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 start to scale, things fall apart. Why aren't people working together well? Why did we reboot the game d…
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 Snowblind Studios into a thriving career as an Assistant Professor of Technical Design at one of th…
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 Staton-Davis is a self-styled cultural technical game designer charting a path forward: a unique blend …
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… engineering Sims objects. And he should know, because as one of the original Object Engineers on th…
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, and military veteran Desirée Rincón has a leadership style forged in the field: she understands innate…
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 accessible, co-op, family friendly sports game? Playground Productions CEO Lindsay Barnett, a former…
Is the Gaming Industry Broken? | Cheryl Platz
In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl sits down with Cheryl Platz, founder of Idea Platz, author, strategist, game development leader, and one of the industry's most respected voices on sustainable game development and player experience.
With a career spanning Electronic Arts, Micro…
Inside Cannes Lions: What Makes Award-Winning Gaming Campaigns?
In this special episode of the Naavik Gaming Podcast, recorded live from the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, host Kalie Moore sits down with fellow Cannes Lions Gaming Jury member Cheryl Platz, author of The Game Development Strategy Guide, and former UX leader at Riot Games, Sco…
Making Sense of a Chaotic 2026 in Game Dev with Cheryl Platz (Bonus Episode)
This double bonus episode cross-references insights from all 22 veterans from Seasons 1 and 2 against the most recent developments in 2026 to tell the story of how the games industry got here, and how the games industry might learn from the diamonds in the rough to find our way back to thriving.
I…
S3 E1: A New Career Narrative for Game Developers with Christopher "Mav" Maverick
We kick off season 3 by going back to school with Christopher "Mav" Maverick, PhD, who has been exploring storytelling and pop culture in all of its forms for decades. Mav combines a career of experience in digital user interfaces with a career of academic scholarship in the humanities to help a …
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