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Chris Bratt interviews interesting people from around the games media about how they do their work. Support this show on Patreon!

  1. 7 OCT.

    Episode 23: Jason Schreier (Author of Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, And Future of Blizzard Entertainment)

    Jason Schreier is a games reporter for Bloomberg, best known for his extensive reporting on the volatile reality of AAA game development.On today's episode we'll be talking about his latest book, Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, And Future of Blizzard Entertainment and the frankly horrifying number of interviews he needed to complete over the course of his reporting.Despite having a young baby to look after and exactly two and a half hours of free time each day (when said baby is soundly asleep ups...

    1 h 22 min

  2. 21 AOÛT

    Episode 22: Nicole Carpenter (Senior Reporter at Polygon)

    Nicole Carpenter has been reporting on the games industry at Polygon for the last five years, where she's perhaps best known for her coverage of unions and the increasingly vital role they're playing in shaping the future of video game development.In fact, not only has she reported on this subject diligently over the last few years, she also wrote what is perhaps the defining piece of journalism on the subject: The Rise of the Video Game Union."....the type of journalism we're doing impacts p...

    50 min

  3. 18 JUIL.

    Episode 21: Grant Stoner (Accessibility & Disability Reporter)

    Grant Stoner is a freelance reporter who specializes in covering accessibility and disability across the games industry in his work.Among other work, he writes a monthly column for IGN where he recently examined how the mass layoffs ripping through the games industry have affected disabled game workers, in particular. This is a great example of why Grant's perspective is so necessary in the games media right now, shining a spotlight on an often overlooked area of games and the people who play...

    44 min

  4. 28 MAI

    Episode 20: Sarah Parvini (LA Times)

    Sarah Parvini was a games reporter at the LA Times until just a few months ago, having been among those who were hit by a staggering round of layoffs at the paper earlier this year. In fact, the publication is meant to have shed around 20% of its newsroom in one fell swoop. Journalism is in a rough state, folks.In this episode you'll hear guest host Nicole Carpenter talk with Sarah about what it's like reporting on the games industry for such an established publication and how she managed to ...

    35 min

  5. 19 AVR.

    Episode 19: Chelsea Reed Miller (IGN Creators Guild)

    Chelsea Reed Miller is a video editor for IGN and a spokesperson for the IGN Creators Guild, a brand spanking new union that's been officially recognized by IGN's parent company just a couple of months ago.In today's episode, you'll hear guest host Nicole Carpenter talk to Chelsea about what that means for people working at one of the biggest publications in the games media and why it's important to think about collective action before things start falling apart, if possible."The best time to...

    46 min

  6. 6 MARS

    Episode 18: Quintin Smith (People Make Games)

    Quintin Smith is one third of People Make Games, although hopefully you already knew that. Outside of his work with us, he's also known as the co-founder of board games behemoth Shut Up & Sit Down and now, as of just a few weeks ago, he's started something brand new, exploring the world of TTRPGs. It's called Quinns Quest and it's extremely weird and good, just like Quinns."If you just go into a community going 'hey, I wanna understand why this is fun for you', people will tell you! Peopl...

    1 h 14 min

  7. 23 JANV.

    Episode 17: Stephen Totilo (Reporter at Game File)

    Stephen Totilo has been a games journalist for two decades now, making him one of the most experienced people in the field. His career spans a stint at MTV News as its first ever games reporter, nine years as Kotaku's Editor-in-Chief and until recently, he wrote a twice-weekly gaming newsletter for Axios.Today, Stephen is looking to strike out on his own with Game File, an independent newsletter published on Substack and funded directly by his audience."I have concerns about a younger generat...

    1 h 14 min

  8. 07/11/2023

    Episode 16: Nathan Grayson & Riley MacLeod (Just launched Aftermath)

    Nathan Grayson and Riley MacLeod have just launched a brand new, worker-owned games publication called Aftermath, along with some other ex-Kotaku staff you'll recognise. As in, today, right now! Chris grabbed them for an interview a few days ago to talk about the challenges that come with starting something fresh, crowdfunding and what being "worker-owned" really means in this context."You know — and everyone knows — that 2022 and 2023 have been nightmarish for games journalism, and for journ...

    57 min
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Chris Bratt interviews interesting people from around the games media about how they do their work. Support this show on Patreon!

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    People Make Games
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    2021 - 2024
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