EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Quibble Race

EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Quibble Race

Author: The Secret Lives of Games August 15, 2025 Duration: 1:58:16

We're joined by Scott Anderson (Unity), Jackie Vecchitto (Trombone Champ), and Xalavier Nelson (Strange Scaffold) to discuss Quibble Race, the 47th game in the UFO 50 collection.

"In the seedy world of Quibble racing, sometimes it takes shady tactics to get ahead."

Next week: Seaside Drive

Audio edited by Dylan Shumway.

Discussed in this episode:

Unity 6.2 Livestream
https://www.youtube.com/live/PmpUlbWD_mI 

Post Games: Big predictions for the future of games
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-predictions-for-the-future-of-games/id1815131711?i=1000721543499

Umamusume Pretty Derby
https://umamusume.com/ 

Space-Cast! #47. Bun Bangers (interview with Jon Perry)
https://spacebiff.com/2025/06/20/sbsc-47/ 

Hot Streak
https://www.cmyk.games/products/hot-streak

Gameheads
https://gameheadsoakland.org/ 

Gameheads Showcase
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gameheads-11th-annual-student-showcase-tickets-1545651347789?aff=oddtdtcreator 

Draknek New Voices Grant
https://grants.draknek.org/ 

Jackie on Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/jackiev.bsky.social 

Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G6GGV5WW6/kaiji 

Strange Scaffold
https://www.strangescaffold.com/ 


https://www.youtube.com/eggplantshow 

http://discord.gg/eggplant

https://www.patreon.com/eggplantshow

 

 


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