LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks
LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks
The LEGO Group
An official LEGO® Games podcast dedicated to digging out and exploring some of the many fascinating stories and lessons learned from a quarter century of game development. The podcast will feature the most memorable games and, importantly, some of those dedicated developers who helped bring them to life. For questions and comments, please write to [email protected].
The Tale of LEGO® Bricktales
LEGO Bricktales is a game born in a bathtub of LEGO DUPLO® bricks, inspired by Nintendo’s own Captain Toad, and created by a team behind a game played by one in every 100 people on Earth. The story of LEGO Bricktales is one of childhood friendships, big gambles, and unexpected success. For questions and comments, please write to [email protected].
Oct 24, 2022
58 min
A Journey Into the Real LEGO® City
Discover how The LEGO Group are injecting creativity and imagination into daily life in Billund, the birthplace of The LEGO brick.
Aug 31, 2022
59 min
The LEGO Group’s Playful 90th
In the lead-up to the LEGO Group’s 90th anniversary this month, we journey to the company’s home in Billund, Denmark to talk with some of its eclectic employees about how they create the future of play, informed by the past.
Aug 10, 2022
1 hr 12 min
The Rise of BrickLink
As the LEGO Group retires the fan version of LEGO® Digital Designer and transitions to official support of BrickLink Studio, we examine the history of both digital brick designers and how their histories came together.
Jan 31, 2022
1 hr 10 min
Postscript
The final episode of 2021, after a year of celebrating the rich history of LEGO® video games. Stay tuned for more episodes in 2022.
Dec 29, 2021
3 min
25 Years of LEGO® Lessons
As the Bits N’ Bricks one-year celebration of LEGO Games’ 25th anniversary wraps up, we examine what lessons we learned, speak with some of those behind the podcast, and talk to LEGO Games thinkers about its future.
Dec 22, 2021
55 min
Creating Worlds with LEGO® Bricks
LEGO Worlds was a slow-burning success, the byproduct of the LEGO Group’s innate desire to make its own Minecraft™, empowered with lessons learned from LEGO Universe and LEGO City Undercover.
Dec 15, 2021
44 min
The LEGO Game That Unlocked True Digital Creation
Perhaps the most important video game ever made for the LEGO Group was almost more tool than plaything. Over its nearly 25-year lifespan, LEGO Creator evolved from an early ‘90s masterpiece to the LEGO Digital Designer, used in crafting toys, games, and movies.
Dec 8, 2021
44 min
How a Soccer Net Almost Killed Football Mania
The LEGO Group’s dip into creating a sports video game almost ended at the net. A look into the early history of Football Mania.
Dec 1, 2021
31 min
When Forza Cars Met LEGO Bricks
The 2019 collaboration between Microsoft’s Forza Horizon and LEGO® Speed Champions started at a car show in Detroit and includes a fun little bit of fictional backstory.
Nov 24, 2021
37 min
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