GameMakers Podcast
1) AppLovin Bull vs. Bear Case: What Operators Know That Investors Don't
AppLovin just crossed $250 billion in market cap. Stock up 127% YTD. EBITDA margins at 82%. Is this the beginningβor the top?We assembled the most qualified panel possible to break it down: an operato...Show More
2) Your validation passed. Your players hated it. Hereβs why. | MAG #10
Most game studios either skip validation entirely or waste hundreds of thousands on academic testing that doesn't move the needle. Both approaches kill products.In this episode, we discuss why product...Show More
3) Your Analytics Stack Is Killing Your Studio (The New Meta: PostHog FTW)
Most game studios waste weeks of runway on the wrong analytics decisionβhere's how to avoid that mistake.Traditional analytics SDK vendors like Amplitude, Mixpanel, and Braze promise plug-and-play sim...Show More
4) Why Game Studio Failures Are Structure Problems, Not Talent Problems | Chris Casanova (Microsoft, Mojang, Relic, Hypixel)
Most game studios think they have a talent problem. They don't. They have a structure problem.Chris Casanova spent 15+ years as a producer across Microsoft Xbox, Mojang (Minecraft), Relic Entertainmen...Show More
5) The Battlefield 6 Redemption, What UCLA Football Teaches About Leadership, & Structuring Teams to Win | MAG #7
Western AAA development is not dead. Battlefield 6's 7 million unit launch proves it. This episode deconstructs how EA and Vince Zampella reversed the "disaster" of Battlefield 2042 by focusing on lea...Show More
6) Inside the $55B EA-Saudi Deal: Why It's Not a Typical LBO (with Chris Petrovic & Matthew Kanterman)
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund just closed the largest gaming acquisition in historyβ$55 billion for Electronic Arts. But this isn't the typical private equity playbook.In this episode, host Jo...Show More
7) The Ad Monetization Playbook: Fixing Leaky Revenue, Boosting CPMs, and Scaling Your Team with Kelly Kang
Why is your ad revenue flat even when your game's traffic is growing? Margins are getting squeezed by hidden fees, and old strategies of yelling at partners no longer move the needle. In this episode,...Show More
8) MAG: Inside EAβs $55B LBO, Lessons from Grow A Garden, and the IntentβAction Gap ("Alien's Eye View")
This week, we're breaking down the end of an era: the historic $55 billion acquisition of Electronic Arts. Go inside the deal to hear the likely banker's pitch that sold EA's board and what this massi...Show More
9) Unlock 82% of the Global Gaming Market: The Ultimate Localization Guide
Is your game only available in English? You could be ignoring over 80% of your potential players. In this deep dive, I sit down with Alexander Murauski, CEO of localization agency Alkonost, to unpack ...Show More
10) Can Delta Force Beat PUBG? Is the Take-Two Mafia a Myth & How to Fix Recruiting? | MAG #5
On this episode of Game Makers, we explore three critical topics: how Delta Force's mobile revenue soared past PUBG's by 75% , why the "Take-Two Mafia" thesis is a myth centered on the wrong company ,...Show More