This is the Gameres with Jobs conference call podcast episode 902. We are the only podcast that is not

used AI to rip assets from Pokemon to create essentially a theft game. And we're here today

to present to you some awesome gaming goodness. My name is Richard Lovejoy. I will be your host today.

With us on the Gamer's with Jobs conference call episode 902 is Amanda Nolton. Amanda, hello.

Hi, welcome. Wait, no, you're welcoming me. Oh, how the turn tables. I'm welcoming you. I can be

welcomed to it.

Yeah. Doesn't it feel nice? Yeah, thanks, thanks for having me. Also, speaking of people that we're all lucky to be having right now, Darrell Lathen, Darrell. Oh, hello. Thank you. It's so nice to be had.

And we have the specialist of treats today because we have special guest, Will Petrie,

who's going to be talking about his game social alchemics later in the show. Will,

it's so good to have you. I'm also feeling very warmed and held by your

presence and being invited to be on the pod today. So thank you for having me. Thank you so much for

joining us. We're really excited to talk to you about social games. That's going to be our topic for today.

But before we get into that, we've been playing

some other types of games, some of which might indeed have social aspects to them. Will,

I'm going to let you kick this off because you are our special guests today. You've been playing

a little tiny game that nobody plays called wordle.

Is that right?

I'm not sure if anyone's heard of it.

It's very, it's very down low.

It's very, it's very indie.

Yes, I, I'd say probably in the past two years, I started, well, I officially got like a New York

Times digital subscription.

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