Playstyle

Aditya Pal, an old school friend, joins me for a candid conversation where we reminisce about his early gaming memories, unraveling the motivations that have fueled his gaming journey. He shares his personal experience and the conscious decision to step back, opting for more accessible mediums like movies and series.

Join us as we embark on a free-flowing conversation that humorously touches upon gaming, the allure of easy entertainment, and even existential dilemmas.

Grab your headphones, settle in, and enjoy this engaging conversation.

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In this episode, I have Gagan Dev Riar, better known for his titular role of Abdul Karim Telgi in the series Scam 2003.

Gagan is a self-proclaimed avid gamer, and in this episode, he talks about his likes and dislikes related to games. He also shares how he finds similarities and differences in his profession of acting and playing games where you are the actor.

This is a different kind of interview for Gagan, and it's a great opportunity to get to know this different side of him. If you're a fan of Gagan's work, or if you're just interested in hearing from a unique perspective on games, then this is the episode for you.

Tune in now to hear Gagan talk about his favorite games, what he looks for in a game, and what he thinks makes a game enjoyable for him.

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This episode features Vijayendra Mohanty, also known as Vimoh to his thousands of followers on social media. He writes about contemporary Indian society and culture. He is also a story teller who is interested in building fantasy, and sci-fi worlds.

Talking about games, we discuss various topics ranging from early arcade experiences outside a local shop while growing up, to being a regular player of different kind of games now. There's discussion about how he uses the games and experiences to build his own story and using it as a medium of commentary on society and culture as well.

We also cover topics about how first time user experience plays part in distancing new players from games, and there's a player's perspective on how it is interpreted. 

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Some of the games we talk about - Brawlhalla, Minecraft, Brawl Stars

Playstyle is back after a long break, and in this episode I have Meghnad joining me for a super fun chat about games. He describes himself as juggling between being a journalist, political analyst, public policy expert, and a Youtube creator in a professional setting. However, one thing he definitely loves is games. We talk about his experiences with gaming as a hobby, and the likes and dislikes about the games that he plays. There's some fun rants and banter throughout the episode. The conversation was delightful and insightful for me, and I hope you enjoy listening to it as well.

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There's many games that Meghnad recommends in this episode. Listing down some of them here - Satisfactory, Factorio, Frostpunk, Dyson Sphere Program, Defense Grid 2.

The guest in this episode is Ketki, who is quite a fan of some mobile games. Although she hasn't been a regular player of a lot of games in recent times, she does have some fun experiences and insights to share. We talk about popular games that she was a regular player of, and her likes and dislikes when it comes to games. These conversations always give me new perspective about how different people look at games, and the way they engage with it. I hope you enjoy the listening to the episode as well.

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In this episode I have a chat with Bidisha, who claims to not have much information about games in the first place. However we still end up discussing lot of fun memories about her experiences of when and why she has enjoyed playing games. I try to learn more about her likes, dislikes, and the reasons behind not being a regular player of any kind of games. I believe this talk should've inspired her to play more games and explore more of this interactive medium. I had a fun, and insightful conversation and I hope you enjoy listening to it.

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Bidisha is a Growth Manager at Scrollstack, which is a great platform where you can publish your own content, and also charge for it. It is free to use, and I am also a regular user of this platform.

I have another lovely guest this time, Nadine. She tells me her memories about games while growing up, and some interesting mix of games that she plays currently. We try and delve a bit deeper into what makes any particular game experience enjoyable and engaging when it comes to her personal preferences. With some interesting anecdotes, I hope you enjoy listening to this episode.

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The book that Nadine recommends: Erebos, by Ursula Poznanski

This episode's guest is Shivani. A long pending episode which we finally got to record after managing our different time zones. Listen to our conversation where she talks about her experiences with various games that she's played. As usual, there's fond memories, and the various likes and dislikes that would give you a perspective on how various people enjoy their games.

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Back again with another guest for a wonderful conversation about games and experiences around games. This time, I have Nitin Goel joining me for a chat. He's an avid reader, who also runs an online project to help and remind people to read more. It was a super engaging discussion talking about games and the different ways in which he has seen and enjoyed the different games till date. Tune in to listen to our fun chat about games, and also to get a few reading recommendations.

Yashwant features in this episode and we talk about his gaming journey, and how he's recently got engaged in Dungeons & Dragons. He shares some lovely anecdotes about his first gaming console, and the things that he likes and hates about the games.

Do give it a listen, there's lot of fun stories that you might enjoy because I certainly had a great time talking to Yashwant.

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P.S.: Listener's discretion advised as this episode does feature a bit of expletives in it.

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This episode gave me a chance to interact with the first genZ guest on my podcast, Manish. We have a long talk about his experiences with gaming where he reflects on the thousands of hours that he spent on DoTA so far. There's some life lessons to learn from gaming as well, which Manish explains with his takes on how his gaming habits have helped shape him into the person that he is today.

As always, I hope you like this conversation as much as I enjoyed having it.

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In this episode, I have another amazing guest, who used to be a game journalist, and is also a published author of 2 fiction books. Nikhil Pradhan talks about his love for narrative based games, and his experiences with them. We talk about how the story line and narration can be a great engaging hook for games. Also about dffferent playstyles when it comes to playing games across mediums, and ofcourse the likes, and dislikes about the various games that we've played.

Fun chat, some insights, and in general good vibes, was what I enjoyed during this conversation and I hope you like it too.

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Check out Nikhil's books - 'Cold Truth', and 'Yesterday's Ghosts' (Harper Collins). Available on Amazon.

In this second episode I have another cool guest, who's also a dear friend since childhood. Mohsin joins me in talking about his experiences with playing the different, especially sports, games. A fan who also follows the sports, but also adds to his experience it by engaging in various sports titles on his console. We talk about his gaming habits with some casual banter on the side.

I hope you enjoy listening to this conversation as much as I enjoyed recording it.

In the first episode of Playstyle, I have a fun guest who doesn't make games, but plays a lot of them for sure. He took the playing so seriously that he now teaches math concepts to young kids using games. Divesh Bathija joins me in talking about his experience with gaming, and what he likes and dislikes about it.

I hope you enjoy listening to this conversation as much as I enjoyed having this conversation.

The group of people that are usually missing from all the discourse about making games, are the players. The ones that are not professionally obliged to play games for any reason. The ones that play just because they want to. 

And that's who I aim to reach out in this new podcast Playstyle.

Join in, as I learn from different players about what they like, or dislike about the games they play. I look forward to learning more about games, and stories from people. New episodes coming soon.

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