GameDev Unsung Heroes
Long time Video Game Developer Veteran Jake Simpson talks with various friends and colleagues about their years in Game Dev. Each installment is an hour long conversation with the unsung heroes of Video Game development; people who are not household names, but are still at where the rubber meets the road, when it comes to making games. Each interviewee describes their career, talking about the companies they have worked at, the games they’ve worked on, telling stories and giving previously unseen or heard background to some legendary games. And Jake himself lobs in comments and some stories of his own!
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Episodes
6 days ago
6 days ago
Industry legend that is Tony Barnes chats about his life in games, how he came to start, where he's been and where he's going. And wherever it is, it's going to be pretty fast, given the kinds of car this man drives!Tony has been in games so long, he doesn't remember a time he _wasn't_ in games. And he's got some pretty hefty titles under his belt to prove it - Strider, Waking Mars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, New Worlds. I could go on but I've about run out of spa
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Les Ellis, ex journo and now producer extraordinaire, talks his career. Starting out in the British UK games magazine scene, and graduating to producer, and then studio runner for JAW, Les has come a long way. He's been involved in some big titles, like Doctor Who: Edge of Reality, Star Wars: Flight of the Falcon, Gauntlet: Dark Legacy and Empire of Sin.Plus, he has how own coffin. Find out more!