Why and how does narrative matter to a game's successes or failure's. With Konstantine Paradias Demand: The Business of gaming

DEMAND: The Business of Gaming Episode 2: Should I Stay Or Should I Go? In this episode we discuss our brief Unlikely Hits segment, featuring Age of Empires 2. The main topic of the episode is about the staying power and ultimate success of games that had poor initial receptions but were uplifted …

First episode! We open with our brief Unlikely Hits segment, featuring Suzerain by Torpor Games. Then we move on to the main discussion, factions in games - their place in a setting as well as their utility to developers and players. Opening music: "Intro" by Edgar11

Episode 3: Modding We start off this episode with our unlikely hit - Mount & Blade. Our main topic is modding; why are so many of the most successful games also mod-capable? What do gamers - and developers - get out of game mods? And what are the pitfalls and good practices involved?

Today we have a guest named Michael Lubker, who has been in the gaming industry for decades and concentration in the indie space almost exclusively.