The Fourth Curtain Podcast
1) Live Long and Prosper with Amazon's Christoph Hartmann
VP of Amazon Games Christoph Hartmann is our guest. At BMG he helped launch GTA and went on to co-found 2K Games and publish NBA 2K, Civilization, Bioshock and Borderlands. We discuss the upcoming Kin...Show More
2) Trip Hawkins, the Electronic Artist
We're thrilled to speak with Trip Hawkins, founder and CEO EA, 3DO, Digital Chocolate and more. From childhood football strategy, to WWIII Sims, he grew to make a company of electronic artists who mad...Show More
3) Ghost of Yotei's Mud Blood and Steel, with Sucker Punch
It's a one-two move with Sucker Punch's Chris Zimmerman and Brian Fleming. Now shipping Ghost of Yotei, they tell us about leaving Microsoft for Sony and becoming a gamedev powerhouse. Tales of exact ...Show More
4) The Origin Stories of Elder Scrolls' Paul Sage
We get an inside look this week from Paul Sage, founder and CEO of Ruckus Games. Inspired by Ultima 3, he worked his way up to lead designer of Ultima Online, to Borderlands 3 and more. Now working on...Show More
5) How to Make an Atari Sandwich, with David Gardner
What does it take to lead in an industry that’s constantly reinventing itself? This week's guest David Gardner takes us behind the scenes of his journey from studio founder to EA games executive to ve...Show More
6) Indie Megabooth's Digital Nomad Kelly Wallick
This week we talk with the founder of the Indie Megabooth and games VC Kelly Wallick. Through her indie beginnings to her investing portfolio, community has always been the core. We discuss the Indie ...Show More
7) Fallout's Feargus Urquhart Stares into the Abyss
Our guest is Feargus Urquhart, founder and CEO of Obsidian, the premier maker of videogame RPGs. Having mastered 27 second pizzas he moved to testing and production of huge titles like KOTOR, Baldur's...Show More
8) Making Myst a World with Rand and Robyn Miller
Our guests are Rand and Robyn Miller, founders of Cyan (World) and creators of the smash game Myst. From humble beginnings in Hypercard kids' games, they made the 3D puzzle experience Myst which chang...Show More
9) World of Warcraft's Seth Sivak Tips the Dealer
Our guest this week is Seth Sivak, VP Development for World of Warcraft at Blizzard. From early years at Zynga he became Founder and CEO of Proletariat, shipping big games like Spellbreak. We discuss ...Show More
10) Night Street's Mac Reynolds Captures the Last Flag
Our guest this week is Mac Reynolds, CEO and co-founder of Night Street Games, making the PvP shooter Last Flag. As manager of the band, Imagine Dragons, he learned how to find magic from the grind an...Show More