I Play, Therefore I Am

I Play, Therefore I Am

medianet GAMES International - Transatlantic

Episodes 39
Avg. Duration 1h 30m
Activity Sporadic
Since Feb 2021
Latest Episode Jan 2025

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Schedule
Every 2 Months
Format
Episodic
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anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

On this podcast, co-hosts Simon Ohler and Florian Masuth interview interesting and inspiring people and want to learn more about their contribution to the games industry, while also shining a spotlight on the person behind the career. The podcast is a co-prodction of media:net berlinbrandenburg and nowMedia and brought to you fresh from the #GamesCapitalBerlin as part of the program medianet GAMES International. The project is financed by the European Union and the State of Berlin, Senate Department of Economics, Energy, and Public Enterprises through its Program for Internationalization.

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Recent Episodes

S2E33 Episode 33: The Last Dance

Jan 13, 2025 2h 16m

Of Life-Changing Games and New Adventures Time to say "goodbye"! We have reached the last episode of "I Play, Therefore I Am" and Simon and Florian use this special finale to get to know even more…

S2E32 Episode 32: Celia Hodent

Dec 09, 2024 1h 15m

Of Building Bridges, Games Ethics and Psychology How does a gamer’s brain work? There is no better person to answer this question than Celia Hodent. Not only is she the author of multiple books, one…

S2E31 Episode 31: The Games Ground Team

Nov 06, 2024 1h 56m

Of Friendship, Connecting the Industry and Mental Health What do you get when three creative, passionate gamers meet through Berlin nightlife and become close friends? Well, in the case of Games…

S2E30 Episode 30: Benedikt Oehmen

Sep 04, 2024 1h 51m

Of Saving the World, Finding Your Passion and the Future Version of Yourself Imagine you know that you will be laid off in one year’s time. Do you panic? Do you despair? Do you scream in…

S2E29 Episode 29: Mark 'Garvey' Candella

Jun 04, 2024 1h 43m

Of Doing Well, Doing Good, and Lifting As You Climb Meet Garvey, the Paladin, and learn his ways. How he turned his life around from being a troll to living in the service of others. How he breaks…

S2E28 Episode 28: Fernando Forero Pinilla

Apr 01, 2024 1h 32m

Of Intuition, Creative Freedom and Finding Your Place Fernando Ferero's life led him from Columbia to Poland, from Germany to the US and back to Germany. It also took him to renowned gaming…

S2E27 Episode 27: Jasmin Oestreicher

Feb 05, 2024 1h 32m

Of Leaving the Shire, Overthinking and Another Kind of Leadership - with Jasmin Ostreicher, CEO of Instinct3 What better way to decide things than ask oneself: What would Commander Shepard do? Like…

S2E26 Episode 26: Patrick "PJ" Esteves

Nov 14, 2023 1h 58m

Of Lightsabers, RPGs and Looking Through the Right Lens Patrick "PJ" Esteves' long journey to Berlin took him from almost being a rockstar, over wanting to be a Jedi to asking himself how the hell…

S2E25 Episode 25 - Ata Sergey Nowak

Oct 09, 2023 1h 48m

Boris Johnson hasn’t played Suzerain, otherwise he would have been a better prime minister. This is only one thing you will learn from this podcast with Ata Sergey Nowak, Managing Director and…

S2E24 Episode 24 - Arthur Protasio

Aug 14, 2023 1h 57m

If you’re not hyped, something’s not right – Founder and Creative Director of Fableware Narrative Design, Arthur Protasio, knows that you need to be in the right vibe to get things done. But how do…

S2E1 Episode 23 - Kate Edwards

Jul 03, 2023 1h 44m

Of Relentlessness, Slow Disruption and Finding Confluence From the moon landing to Age of Empires 4 in under two hours: with Kate Edwards everything seems possible. We welcome you to the first…

S1E23 Special Episode: games:net Berlin Europe Supercut

Jun 14, 2023 25m

Before we launch our second season together with a name change of the podcast, we would like to present the games:net Berlin Supercut in which you can hear a few answers of almost all of our guests…

S1E22 Episode 22 - Sophie Vo

Feb 27, 2023 1h 39m

In our final episode for now, we spoke with Sophie Vo, founder of Rise and Play and CEO of Savage Game Studios, about playfulness, clear communication, and self-awareness. From her own podcast…

S1E21 Episode 21 - Derk de Geus

Feb 08, 2023 1h 45m

Give yourself the chance to have chances! Derk de Geus, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Paladin Studios, believes that persistency is the key for success. Take full ownershop of what you can control, but…

Episode 20 - Daniel Stammler

Dec 05, 2022 1h 32m

Don't be naive! Co-Founder of Kolibri Games and Co-CEO of the investment firm BLN Capital, Daniel Stammler, has lived and worked by this motto and his success proves him right. With the money he…

Episode 19 - Stephen Lee

Nov 07, 2022 2h 9m

Sometimes, all we need is to breathe. This holds true to DECA Games, a publisher that breathes new life into old video games, but also to its Head of Business Development, Stephen Lee, who tries to…

Episode 18 - Marie Mejerwall

Oct 10, 2022 1h 51m

“Been there, done that”. This could be Marie Mejerwall’s middle name. The consultant wore nearly every hat in the industry from esports host and coach, over game designer and team leader to being a…

Episode 17 - Amir Mirzaee

Sep 05, 2022 1h 58m

Amir Mirzaee, Managing Director and COO of Bayes Esports, is constantly on the search for inspiration. While finding it in his job, games and other people, he himself is an inspirational source as…

Episode 16 - Nathaniel "Nate" Barker

Aug 08, 2022 1h 36m

With his newly founded games studio Roamer Games, Nate Barker wants to do what nobody else does. What that is and how he wants to accomplish that, he tells Simon and Florian in this episode. Apart…

Episode 15 - Tumult Kollektiv

Jul 11, 2022 1h 55m

The musicians and sound designers of Tumult Kollektiv strive for a wholesome, mature auditive experience in games. They practice what they preach because this is exactly what they give you in this…

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