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Deconstructor of Fun Deconstructor of Fun
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Deconstructor of Fun podcast is created by games professionals for games professionals. We explore the business side of the games industry with the goal of bringing listeners content that is relevant, insightful, and entertaining on a weekly basis.
Hosts:
Michail Katkoff @mkatkoff www.linkedin.com/in/michailkatkoff/
Eric Kress @ekress
www.linkedin.com/in/erickress/
Laura Taranto @laurataranto www.linkedin.com/in/laurataranto/
Phillip Black @econosopher www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-black-economist/
Jen Donahoe @Jen_Donahoe www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferdonahoe
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Mastering Cozy Game Design with Spry Fox' CCO Daniel Cook
Recently hitting the milestone of 30 years working in game design, Spry Fox Chief Creative Officer Daniel Cook has long been a leading voice in the game industry. To celebrate his long and distinguished career-spanning games like Realm of the Mad God, Triple Town, Alphabear, and Cozy Grove.
MIA host Ethan Levy returns to the mic to talk to Dan about his many lessons and accomplishments. Most importantly, Dan talks about how as a team, Spry Fox found their shared, authentic voice, and how this has led to efficiency in production and success in the marketplace as they consciously chose to specialize in cozy games.
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TWIG #280 Game Industry Reports Galore
The prodigal son, Ethan Levy, makes his return to the podcast as the team discusses Newzoo’s latest PC and Console data as well as Liftoff’s 2024 Casual Gaming Apps Report. Hold tight for your weekly dose of news!
Hosts: Jen Donahoe, Laura Taranto, Phillip Black & Ethan Levy
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Secrets to Sustainable Success on Roblox with Andrew Rose, CPO at Voldex
Andrew Rose, the Chief Product Officer of Voldex, shares his journey and experiences in the Roblox game development space. Voldex, a company that acquires and scales Roblox games, has seen success by applying traditional free-to-play game development strategies in the unique ecosystem of Roblox.
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TWIG #279 Supercell's Squad Busters vs. Dream's Royal Kingdom
Get ready for your weekly dose of unfiltered game industry news. In this episode, the crew discusses Supercell's and Dream's latest titles. We also talk about the history and future of celebrity collaborations within games.
Your hosts: Jen Donahoe, Eric Kress, Laura Taranto & Phillip Black
our partners: AppsFlyer, Xsolla, Heroic Labs & Data.ai
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Township Deconstructed: The Secrets to Its Multi-Billion Strategy
Product Deep Dives looks at Playrix's Township to deconstruct how this game went from a farming sim to a multi-billion dollar success. Join Laura Taranto and Jen Donahoe as they reap what this game has to offer!
Make sure to watch with video, as we have data and insights you won't want to miss.
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The Power of Gaming Branding: Real Insights from a Creative Agency
In today’s mature mobile gaming market, the importance of building a brand, storytelling, and creating distinct brand identities is crucial for success.
This podcast delves into the journey of revitalizing Futureplay’s Merge Gardens through an emphasis on strategic IP creation, branding improvements, and effective storytelling.
Guest: Martin Mohr, CCO @ Bond Creative Agency
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The case of Merge Garden
Martin Mohr
Bond Creative Agency
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Customer Reviews
Beyond helpful
The easiest way to keep up with the exploding mobile gaming landscape.
Ethan. Please stop it with the Twiggies.
There's nothing wrong with just referring to listeners as the listeners or any other adult phrase you come up with. Being reffered to as a 'Twiggy' makes want to stop being a listener. Can any of the adults please step in and guide Ethan through this before I have to deconstruct myself.
Production quality is not great, couple of gaming brahs
The content of this is sometimes quite good. But the production quality is hit and miss. In the most recent episode, someone was in their car on loud speaker. They switch between meaningful and thoughtful content, to a couple of very opinionated friends talking a lot, about absolutely nothing. One of the hosts curses non-stop, easily drops 10-30 f-bombs in an episode. I don’t mind cursing, but it just comes across as unprofessional in a podcast. I prefer well articulated content and arguments over random cursing.