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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 bitsnbricks@lego.com.

  • 57 episodes
  • Updated Jun 15, 2023

Episodes57

  • Jun 15, 2023 · 28 min

    Why LEGO® Bricks Stick

    The original LEGO bricks didn’t stick together. How and why that changed offers deep insight into the very core of the now 90-year-old toymaker. For questions and comments, please write to bitsnbricks@lego.com.

  • Jun 15, 2023 · 41 min

    Sustainability and the Everlasting LEGO® Brick

    LEGO bricks can last generations. Here’s how the company makes sure they never land in a landfill and other ways its working on environmental sustainability. For questions and comments, please write to bitsnbricks@lego.com.

  • Oct 24, 2022 · 58 min

    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 bitsnbricks@lego.com.

  • Aug 31, 2022 · 59 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 10, 2022 · 1 hr 12 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.

  • Feb 2, 2022 · 1 hr 10 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.

  • Dec 29, 2021 · 3 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 22, 2021 · 55 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 15, 2021 · 44 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 8, 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.

  • Nov 24, 2021 · 37 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 3, 2021 · 37 min

    Tiny LEGO Brick Towers, Big LEGO Brick Ideas

    LEGO Tower wasn’t just a brickified take on smash hit Tiny Tower. It was an evolution of both that delightful game and LEGO Games’ approach to mobile games as a whole.