The EA "LBO"
In this Special Edition of the GameCraft podcast, Mitch and Blake discuss the $55 billion leveraged buy-out of Electronic Arts by the Private Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Siliver Lake Partners, an...
15 Okt 202537min
The Sum of the Parts (Ep. 24)
Mitch and Blake explore the role of consolidation -- primarily through mergers and acquistions -- in building some of the biggest and most durable companies in gaming. They begin with a discussion of...
21 Maj 20251h 9min
AI as a Platform (Ep. 23)
Last season, Mitch and Blake discussed the implications of new Large Language Model Artificial Intelligence in games. In this episode, they return to the topic, this time focusing on games that are us...
14 Maj 202552min
Hasbro and Lego (Ep. 22)
Mitch and Blake look at two of the largest toy companies in the world, Hasbro and Lego, and discuss their divergent but ultimately very successful forays into the games business as licensors of intell...
7 Maj 202544min
The Venture Deadpool (Ep. 21)
Mitch and Blake address the unpleasant topic of how and why venture-backed games companies fail. They look first at the nature of venture financing and the inherent differences between venture and pub...
30 Apr 20251h 6min
China (Ep. 20)
Mitch and Blake look at the current state of the vitally important Chinese gaming market, on the precipice of a bitter trade war resulting from the Trump tariffs. They review the history of the games ...
23 Apr 202556min
Valve (Ep. 19)
Mitch and Blake take an in-depth look at one of the most important companies in the global gaming business: Valve. They trace the company's origin as the developer of first-person shooter Half Life, t...
16 Apr 20251h 1min
The Mobile Gaming Duopoly (Ep. 18)
Mitch and Blake discuss the mobile duopoly in which Apple and Google exert extraordinary power by tying their app stores to hardware and software platforms. They warn that the inflexible and expensive...
9 Apr 202559min
