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A gaming media and community laboratory
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A Conversation with Rick "The Hadou" Thiher | on EVO, the FGC, & esports
Rick "The Hadou" Thiher -- General Manager of EVO and the founder of ComboBreaker - joins the show to talk about the logistics behind planning the biggest FGC tournament in the world, the nature and popularity of fighting games, the business of esports and a whole lot more!
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0:00 Intro
2:20 Planning EVO in a post COVID world
4:20 EVO as a convention
9:49 How did the FGC avoid the esports franchising model?
12:15 How do you choose what games will be at EVO?
16:29 Are fans committed to games or their own favorites?
17:40 The Nintendo Question
19:10 How has venture capital money changed the esports space?
22:14 Lessons from grassroots to scale in event planning
26:55 The Future of EVO
29:15 The PLG Interview Question
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The Making of Spyro the Dragon
Learn about the history and story behind the making of one of the Playstation platformer classic: Spyro the Dragon
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A Conversation with Osama Dorias | Lead Content Designer at Blizzard
In a new episode of [a conversation with], Solo is joined on the show by Osama Dorias, the Lead Content Designer at Blizzard, to discus a range of topics on gaming and diversity! •• 0:00 What game are you playing now? 5:00 The evolution in gaming development and testing 22:08 What makes you prefer video games to other mediums? 26:50 How did you get into gaming? 35:30 Representation and Diversity in Gaming 49:00 Advice for people who want to get into the gaming industry 59:45 Favorite game of all time 1:01:20 What's one piece of art you'd love to see made into a video game?
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The Year 2022 In Gaming
After a three year hiatus, Solo and Lilo reunite to take a look back at all the top gaming stories of 2022 & make a few speculations on what to expect in gaming in 2023 | - 0:55 call of duty league, esports future in trouble? 5:05 bayonetta (?) scandal 7:55 Netflix in gaming 13:20 Google stadia and cloud gaming 18:40 G4 shutdown, why isn’t there money in gaming media 19:30 FTC/ Activision blizzard, modern monopolies and competition in gaming 24:00 how gaming fits into unionization movement 29:50 Halo 34:30 EA loses fifa 35:47 steam deck 38:40 gta (Slow year in gaming, impact of Cyberpunk, but idk if really separate topic) 40:35 top games of 2022 47:17 2023 predictions (man lilo is obsessed with breath of the wild isn’t he)
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a brief yet informative history of Laser Tag
Learn the brief yet informative history behind the childhood FPS we all got to play — LASER TAG ••• Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/peoplelikegames • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peoplelikegames • Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/peoplelikegames
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the Making of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
In a new episode of Story-Mode, Solo shares the history and story behind the making of one of the greatest video games of all time | The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker! • Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/peoplelikegames • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peoplelikegames • Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/peoplelikegames
Customer Reviews
Great show great guys
Looking forward to more episodes
A high quality show
Informative, funny, and focused on video games, what else could you ask for. Not to mention great merchandise. The best show I’ve heard in the space. & I would have no reason to be bias
Fun and informative!
Just listened the other day for the first time and you've got a new fan! Love that it's informal but informative w/ interesting topics! Looking forward to future episodes :)