DreamPod 150: Mike Tucker of Bitmap Bureau

About this episode

In the 150th episode, Tom interviews Mike Tucker, a veteran in the gaming industry, discussing his career and contributions to indie games.

We had to do something special for the 150th episode of the DreamPod. Well, turns out that Tom is good friends with gaming industry veteran and design director of indie powerhouse Bitmap Bureau, Mike Tucker, and getting him on the DreamPod was long overdue. Joined by the foremost expert on Giant Killers in the Western World™, Kev, we look back at Mike's career in the games industry — from playtesting classics like Carmageddon at SCi Games, to his time at io Productions working on the cancelle...

People in this episode

Host: Tom

Guest: Mike Tucker

Topics covered

• gaming industry
• indie games
• game design
• career retrospective
• Giant Killers

Keywords

• DreamPod
• Mike Tucker
• Bitmap Bureau
• Giant Killers
• Carmageddon
• game design
• indie games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bitmap Bureau

Books & works: Carmageddon

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