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.

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57 episodes
Updated Jun 15, 2023

Episodes57

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Oct 6, 2021 · 42 min
DUPLO® World, Create & Cruise, and LEGO Games for Pre-K
Why the LEGO Group decided to create games for preschoolers and how it continued its focus on empowering children while doing so.
Sep 29, 2021 · 44 min
Return of the LEGO® Star Wars™ Battles
How a meeting alongside an English motorway kicked off a three-year journey for LEGO Star Wars™ Battles.
Sep 22, 2021 · 42 min
Holy Game Development, LEGO Batman
LEGO Batman wasn’t just one of the LEGO Group’s most popular video games and most visited topics, he also arguably had one of the biggest impacts on TT Games’ long history of brickified game making.
Sep 15, 2021 · 43 min
Nexo Knights and the Big Bang Theory
While LEGO Nexo Knights was a massive transmedia property that spanned television, books, magazines, toys, and even an amusement park ride, it was the video game that held the property together and fueled its success.
Sep 8, 2021 · 39 min
The Life (and Legacy) of George
Inside the birth of Life of George and how a flat, LEGO brick puzzle game sparked a reexamination of the role digital experiences can play in the physical toy business.
Sep 1, 2021 · 42 min
Prototype, Playtest, Repeat: Inside Light Brick Studio
An intense weekly playtesting schedule is at the heart of Light Brick Studio’s follow-up to the award-winning puzzler LEGO® Builder’s Journey.
Aug 25, 2021 · 37 min
The Legacy of LEGO® Legacy: Heroes Unboxed
LEGO® Legacy: Heroes Unboxed isn’t just a snappy LEGO minifig take on action role-playing games, it’s also a nostalgia-filled examination of the diminutive LEGO figure’s roughly 40-year history.
Aug 18, 2021 · 40 min
Junkbot: The Lovable LEGO® Garbage Game
Nearly two decades before LEGO® Builder’s Journey had players assembling their way through brick levels, the trash eating, side-eyed Junkbot inspired digital LEGO brick creativity.
Jul 14, 2021 · 46 min
The Fans, Devs, and Remake of Real-Time Strategy Classic LEGO® Rock Raiders
As we wrap up season two of LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks, we dig into the creation of real-time strategy game LEGO Rock Raiders and its tremendous fanbase who work to ensure new players get a chance to try the original and are even creating modern remakes.
Jul 7, 2021 · 53 min
Roblox Meets Minecraft™ in China’s LEGO® Cube
LEGO Cube may be the LEGO Group’s most ambitious title to date, delivering a fully realized LEGO brick world to users who can create and share their own content in a mobile-first game. It may also never be released outside of China.
Jun 30, 2021 · 47 min
Rocket Racer, Veronica Voltage and the Legend of LEGO® Racers
The first LEGO® video game to hit consoles outside of Japan was born of one man’s idea of allowing children to build LEGO brick cars and then race them around a track. This week’s episode dives into the three-year development of 1999's classic LEGO Racers.
Jun 23, 2021 · 1 hr 14 min
Myth, Maori, and a Brain Tumor: The BIONICLE® Saga
From Boneheads of Voodoo Island to a Star Wars™--meets-Pokémon inspired transmedia mega hit: The metamorphosis of BIONICLE contains multitudes of fascinating stories and challenges including the tale of the franchise’s first retail video game and its failed sequel.
Jun 16, 2021 · 49 min
Inside LEGO® City Undercover: From Segway® to Zombie Hordes
Considered by many to be one of the LEGO Group and TT Game’s best titles, LEGO® City Undercover is a masterpiece packed with referential humor, hidden jokes, and not a few fascinating developer stories. Joins us as we dig into its creation and many hidden gems.
Jun 9, 2021 · 35 min
LEGO® Loco: The LEGO Group’s Take on SimCity
The story behind second-wave LEGO video game LEGO Loco and how it drew deep inspiration from SimCity and Will Wright’s theories around digital toys and playful experiences.
Jun 2, 2021 · 47 min
LEGO® Marvel and the Missing Spider-Stan Song
A deep dive into the making of LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes, one of the top-selling LEGO video games, unearths a wealth of interesting secrets. For instance, did you know Stan Lee actually sang for the game? How about the hidden appearance of EGO the Living Planet and the nod to an old Konami game? Tune in, true believers, for that and more during this week’s episode of Bits N’ Bricks.
May 26, 2021 · 52 min
Birth of a LEGO® Brawls-er
LEGO Brawls was born as a fun run mobile game, but a little bit of Nintendo inspiration transformed it into a sort of LEGO-themed Super Smash Bros. brawler. In this episode, developer Red Games Co. walks us through the evolution, success, and long tail of LEGO Brawls.
May 5, 2021 · 1 hr 2 min
May the Fourth Be With You
From brickifying emotional movie death scenes to the creation of the LEGO® Star Wars™ Pooper Trooper, Lucasfilm Games doesn’t just hand over its beloved properties, it also makes sure they’re handled properly. In this special May the 4th episode, we chat with two of the many Lucasfilm Games folks responsible for ensuring the sanctity of the Lucas creations while still allowing for TT Games’ beloved sense of humor.
Apr 14, 2021 · 55 min
To Be Continued
In the season finale, some of the Bits N’ Bricks team unite to discuss the making of the season’s episodes, their favorite stories, and where the show is headed after season one. A 2-minute quick read and a written transcript of the entire episode is available at https://www.lego.com/legogames-25-subpage.
Apr 7, 2021 · 1 hr 1 min
A Fabled History
In this episode of Bits N’ Bricks, journalist Brian Crecente and documentarian Ethan Vincent chat with Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, former CEO and grandson of the founder of the LEGO Group, and Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, executive chairman of LEGO Brand Group. The two discuss the company’s long and fascinating history with video games and digital play.
Mar 31, 2021 · 46 min
LEGO® Video Games and Digital Play
In this episode of Bits N’ Bricks, journalist Brian Crecente and documentarian Ethan Vincent chat about the 25th Anniversary of the first LEGO video game with LEGO Group CEO Niels B. Christiansen, chief product and marketing officer Julia Goldin, and vice president of LEGO Games Sean McEvoy. The three discuss the path forward for the company in an increasingly digital world.