Bits N' Bricks

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Presentation
Hosted byEthan Vincent, Brian Crecent
GenreVideo games
Written byBrian Crecente
Length30–80 minutes
Production
ProductionRonny Schere
Composed byPeter Prieme
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes55
Publication
Original release2020-11-25
Related
WebsiteArchived official web page

LEGO Bits N' Bricks is an official LEGO podcast about the history of its video games, PC games, and digital play experiences. It launched on the 25th anniversary of the LEGO Group's first video game, LEGO Fun to Build.[1]

History

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Episodes

Season 1

Episode Title Date Participant(s) Transcript
0 Introduction 2020-11-25 PDF
1 Minecraft 2020-12-08 Daniel Mathiasen, Daniel Kaplan, Danny Bergmann, Paal Smith-Meyer, Ronny Scherer PDF
2 Fluid Play 2020-12-16 John Sokolowski, Paal Smith-Meyer, Michael Vanting, Sam Coates, Cephas Howard PDF
3 Holiday Special 2020-12-23 Ken Cunningham PDF
4 LEGO® Island 2020-12-30 Katie O'Neill, Michael Thompsen, Scott Anderson, Jim Brown, Tormod Askildsen, Ben Davies, Floris Thoonen PDF
5 Unity 2021-01-06 Tormod Askildsen, Naomi Clark, Jesper Erstvang, Vip Gupta, Anders Tankred Holm, Ronny Scherer, Tara Wike PDF
6 LEGO® Builder's Journey 2021-01-13 Kristian Reimer Hauge, Jonas Haugesen, Henrik Lindstrand, Karsten Lund, Mads Prahm, Michael Stahl PDF
7 LEGO® Friends: A Conversation 2021-01-20 Elena Catón PDF
8 LEGO® Minifigures: A Conversation 2021-01-27 Tara Wike PDF
9 TT Games 2021-02-03 Philip James, Darryl Kelley, Arthur Parsons, Tom Stone, Jonathan Smith, Martin Tremblay PDF
10 LEGO® Sonic Mania™: A Conversation 2021-02-10 Samuel Johnson, John Choon PDF
11 LEGO® Universe: Birth of an Idea 2021-02-17 Scott Brown, Mark Hansen, Peter Grundy, Ryan Seabury, Ronny Scherer, Lisbeth Valther

(Additional voices: Brian Johnson, Nathan Gray, Chris Sherland, Erik Urdang)

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12 LEGO® Universe Soundtrack: A Conversation 2021-02-24 Richard Dekkard, Brian Tyler PDF
13 LEGO® Universe: Death of an Dream 2021-03-03 Scott Brown, Richard Dekkard, Randall Furino, Peter Grundy, Mark Hansen, Brian Johnson, Ronny Scherer, Ryan Seabury, Chris Sherland, Brian Tyler, Lisbeth Valther PDF
14 LEGO® VIDIYO™: A Conversation 2021-03-10 Julia Goldin, William Thorogood PDF
15 LEGO® Overwatch®: A Conversation 2021-03-17 Mike Hummel, Sten Funder Lysdahl PDF
16 Darwin 2021-03-24 Claude Aebersold, Alex Furer, Julian Gómez, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, Bjarne Tveskov

(Additional voices: Adriana Eyzaguirre, Dent-de-Lion du Midi)

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17 LEGO® Video Games and Digital Play 2021-03-31 Niels B. Christiansen, Julia Goldin, Sean McEvoy PDF
18 A Fabled History 2021-04-07 Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen PDF
19 To Be Continued 2021-04-14 PDF

