The Playground and the Stage (Ep. 5)
Mitch and Blake propose a framework for understanding user-generated content in games based on two central metaphors -- the playground and the stage -- representing the two ways users "create" content...
1 Feb 20231h 11min
The Forever Games (Ep. 4)
Mitch and Blake discuss how the rise of games-as-services has privileged durable, long-duration play-patterns -- leading to the modern idea of the "Forever Game" which can persist for decades. Mitch o...
25 Jan 20231h 21min
The Calculus of Fun (Ep. 3)
Mitch and Blake discuss perhaps the most important developments in the video games business since the 1990s: the explosion of casual and mobile gaming. Mitch explains how the casual business was catal...
18 Jan 20231h 10min
The Fall and Rise of Publishing (Ep. 2)
Mitch and Blake take a deep dive into the game industry's migration from physical goods at retail to electronic distribution over the internet. They explore the rise of platform-based publishing — a n...
16 Jan 20231h 3min
Steal This Game (Ep. 1)
Hosts Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins discuss the rise of free-to-play as a dominant business model for video game marketing and distribution. They look at the roots of free-to-play in the shareware bus...
16 Jan 20231h 9min
Introducing Gamecraft
Gamecraft is a limited series podcast about the modern history of the video game business hosted by industry veteran Mitch Lasky and investor Blake Robbins. In this introductory episode, Mitch and Bl...
11 Jan 202311min
