Episodes
10
Latest episode
Nov 2026
Language
EN-US
A podcast about the business of games... for the rest of us
We celebrate BioWare, RedLynx, and more as our culture and history fall to destructive executive failures and private equity. Also: Microsoft and Capcom earnings, Circana reports on U.S. video game spending, Wizards of the Coast...
We’re breaking up with Xbox. It’s not us, it’s you. More layoffs, closed (and practically closed) studios, shuffling of IP, and fawning executives that are trying to convince you that everything’s just ducky, when it’s...
We’ve been head-down doing developer things (more on that very soon)! That makes this quite the episode. Earnings! Circana! EA is now privately held! Microsoft is biffing it! Roblox is screwed! And much, much, much...
Joining us on this episode is friend of the show Mat Piscatella, Executive Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana. Our discussion includes the state of the industry, the component crisis and hardware costs,...
Since 2022, the industry has slid into chaos and disarray, with developers and players abandoned by platform holders and publishers. Now, we’ve reached a tipping point, and only we can rescue ourselves. We’ll discuss Microsoft’s...
Between GameStop and Ryan Cohen’s clownery and new Xbox leadership’s 100-day death march, it’s another grim moment for the game industry. Former OpenAI head (now Xbox CEO) Asha Sharma laments the hardware crisis caused by…...
Ryan Cohen was only offered store credit as trade-in value for his time as GameStop CEO, so he’s trying to buy eBay in one of the most foolish business moves we’ve ever seen. Also: Circana...
With Epic laying off 1,000 people, the game industry job market has gone from “extremely chilly” to “nearing absolute zero.” Also: a recap of GDC’s challenged year, Circana Report on U.S spending for February 2026,...
This was supposed to be a show just about earnings. All we wanted to do was cover the earnings… but Sony closed Bluepoint, Nintendo is releasing $20 Pokemon ROMs, and Microsoft appears to have ousted...
Ubisoft employees are prepared to strike over a recent return-to-office mandate and extreme cost-cutting. Also: Circana Report on U.S. Video Game Spending for December 2025 and full year 2025, That’s No Moon at odds with...
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Ann Carden
Holly Jean Jackson
Dr. Allen Lycka
