Cycles & Survival (Ep. 17)
Mitch and Blake kick off Season 3 of the podcast with a high-level look at the current moment in the video game business, critiquing both the idea that the business is cyclical and we are in a downwar...
2 Huhti 20251h 23min
Artificial Intelligence (Ep. 16)
In their final episode of Season 2, Mitch and Blake take on the complex and highly speculative topic of the impact of recent improvements in artificial intelligence on the games business. Your hosts a...
13 Maalis 20241h 13min
Intellectual Property (Ep. 15)
Mitch and Blake look at the ins and outs of intellectual property licensing in games. After discussing the checkered history of the practice, they look at the creative and business reasons why license...
6 Maalis 20241h 10min
Distribution (Ep. 14)
In perhaps their most important episode of the series, Mitch and Blake explain what they mean when they use the term "distribution" and why it is so important to their understanding of how the video g...
28 Helmi 20241h 10min
Going Global (Ep. 13)
Mitch and Blake discuss the massive expansion of gaming in emerging markets around the world. The begin with a discussion of the big-picture factors driving this expansion -- primarily mobile technolo...
21 Helmi 20241h 7min
Independent Intervention (Ep. 12)
Mitch and Blake explore the idea of independent game development. They attempt to define "indie" in the video game context -- something that proves more difficult that it might seem on the surface. Th...
14 Helmi 20241h 3min
A Changing of the Guard (Ep. 11)
Mitch and Blake expand on last season's discussion of platform-based publishers by introducing a new kind of company: the game-enabling software platform. The five companies they discuss (Epic, Unity,...
7 Helmi 20241h 19min
Choose Your (ad)Venture (Ep. 10)
Mitch and Blake discuss the nuances of game financing. They begin by explaining how the publishing model of advances against royalties functions, and what the expected costs and benefits are for both ...
31 Tammi 20241h 11min
