The Gaming Careers Podcast - Game Development/ Gaming Jobs/ Gaming Entrepreneurship

The Gaming Careers Podcast - Game Development/ Gaming Jobs/ Gaming Entrepreneurship


Latest Episodes

TGC- 076 Chris and Susanne Zinsli from Cardboard Edison ON Game Design Contests!
January 21, 2017

Introduction Today we are joined by a favorite returning guest-duo and board-game resource powerhouse.  Chris and Suzanne Zinsli ARE Cardboard Edison- A Boardgame Industry Resource aggregator AND Game Design Team - To talk to us about the...

TGC 075 John Sommer on Making Indie VR Games Cheap, Fast, and Pretty
December 16, 2016

  Virtual Reality in videogames is HERE- its new technology and everyone is trying to figure out how best to set up shop in the next generation of gaming experiences.… Today we are Joined by long-time Video Game Art Director and Co-Founder of...

TGC: 074 Jeffrey Wolfe- Becoming A Boardgame Tester
November 25, 2016

They say a product never survives its first encounter with the customer-  The point for game designers is that you will NEVER be able to work out your game to perfection in your head or with your prototype.  You MUST test the game with...

TGC: 073 Nick Yee- Using Big Data to Design Your Videogames
November 10, 2016

Designing a blockbuster video game is an increasingly difficult proposition with all the games that flood the market daily.  I think one of the true keys to success is really knowing what motivates your flavor of gamer.  Today we are joined...

TGC: 072 Brian Henk From Overworld Game Highs and Lows of Boardgame Publishing
October 28, 2016

  Today we are talking to Brian Henk from Overworld Games about the Highs and Lows of running a board game company.  This episode has a ton of practical advice about how you can carefully transition to full time board game work from a...

TGC: 071 Joe Modzeleski Videogame Creator of Gun World 2
October 12, 2016

This is a really cool interview with Indie Videogame Dev Joe Modzeleski, the creator of Gun World and Gun World 2.  This is a fascinating interview because Gunworld was NOT a popular title when it came out. Instead of letting it go and...

TGC: 070 Dan Yarrington and Michael Michael Fox From Ship Naked Tell Us How To Solve Shipping Woes
September 29, 2016

  Why do first time game publishers ALWAYS screw up shipping?  Well, the truth of the matter is that there is a lot to it… especially if you want to do it right. Today we are joined by Dan Yarrington and Michael Fox from Ship Naked to help...

TGC: 069 Tom Vasel and The Dice Tower Network
September 14, 2016

  If tabletop game news had a not-so-secret headquarters- it would certainly be located in The Dice Tower. Today we are talking to Tom Vasel, The President of the Dice Tower Network- one of the main hubs for tabletop news, reviews, and events....

TGC 068 Rodney Smith from Watch It Played Shares Keys To His Youtube Channel's Success
August 31, 2016

In this interview I get to talk to Rodney Smith, the Host of Watch It Played.  Watch It Played is an incredibly poplular Youtube Channel with over 80k subscribers that shows boardgamers detailed instructions on how to play...

TGC: 067 James Takenaka- Hitpoint Sales Can Help Get Your Game Into Distribution
August 25, 2016

  This is a great conversation with James Takenaka from Hit Point Sales, a tabletop game consolidator that helps indie developers get their game into distribution.  In this show we talk a lot about how different business models can work and...