Culture
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PlayFab CEO, James Gwertzman
Our first #GDC18 guest is PlayFab’s co-founder and CEO, James Gwertzman. James joins us remotely to talk about his decades in the industry, the…
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Should Gaming Addiction Be an Official Disorder?
The latest draft of the World Health Organization’s International Compendium of Diseases (ICD) contains verbiage that would officially place gaming addiction next…
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Wichita Swatting: Who’s to Blame?
As the Wichita swatting details emerge, the community grapples with determining responsibility for this tragedy. The 911 caller has been taken into…
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Swatting Turns Fatal in Call of Duty Dispute
On this week’s #GameDev Breakdown podcast, we discussed everything we know about the Wichita swatting that claimed a man’s life. This is…
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Gaming’s Darkest Hour
Heinous acts by three strangers leave a fourth man dead in the most bizarre and tragic swatting incident to date. We discuss…
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Alarmism and Governing Game Development
A US state representative targets game publishers and developers, Todd and John take a look at the possible outcomes of government intervention…
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Bit Shifter Developer Paul Dana
We caught up with Paul Dana of Plastic Games to talk history, philosophy, technology, and of course, to find out the status…
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It’s All Bad News
The sex abuse and harassment dialogue reaches one studio as another is cut down in its prime. Tension between PUBG and Fortnite’s…
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Grand Theft Auto and Violence in Games
Todd returns from Las Vegas, no one knows what to wish one another on Columbus Day, and The Daily Wire posts a…
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News with John – 9/27
A new Fortnite mode has PUBG’s developers calling foul, a voice talent strike in the game industry may be drawing to a…
