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Hyper Light Breaker's Michael Clark: "We want our true believers to feel their faith in us is rewarded."
An interview with Heart Machine
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Ryan K. Rigney
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The Art of the Follow-Up
What do you do after striking game dev gold? (Probably crash out)
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Are Random VR Games Making $100 Million?
Nothing about the VR games market makes sense
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Asking Game Devs Where They Found Their First 1,000 Players
...and also the tens of thousands of players after that.
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2,500 Books To Go
The clock is ticking, and attention is all we have.
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December 2024

The Best of Push to Talk: 2024 Edition
Reflecting on a year of writing and planning for the future.
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Book Review: Too Much Fun – The Five Lives of the Commodore 64 Computer
push to talk #50 // the forgotten history of early 80s home computer games + a bizarre anecdote involving nintendo, commodore, and (allegedly) the mob
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Curators vs. the Algos
push to talk #49 // to find truly great games, music, movies, or books, you've gotta exit the algorithm and find a human with good taste
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November 2024

The Long Death of the Gatekeepers
push to talk #48 // a digression on william faulker + what the book publishing industry can teach us about the value and ultimate fate of industry…
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How to Find Market Signal: Part Two
push to talk #47 // finding your vision and strong market signal in the early stages of game development
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How Do You Know When Your Game Is Good?
push to talk #46 // creative leads from apex legends, caravan sandwitch, and the age of empires series explain how to tell when you're cookin' up a…
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How to Find Market Signal: Part One
push to talk #45 // games marketing in the age of the algorithm
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