Game Dev Advice: The Game Developer's...
+30 year game industry veteran John "JP" Podlasek interviews game designers, programmers, producers, artists, arcade owners, writers, CEOs and others about game development. Experienced or aspiring game developers alike will find useful, thought-provoking, and sometimes funny advice from others in the game industry. Find info at gamedevadvice.com and subscribe now!
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Indie Game Dev, Rick and Morty, Double Fine and...
Chris Johnson from the Player One Podcast talks about producing games at Adult Swim for 11 years, and how he got hired. Hear what it was like working on Flash games, the transition to mobile and console, plus working with some...
66 min
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Running An Indie Game Studio, Loot Boxes, AR, M...
Summary: Tom Eastman and Ben Perez from Trinket Studios talk about going to school and getting started in the game industry. Learn their insights from launching a successful indie game and the challenges of running an independent studio for 7 years....
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Crunch Culture and What You Can Do To Escape......
Summary: “Crunch” is in the news, yet again. The industry’s dirty little secret is in the spotlight (just Google “intense crunch”) and surprise, everyone’s shocked. Why? It’s been going on since games were on floppy discs. Everyone’s...
10 min
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NBA Jam BOOMSHAKALAKA!!, Shaq, Dota, Rage 2, Th...
BOOMSHAKALAKA!! voice-over legend Tim Kitzrow discusses NBA Jam, relaunching Mutant League Football, working on Rage 2 and Dota, The Second City, hanging with NBA stars, and the resurgence of arcade games, hosted by John ‘JP’ Podlasek. (See gamedevadv
63 min
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PUBG, Red Dead 2, Taking Risks, Freelancing, Ga...
Summary: *Hear how he got his foot in the door working for Creative Assembly. *What is was like working on Red Dead Redemption 2 for Rockstar’s Leeds office. *How he reached out to the Madison, WI office for PUBG and got his role working on the game...
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Dave Mirra BMX, Coding, Nintendo, Tax Breaks, T...
Summary: *Learn about Dave’s role as a CTO for Kitazaru. *How he got started in the video game industry doing audio programming. *What it was like working at Z-Axis on games like Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX. *Discover how he formed his own company with...
37 min
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Getting Hired, Learning New Tools, VR, Layoffs,...
My discussion with Humberto (Tito) Gamboa on how he started in the industry, the importance of online learning, solving tech challenges, growing as an artist, VR, unionization, layoffs, and current game industry trends, hosted by John ‘JP’ Podlasek. (
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AR, VR, Game Industry Trends, Unity, and Early ...
Summary: -Hear from developer and CEO Patrick Curry who talks about his company and doing projects for CyArk and the Smithsonian Institute. -Learn how he started in the video game industry and what inspired him to try computer programming. -Hear about...
52 min
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Unpaid Intern, TNA Wrestling, Hard Knocks, and ...
Summary: -Part 2: Hear how Mike Antonicelli moved into doing 2D work to expand his marketability as a freelancer. -How he’s learning Python scripting and copywriting to expand his skills. -Learn how to get an advantage when applying for jobs that...
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Unpaid Intern, TNA Wrestling, Hard Knocks, and ...
Summary: -Hear how he learned about the game industry as a career. -How studying computer animation at Columbia College lead to his internship at Red Eye Studio. -Learn the type of work he did as an unpaid intern at Midway Games. -Find out about...
30 min
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James Bond, Ultima VII, 80's Game Dev, Writing,...
Summary: -Learn how Raymond transitioned into the game industry from being author and in theatre. -Hear about the book, "The James Bond Bedside Companion." -Learn how playing Dungeons and Dragons was a stepping stone into game design. -Hear about...
51 min
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SEGA, Midway, Interviewing Tips, Ringling, VR, ...
-Hear about early game dev art programs like Dazzle Draw, Deluxe Paint, and later Softimage -Regret about how he approached learning to program. -What the working environment was like in SEGA and Midway Games. -Hear advice on how to land your...
47 min
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Interviewing, teaching, triple-A vs indie, and ...
-Guest Heinz Schuller talks about how he made the transition from working in IT into the video game industry -Thoughts on the game industry being like a secret club in the 90’s -Two things he wished he’d known when starting in the game...
62 min