Playmakers - The Game Industry Podcast

By Jordan Blackman

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Episodes: 34

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Jordan Blackman interviews the leaders and legends of the video game industry so that you can succeed with your game project, career, or venture. Discover how you can produce, market, and operate games more successfully so that your career can be more satisfying and impactful, whether you're a game designer, engineer, or entrepreneur and whether you work at a studio, publisher, brand or startup. Jordan is an industry insider, who has worked as a Senior Producer at Ubisoft and a Lead Designer at Zynga. Since 2012, Jordan has been helping clients like EA Sports, AMC Networks, The Pokemon Company, Ellen Degeneres, and Capcom create and grow hit games. In each episode of Playmakers, he goes to work uncovering valuable insights, tactics, and know-how from a wide range of entertaining personalities including designers, writers, product managers, technologists, studio founders, executives, and more. Why? So that you get practical perspectives and insights week after week. No matter your experience or discipline, this is the show that can level you up on everything from raising funds to live operations, and everything in-between. Oh, and you'll have fun every step of the way, because there's a magic sprinkle of goofiness in each episode. So thwack that subscribe button and buckle your safety belt, 'cus this here is the wildest ride in the metaverse.

Episode Date
The Mindset of Personal Success in the Game Industry, with Tommy Tallarico
Sep 15, 2021
How to Create Breakthrough Worldwide Hits, with Amy Jo Kim
Sep 08, 2021
Shots On Goal, with Jon Radoff
Aug 25, 2021
How to Win as a Mobile Game Entrepreneur, With Joakim Achrén
Aug 17, 2021
What Games Truly Are, with Tadhg Kelly
Aug 11, 2021
How to Start a Mobile Studio, with Travis Boatman
Aug 03, 2021
How to Create Innovative Game Designs, with Nick Fortugno
Jul 27, 2021
Crypto Gaming 101, with Emma-Jane MacKinnon-Lee
Jul 20, 2021
From Late-Night Game Hobbyist to Successful Studio Owner, with Colm Larkin
Jul 13, 2021
Season 2 Trailer of Playmakers: The Game Industry Podcast!
Jul 06, 2021
The Art of Transmedia Storytelling, with Chris Ferriter
Jun 29, 2021
How to Succeed in the Indie Games Business, with Jay Powell
Jun 22, 2021
Rapid Prototyping Secrets for Better Games, with Bernard François
Nov 11, 2020
Inside the Mind of a Game God, with Steve Meretzky
Sep 15, 2020
From Table Tops to Live Ops, with Bruce Harlick
Sep 07, 2020
Product Management & Monetization 101 & 201, with Gordon Rowe
Aug 31, 2020
How to Become (or work with) a AAA Game Composer, with Michael Bross
Aug 25, 2020
Managing Your Game Industry Career, with Marc Mencher
Aug 03, 2017
Aligning Game Chi on Deadspace & Battlefield, with Ian Milham
Jul 27, 2017
Inside a Game Design Consultancy, with Adrian Crook
Jul 18, 2017
How to Build a Great Reputation in the Game Industry, with Gordon Bellamy
Jul 14, 2017
Directing AAA Video Games, with Brian Allgeier
Jul 11, 2017
Game Design Process Lessons from a Master, with Dave Rohrl
Jul 04, 2017
How to Create UX that Drives Retention & Monetization, with Alfonzo Burton
Jun 21, 2017
Building Empathy & Emotion into Your Game, with Robin Hunicke
Jun 02, 2017
Game Design as a Way of Being, with Eric Zimmerman
May 25, 2017
The Secret Sauce of Video Game Story Design, with Ed Kuehnel
May 17, 2017
Hacking Kickstarter to Fund Your Game, with Lorne Lanning Part 2 of 2
May 10, 2017
Designing Games that Stand the Test of Time, with Lorne Lanning Part 1 of 2
May 09, 2017
How to Use Hollywood Talent in your Game, with Lev Chapelsky
May 06, 2017
One Million Downloads in One Week: The Power of Rapid Prototyping, with Mike Mika
May 06, 2017
An Introduction from Your Host Jordan Blackman
May 06, 2017
Venture Funding for Game Studios, with Jason Della Rocca
May 05, 2017
Playmakers Trailer
May 05, 2017