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Designing Game Seasons – Interview with David Staats

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David is a Senior Systems Designer for Crystal Dynamics, but we know him best for his work at Bioware on Star Wars The Old Republic. We talk to David about his origin story, the design of the “Galactic Seasons” seasonal reward track for SWTOR, and some principles of game design in general. Thanks, David!

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AI Helping Make Games – Interview with Ricardo Sisnett

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While AI experiments are making headlines Ricardo Sisnett and the team at modl.ai are building tools that game developers can use now to make better games. We talk with Sisnett about his journey from biz tech to Riot to AI tech. We then get into how testing with AI is happening at scale today and where things are headed next. Thanks, Sisnett!

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Producing Games – Interview with Dazia Pineda

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Much like a book editor helps an author shape writing into a book and get it printed, a game producer and project manager gets all the creativity of the team and helps tie it together and get it in our hands. Dazia has been producing games and running projects for many years and tells us about that, about the games industry in Mexico, and about women in the industry across Latin America. Thanks, Dazia!

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Making Sail Forth And The Toy Within – Interview with David Evans

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One of the studios we featured on our PAX West follow-up episode was Festive Vector, the one person studio founded by David Evans. David, recently launched Sail Forth! We talk with David about the origin of the game, getting it made, and his philosophy of game development centered around the player and the “toy” in the game. Thanks, David!

Check out Sail Forth at https://www.sailforthgame.com/

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Game School, Game Law – Interview with Ross Hersemann

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For help digging into a couple topics including game school and degrees as well as gaming industry law considerations, we are joined by Ross Hersemann, Legal Counsel, Founder of Loading Law, and Adjunct Professor at DePaul University. Thanks, Ross!

Get in contact with Ross at https://www.loadinglaw.com

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Hand First VR – Behind The Games chat with Jason Parks of ROTU

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ROTU has a series of VR games that push the boundaries of where VR experiences are headed. Their latest game, Eolia combines amazing music and audio, lore, story, and exploration with a hands first VR design for the Meta Quest 2. Jason Parks, the CEO, joins us to talk about the game, tech and all the other amazing things he and his team at ROTU do. Thanks Jason!

Learn more about Eolia and ROTU here: https://www.rotu.com

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Simply Walking Into Gamedev – Behind The Games chat with Shae Rossi of LOTRO

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One does not simply walk into video game development! Shae Rossi is a writer and content designer for Standing Stone Games working on Lord of the Rings Online. She talks to us about taking her writing skills and literature degree and building on that to break into the games industry. We also get to hear what it’s like to develop narrative and content within such a strong, established set of lore. Thanks, Shae!

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