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He's back!!! Greg Donovan! Senior Producer at Zenimax Online Studios, and a 25+ year veteran of the video game creation industry,(Saints Row, Red Faction, Agents of Mayhem) and D3 Alumni returns to the D3 bar to share another pint of brew, wisdom and war stories with Ryan and Jeremy!

Tonight's topic..."Crunch Time"! Listen in on with the guys as they try to dissect and repair this most diabolical of eventualities in the video game producing industry and the horrible side effects it has on it's game creators, such as: Home-wrecking, Angry Girlfriends, and the legendary "EA Wife", not to mention, long hours, sleep deprivation, and the dreaded "Death Marches"!

So, If you plan to set foot in the digital jungle of video game development, don't miss out on this "crunchiest" of D3 episodes! It just might save your life! (and marriage!)

When a game gets pushed out to the digital seas from Zenimax Online for your gaming pleasure, there are a lot of moving parts running at full steam ahead to make sure that happens. Numerous teams need to work together efficiently, various departments deliver code and assets to one another, racing towards a release date. It can get pretty chaotic!

With all the different gaming professionals depending on one another, someone needs to keep that ship on course, and Sammi Weeks, Live Services Manager at Zenimax Online, is the Captain of that ship! But it wasn't always that way. Starting her career in the gaming industry in QA (Quality Assurance) Sammi used this stepping stone to move further into video game production, and then from there, even bigger opportunities awaited her.

Join the D3 gang at the bar and welcome Sammi Weeks, a true Baltimore Native and key member of the Zenimax Online Studios team, as she shares her thoughts on her humble video game beginnings with Frogger, her life and times at Zenimax Online Studios, and equally important, her thoughts on the positive effects of women in leadership roles and more diversity in the modern video game creation industry, as well as the still present challenges that come with this new growth.

And remember kids, if you want to break into the gaming industry, take a page from Sammi's playbook. QA is a good way to do it!

Enjoy! ~ D3MJ

P.S. Here's a few links to some of Sammi's recommended game development groups mentioned in this episode!

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/community/

https://igda.org

Check it! ~ D3MJ

Currently the Business Director on 'DOOM ETERNAL', Sean Dunn has seen it all for his 25+ years in this crazy industry! He's been a Technical Director, a Creative Director, a studio head, and a lot more! He's even been a pro baseball pitcher, and once got to hang out with Prince! Yes, that PRINCE!

This truly is an ear opening episode and a must listen that not only gives you a large look at this pro developer's journey through the ranks to the top of the game, but sheds light on how things have changed over the years and the way the gaming business thinks now!

So Grab a stool at the bar and join us as we discuss with Sean all that he's seen...and DUNN! (pun intended! ;^)

Make sure you’ve stocked up on your Miller Lite because in this episode we get to know your producer and co-host, Jeremy Morrison.

Join us as he dives into his tales about being detained by Hezbollah in Beirut, or handed a paper bag filled with $10k in cash to make a short film, and living in Lithuania to supervise the post-production for a History Channel show about the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. Jeremy has worked in the video and film production industry for over 13 years, traveling the globe to over 22 countries, working on docudramas and indie feature films. His production company, Harbor Craft Films has its HQ and studio located in Baltimore, Maryland where the D3 Podcast is recorded.

The D3 Podcast is recorded at the Harbor Craft Film’s studio bar located in Baltimore, Maryland.
Produced by Jeremy Morrison (jeremymorrison.com)
Co-Produced by Michael J. Walls (mikejwalls.com)
Music by Jason (jasonk.audio@gmail.com)

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How do you go from High School Teacher to Senior Producer of ‘Civilization’, one of the largest video game franchises of all time? Ditch famed author Emerson, take a page from EGM and Game Pro Magazine and start in QA! That’s what Northern Virginia native and Firaxis Senior Producer Andrew Frederiksen did! Tune in to this week's D3 Podcast and listen in to Andrew’s amazing adventures in video game development that led him to “San Fran”, back to “NoVa”, and ultimately to Firaxis Games in Hunt Valley, MD…over cold drinks with the guys of course!

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Well - It's time you guys learned a bit more about the hosts of the D3 podcast, starting with Ryan Woodland. Ryan has made his way through his 25+ year gaming career mainly by drinking and punching people (or, more accurately, getting punched by people) but I suppose there may have been a few moments of intelligence in between. His career has had him working for Nintendo, Sony, EA, and Zenimax, to name a few, spanning systems from SNES and Sega Genesis all the way through to XBox One and PlayStation 4. So... let's see what he can remember about all this - hopefully it'll be coherent enough to publish!