
A bi-weekly video game development podcast by John R. Diaz, a veteran game designer who goes 1:1 in candid conversations with the developers behind today‘s hit games where we discuss their journey and learnings in this wild industry with no punches pulled. John is a kid born to emigrants from the Dominican Republic in New York City, raised with lots of love, off of food stamps & welfare, where Eng... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 41 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Categories | Video GamesTechnologyLeisure | ||||

Episode 39 features Jason Knobler, a Senior Staff Engineer at Lightning Games in Philadelphia. Jay’s a fellow Full Sail University alumni, who has worked as an Engineer on Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption, and is also writing his own Harmony Game ... more
Episode 38 features Claude Jerome, a Lead Gameplay Designer for Firewalk Studios part of the Probably Monsters family. Claude’s experience has led him from Vicarious Visions, 1st Playable, to Microsoft on Project Spark, and Bungie on Destiny to where... more
Episode 37 features Chris Cole a Senior Pipeline Technical Artist working at Amazon Game Studios as of the debut of this episode. We discuss his time at Survios working in VR, breaking in on Blacksite Area 51 at Midway Austin, life at Blizzard workin... more
Episode 36 features Leon Kuperman, who gets his gamedev cred from text based Zork style adventures, and is a Co-founder and CTO at CAST AI. Formerly Vice President of Security Products OCI at Oracle, Leon’s professional experience spans across tech c... more
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It’s so great hearing the content and the explanation of different kinds of games! Can’t wait for the next one!
As a 20 year AAA industry veteran (engine/rendering engineering), I’ve often found developer podcasts, insightful articles, and online communities to be full of new talent to the game. While these communities are usually fueled with enthusiasm and passion, more often than not it’s coming from a place of little to no real experience, or indie developer studios - because let’s face it - AAA companies make their employees sign agreements basically saying they can’t do anything online including sha... more
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