LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

Recent episodes

1. The Tale of LEGO® Bricktales from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

   Oct 24, 202258 min

   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.

2. A Journey Into the Real LEGO® City from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

   Aug 31, 202259 min

   Discover how The LEGO Group are injecting creativity and imagination into daily life in Billund, the birthplace of The LEGO brick.

3. The LEGO Group’s Playful 90th from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

   Aug 10, 20221 hr 12 min

   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.

4. The Rise of BrickLink from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

   Jan 31, 20221 hr 10 min

   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.

5. Postscript from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

   Dec 29, 20213 min

   The final episode of 2021, after a year of celebrating the rich history of LEGO® video games. Stay tuned for more episodes in 2022.

6. 25 Years of LEGO® Lessons from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

   Dec 22, 202155 min

   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.

7. Creating Worlds with LEGO® Bricks from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

   Dec 15, 202144 min

   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.

8. The LEGO Game That Unlocked True Digital Creation from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

   Dec 8, 202144 min

   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.

9. How a Soccer Net Almost Killed Football Mania from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

   Dec 1, 202131 min

   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.

10. When Forza Cars Met LEGO Bricks from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

    Nov 24, 202137 min

    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.

11. Alligators, Buckaroo Banzai, and LEGO Studios Backlot from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

    Nov 17, 202146 min

    LEGO Studios Backlot is a hidden gem that sparked creativity in the children who played it and opened their eyes to the joy of exploration.

12. LEGO® Harry Potter™ – A Journey Through All Eight Films from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

    Nov 10, 202154 min

    The LEGO Harry Potter video games reshaped the way LEGO action-adventure games are made and played.

13. Tiny LEGO Brick Towers, Big LEGO Brick Ideas from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

    Nov 3, 202137 min

    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.

14. The Surreal History of the LEGO Galidor TV Show, Game Console, and Action Figure from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

    Oct 13, 20211 hr 12 min

    How a LEGO game console, sci-fi TV show, and trip to another dimension gave birth to the beloved LEGO toy flop Galidor.

15. DUPLO® World, Create & Cruise, and LEGO Games for Pre-K from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

    Oct 6, 202142 min

    Why the LEGO Group decided to create games for preschoolers and how it continued its focus on empowering children while doing so.

16. Return of the LEGO® Star Wars™ Battles from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

    Sep 29, 202144 min

    How a meeting alongside an English motorway kicked off a three-year journey for LEGO Star Wars™ Battles.

17. Holy Game Development, LEGO Batman from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

    Sep 22, 202142 min

    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.

18. Nexo Knights and the Big Bang Theory from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

    Sep 15, 202143 min

    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.

19. The Life (and Legacy) of George from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

    Sep 8, 202139 min

    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.

20. Prototype, Playtest, Repeat: Inside Light Brick Studio from LEGO® Bits N’ Bricks

    Sep 1, 202142 min

    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.