The Business of Video Games Podcast
Welcome to The Business of Video Games Podcast.
A show where we shed some light on the inner workings of the games industry—the why, how, who, and what the hell?! behind business decisions, publishing calls, and the steps (and missteps) that happen behind the scenes.
Basically: the inside view on how and why things are actually done the way they are. Not just guesswork on 4Chan.
The podcast is hosted by Shams Jorjani (CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios, Chairman of the Board at Hooded Horse, and founder of the Almost Ready Games Fund) and Fernando Rizo (former Chief Sales & Business Development Officer at Raw Fury, now Partner at Kaboodle Games).
In every episode, we invite a guest from the industry to unpack an interesting decision or event, share lessons learned, or explain why all of us armchair experts got it wrong (or occasionally right).
This podcast previously ran for four years at Paradox Interactive and was available there until they decided to remove it. It might yet return someday - as a DLC in one of their games.
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Episodes
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
We're joined by old friend (and former boss!) Susana Meza Graham, ex-COO at Paradox, nowadays games industry investor, advisor and board professional. You know all those things you've been too afraid to ask about video games fundraising and investing? Susana's here to give answers.
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Trailer for episode 3 of the Business of Video Games Podcast. Our guest this week: Susana Meza Graham.
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Friday Nov 04, 2022
We're joined by none other than the master of PC games Dean Hall - CEO and designer at Rocketwerkz.
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Trailer for the upcoming 2nd episode of the podcast. This time joined by none other than the master of PC games Dean Hall - CEO and designer at Rocketwerkz
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
In this first episode, we talk to industry legend Daniel Kaplan, ex-biz dev at Coffee Stain Publishing and Mojang, now CEO and co-founder at Keepsake Games, about the secret sauce of indie publishing.
As always - tweet at us https://twitter.com/bizofvideogames and @https://twitter.com/shamsjorjani and https://twitter.com/danielg0ldberg for comments, questions and suggestions.
Support us on Patreon at : https://www.patreon.com/BusinessOfVideoGames where every $ is put right back into the podcast.
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Premiere episode coming up - episode guest Daniel Kaplan - trailer 2
Friday Sep 23, 2022
The Business Of Video Games
This is the podcast where we shine a bit of light on the soft underbelly of the video games industry. Where we try to figure out what the hell were people thinking when they made decisions and hopefully become better at running games businesses ourselves.