Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast
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S2E11 S2 E11: From Reviving to Thriving with Backyard Sports featuring Lindsay Barnett and James Deighan
How do you take once-beloved family games - source code lost to the ages - and revive them for new generations? And what about today's video game market might make the timing better than ever for an…
S2E10 S2 E10: Semper Gumby: Flexible Project and Community Management with Desirée Rincón
Millions of players enjoy playing games like Call of Duty that simulate military life, but how does experience as a veteran translate to video game development? Program manager, community manager,…
S2E9 S2 E9: Better Production Techniques, inspired by The Sims featuring Cory Tsang
Have you ever wished your production tools and process were more like the games you make? Lead gameplay engineer turned lead producer Cory Tsang is here to tell you that configuring JIRA can be like……
S2E8 S2 E8: Authentic Games through Cultural Technical Design with Timothy Staton-Davis
In a world littered with vibe-coded experiences, how will games differentiate themselves? How can stories remain resonant? Melanated Game Kitchen Creative Director and adjunct USC faculty Timothy…
S2E7 S2 E7: Bringing Technical Design to Higher Game Dev Education with Jo Cronk
From software engineer to technical designer to game design professor - Jo Cronk has turned a successful career bridging the gap between engineers and creatives at companies like Crystal Dynamics and…
S2E6 S2 E6: Proactive People Programs for Thriving Game Studios with Amy White
Most game studios start out chasing a game, not a plan to stick around for the long haul - and that's where things start to fall down. Right at the moment when success knocks at the door and you…
S2E5 S2 E5: Helping Local Game Devs Reach Global Impact with Tim Cullings
Seattle's indie gaming scene boasts the largest thriving indie game community in North America - Seattle Indies - headed currently by Executive Director Tim Cullings. Tim's background started in…
S2E4 S2 E4: Events as a Catalyst for Thriving Communities with Cristina Amaya
What's a third space, where did they go, and what role can gaming events play in helping players pursue the growing motivator of play of companionship? Why are events the first to get cut when…
S2E3 S2 E3: Putting Playtesting into your Process with Steve Bromley
Games user researcher and educator Steve Bromley literally wrote the book on games user research, and he's been coaching and teaching the gaming community in how to get the most from their…
S2E2 S2 E2: Self-Expression, Representation, and Generational Gaming with Adanna Nedd
Narrative designer, games writer, and games researcher Adanna Nedd brings her extensive knowledge of what's current in gaming to expand our horizons. Explore unexpected questions like: what's "friend…
S2E1 S2 E1: Powering Up Game Dev by Making Space for All with Joanie Kraut
Welcome to Season 2 of Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast. Where Season 1 expanded on the interviews from host Cheryl Platz's critically acclaimed book The Game Development Strategy Guide,…
S1E10 S1 E10: People, Process, and Players: Human-Centered Video Game Production
How do you navigate the incredibly high stakes of video game development (even AAA video game development) without losing the fun, and your humanity along the way? Senior Producer Yesenia Cisneros…
S1E9 S1 E9: Doing More with Less for Video Game Art and UI with Tamara Knoss
Tamara Knoss has played many roles in the video game industry: character animator, lead artist, UI artist, and now Senior Technical UI Designer - or, as she describes it, "UI/UX unicorn" thanks to…
S1E8 S1 E8: The Methodical Magic of Systems Design with Joe "joemag" Magdalena
In today's episode, we demystify another specialty within the game design discipline: systems design. Joe Magdalena is better known as "joemag" (lowercase j) to many of his followers, or "joemag3d"…
S1E7 S1 E7: Engineering for Scalable, Sustainable Games with Caerie Houchins
This week we speak with accomplished engineering leader Caerie Houchins, who played a critical role in the initial global launch of VALORANT, the global smash tactical shooter from Riot Games. Caerie…
S1E6 S1 E6: Growing and Shepherding Thriving Design Culture in Games with Eric Kabisch
Some leaders speak with their actions, and video game design executive Eric Kabisch is one of those leaders. A seasoned gaming design executive with experience at companies like Scopely, Roblox,…
S1E5 S1 E5: Ludonarrative Harmony for Narrative Designers with Whitney Beltrán
Explore ludonarrative harmony and what it really takes to create nonlinear interactive narrative in modern videogames in this week's episode with Whitney Beltrán, a multiple award-winning…
S1E4 S1 E4: The Global Heartbeat of Music Games with David Ventura
David Guiseppe Ventura is one of those creative minds who knows exactly what part of the industry he's most excited to innovate in after two decades of shipping innovative video games: music games…
S1E3 S1 E3: Creative Strategy for Thriving Teams with Amy Kalson
In this episode, we welcome versatile game designer and producer Amy Kalson, who is currently working as an Executive Design Producer at Meta on one of her biggest passions: extended reality. Amy's…
S1E2 S1 E2: Safe and Thriving Gaming Communities with Carlos Figueiredo
Learn about prosocial gaming from a leader in player safety who has been innovating with moderation tools powered by technology and human ingenuity for over 16 years, Carlos Figueiredo. Carlos began…
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Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast has published 23 episodes since July 2025, covering topics in Leisure, Technology.
Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast is currently declining with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 1h 4m.
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