Season 2

Episode Title Date Participant(s) Transcript
20 May the Fourth Be With You 2021-05-04 Matt Fillbrandt, Matt Shell, Jonathan Smith PDF
21 Birth of a LEGO® Brawls-er 2021-05-26 Jared Kroff, Jenirae Reynolds PDF
22 LEGO® Marvel and the Missing Spider-Stan Song 2021-06-02 Chris Baker, Andrew Dolan, Arthur Parsons PDF
23 LEGO® Loco: The LEGO Group’s Take on SimCity 2021-06-09 Suzanne Maddison, Kevin Shrapnell, Rob Smith, Matthew Stibbe PDF
24 Inside LEGO® City Undercover: From Segway® to Zombie Hordes 2021-06-16 Ste Bate, Darryl Kelley, Matt Palmer PDF
25 Myth, Maori, and a Brain Tumor: The BIONICLE® Saga 2021-06-23 Christian Faber, Darvell Hunt, Jeff James, Liam Scott, Maui Solomon, Alastair Swinnerton PDF
26 Rocket Racer, Veronica Voltage and the Legend of LEGO® Racers 2021-06-30 Keith Morton, Eric Nofsinger, Cary Penczek PDF
27 Roblox Meets Minecraft™ in China’s LEGO® Cube 2021-07-07 Long Cao, Micki Fjeldgaard, Nannan Li, Sean McEvoy, Ronny Scherer PDF
28 The Fans, Devs, and Remake of Real-Time Strategy Classic LEGO® Rock Raiders 2021-07-14 Simon Eriksson, Ferdinand Köstler, Alan Sokol, Karl White PDF
29 Junkbot: The Lovable LEGO® Garbage Game 2021-08-18 Ranjit Bhatnagar, Naomi Clark, Frank Lantz, Eric Zimmerman PDF

Season 3

Episode Title Date Transcript
30 The Legacy of LEGO® Legacy: Heroes Unboxed 2021-08-25 PDF
31 Prototype, Playtest, Repeat: Inside Light Brick Studio 2021-09-01 PDF
32 The Life (and Legacy) of George 2021-09-08 PDF
33 Nexo Knights and the Big Bang Theory 2021-09-15 PDF
34 Holy Game Development, LEGO Batman 2021-09-22 PDF
35 Return of the LEGO® Star Wars™ Battles 2021-09-29 PDF
36 DUPLO® World, Create & Cruise, and LEGO Games for Pre-K 2021-10-06 PDF
37 The Surreal History of the LEGO Galidor TV Show, Game Console, and Action Figure 2021-10-13 PDF
38 Tiny LEGO Brick Towers, Big LEGO Brick Ideas 2021-11-03 PDF
39 LEGO® Harry Potter™ – A Journey Through All Eight Films 2021-11-10 PDF

Season 4

Episode Title Date Transcript
40 Alligators, Buckaroo Banzai, and LEGO Studios Backlot 2021-11-17 PDF
41 When Forza Cars Met LEGO Bricks 2021-11-24 PDF
42 How a Soccer Net Almost Killed Football Mania 2021-12-01 PDF
43 The LEGO Game That Unlocked True Digital Creation 2021-12-08 PDF
44 Creating Worlds with LEGO® Bricks 2021-12-15 PDF

Season 5

Episode Title Date Transcript
45 25 Years of LEGO® Lessons 2021-12-22 PDF
46 Postscript 2021-12-29
47 The Rise of BrickLink 2022-01-31 PDF
48 The LEGO Group’s Playful 90th 2022-08-10 PDF
49 A Journey Into the Real LEGO® City 2022-08-31 PDF
50 The Tale of LEGO® Bricktales 2022-10-23 PDF

Season 6

Episode Title Date
51 Demogorgons, Frogs, and Car Parts: Inside the Creation of LEGO® Botanicals 2023-06-13
52 Creating beehives, stunning art, and a prosthetic limb with LEGO® toys 2023-06-13
53 Sustainability and the Everlasting LEGO® Brick 2023-06-13
54 Why LEGO® Bricks Stick 2023-06-13
55 Conspiracies, Fans, and LEGO® Designers: Inside the Disappearance of the LEGO Goat 2023-06-13

External links

References

  1. "From Bricks to Bits: The LEGO Group Celebrates 25 Years of LEGO Video Games". LEGO.com. 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2024-06-30.