of a DC Universe reset along with our review of Todd Phillips' Joker
Episode Discussion