Mitch and Blake explore the role of consolidation -- primarily through mergers and acquistions -- in building some of the... more

Last season, Mitch and Blake discussed the implications of new Large Language Model Artificial Intelligence in games. In this episode,... more

Mitch and Blake look at two of the largest toy companies in the world, Hasbro and Lego, and discuss their... more

Mitch and Blake address the unpleasant topic of how and why venture-backed games companies fail. They look first at the... more

Mitch and Blake look at the current state of the vitally important Chinese gaming market, on the precipice of a... more

Mitch and Blake take an in-depth look at one of the most important companies in the global gaming business: Valve.... more

Mitch and Blake discuss the mobile duopoly in which Apple and Google exert extraordinary power by tying their app stores... more

Mitch and Blake kick off Season 3 of the podcast with a high-level look at the current moment in the... more

In their final episode of Season 2, Mitch and Blake take on the complex and highly speculative topic of the... more

Mitch and Blake look at the ins and outs of intellectual property licensing in games. After discussing the checkered history... more

In perhaps their most important episode of the series, Mitch and Blake explain what they mean when they use the... more

Mitch and Blake discuss the massive expansion of gaming in emerging markets around the world. The begin with a discussion... more

Mitch and Blake explore the idea of independent game development. They attempt to define "indie" in the video game context... more

Mitch and Blake expand on last season's discussion of platform-based publishers by introducing a new kind of company: the game-enabling... more

Mitch and Blake discuss the nuances of game financing. They begin by explaining how the publishing model of advances against... more

They're back! Season 2 of the GameCraft podcast kicks off with Mitch and Blake introducing the new 8-episode season, followed... more

Mitch and Blake take on the complex topic of in-game economies. They discuss how the endemic problems of trust and... more

Mitch and Blake discuss the recurring industry obsession with the idea of virtual reality, beginning in the mid-1980s. Mitch recounts... more

Mitch and Blake debate the continuing relevance of dedicated gaming consoles to the video game business. They begin with a... more

Mitch and Blake propose a framework for understanding user-generated content in games based on two central metaphors -- the playground... more