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Thoughtful game talk with room to wander.
Gamers With Jobs - Conference Call gathers a rotating table of game-minded regulars for patient, funny conversation about what they have been playing. The talk ranges from newer games and platform ports to speedrunning, tabletop systems, art, and why certain games click slowly instead of instantly.
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Gamers With Jobs - Conference Call is a roomy roundtable for people who like their game discussion curious, specific, and unhurried. The show is less interested in quick verdicts than in how play feels over time. Recent episodes move through new and recent games, platform ports, tactical demos, tabletop systems, speedrunning, art, critical thinking, and the emotional difference between love at first sight and a slow-burn favorite. Short observations often grow into longer conversations. A comment about a menu, class system, dungeon master choice, or genre label can become a broader point about friction, comfort, repetition, pressure, or taste. The panel has an easy habit of handing topics around, with hosts and guests bringing their own play histories into the room. That makes the show feel conversational without becoming shapeless. It can explain Caves of Qud’s intimidating systems, compare tactical habits against XCOM instincts, or linger over why Blades in the Dark feels so orchestrated while still demanding improvisation. The humor is dry and lightly absurd. The analysis stays approachable. There is room for odd game titles, birthday-game check-ins, community prompts, and serious conversations about machine learning or the value of art. Richard Lovejoy, Amanda Knowlton, Aaron Turbo Hoodie Amendola, Daryl Latham, and other named panelists give the recent run a rotating-table feel rather than a single fixed voice. Guests such as Gabby Blackheart-Wings and Dr. Ben Chica bring focused topics into the mix. The result is a games show for listeners who want more than release chatter but do not need every thought polished into a thesis. It is knowledgeable, humane, and comfortable with digression when the digression earns its way back.
Made for: For players who enjoy reflective, conversational criticism across video games, tabletop games, indies, ports, and genre oddities. It especially fits listeners who like panels that compare mechanics to lived experience.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its patient, table-conversation style: games are treated as systems, memories, habits, and arguments, not just recommendations. Its rotating voices make room for digression without losing the thread.
The official podcast of GamersWithJobs.com, the GWJCC is our way of providing a podcast that feels like you are hanging out with friends after a long day in the office. We strive for smart, in-depth discussions about the latest games and gaming-related news, as well as light, playful tangents. We're always thrilled to talk about the new hotness, explore fun and strange indie gems, and revisit games old and new.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed group criticism connects game systems, stories and development choices without sanding away the pleasure of friends comparing notes.
Gamers With Jobs - Conference Call turns game criticism into a group conversation, with Richard Lovejoy, Aaron Amendola, Daryl Lathan and rotating co-hosts comparing what they have played before moving into interviews or focused discussions.
Mario Kart World sits beside a language-learning dungeon crawler; your backlog gets nervous.
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Starfield, tabletop structure, and a PAX East panel share one unrushed, lived-in space.
Episode 1018 opens in New York City with the host and Daryl trying to keep the room steady while street music drifts in from outside. It then moves into newer games on the platforms in view, with Starfield getting an early look through its broader PlayStation 5 release and…
A game-first conversation that moves from Resident Evil 9 to Caves of Cud.
The episode opens on Resident Evil 9 before shifting to a visually striking game whose menus come off as noisy and a little clumsy. It then settles into Caves of Cud, where the speakers linger on just how strange and flexible the systems can be, from a four-legged,…
A relaxed, funny GWJ call where horror, platforming, tactics, and Disco Elysium sit comfortably together.
Winter shoveling gives this GWJ Conference Call an easy, comic way in before the discussion tightens around a stronger question: how games make discomfort part of the decision.
A relaxed episode that keeps circling back to how games work, with only a brief drift into media speculation.
Episode 1010 reads as a relaxed Gamers with Jobs conversation that starts with Julian Rice's long-running affection for racing games and Mario Kart World, then settles into a substantial talk about Dispatch.
An easygoing Old Skies interview follows Sally Beaumont's overlap between game writing and voice acting.
GWJ Conference Call starts with Richard Lovejoy and Amanda Knowlton easing through the idea of a two-hander before the show settles into its Old Skies interview.
A warm panel conversation about Switch 2 pre-orders, old gaming pleasures, and Expedition 33's party drama.
GWJ Conference Call settles into the durable pleasures of game-design talk: what old ideas still work, what deserves another turn, and why. Amanda Nolten, Aaron Amendola, and Daryl Lathan start with the practical luck of Switch 2 pre-orders, then move into Expedition 33 and the…
Nilay Patel presses tech and media CEOs on how they actually run their companies.
Physician Shoshana Ungerleider pairs TED talks with interviews on aging, drug prices, and menopause.
Food52 hosts break down recipes and food-business origin stories, from sourdough to Salty Pimp cones.
Dan Pashman revisits food science with Kenji López-Alt and rotating live comedy guests.
Hosts Richard Lovejoy and Amanda Knowlton preview an interview with Old Skies creators Dave Gilbert and Sally Beaumont.
Host Amanda Nolten is joined by Aaron Amendola and Daryl Lathan to discuss recent games and bygone gaming tropes.
The call starts a little sideways.
Pokemon Pocopia dominates the opening as Aaron describes it as Animal Crossing plus Dragon Quest Builders, with a Ditto helping rebuild habitats for Charmander, Scyther, Pidgey, and Squirtle.
Aaron Turbo Hoodie Amendola opens the call with Rich Lovejoy, Aaron Potter, David Mann, and Mike Chalk.
Gamers With Jobs Conference Call on Wednesday, February 25th, 2026 centers on five games: Love Eternal, Karen, Menace, Dispatch, and Zero Parades for Dead Spies.
Episode 1010 opens with Richard Lovejoy at the table with Daryl Lathan, Aaron Amendola, and Julian Rice of Rice Games.