Value Hive Podcast

David Kaye: The Business of Video Game Development

Jun 25, 2021
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
How David Kay Got Started in the Video Game Business
01:36 • 2min
3
The Rise and Fall of the Video Games Industry
03:29 • 5min
4
How Iron Realms Made Millions of Dollars Out of High School
08:20 • 3min
5
Iron Realms: The Story of a Game in China
10:50 • 5min
6
The Importance of Text Based Games
15:29 • 3min
7
How to Structure an Auction
18:10 • 2min
8
The History of Roblox
19:52 • 2min
9
The Power of Nerds in Video Games
21:33 • 2min
10
Thesis Behind Snapshot Games
23:10 • 3min
11
How to Be a Capital Allocator in Snapshot Games
26:00 • 2min
12
How to Allocate Resources for Independent Early Stage Video Games
28:14 • 5min
13
How to Market Your Video Games
32:58 • 2min
14
How to Stand Out in the Masses of Video Games
34:45 • 2min
15
The Rise and Fall of the Video Games Industry
36:24 • 3min
16
The Evolution of the Games Industry
39:08 • 2min
17
The Future of Gaming
41:34 • 4min
18
The Metaverse in Video Games
45:56 • 3min
19
NFTs and the Metaverse
49:12 • 5min
20
Unity vs. Epic Unreal Engine: Which Is Better?
54:12 • 4min
21
Epic Games' Unreal Engine
58:25 • 2min
22
The Inside Baseball on Video Game Development From a Business Perspective
01:00:24 • 4min
23
The Most Important KPIs for Investors Looking at Video Games
01:04:42 • 3min
24
How to Distinguish Between a Video Game Company and a One Hit Wonder
01:07:28 • 3min
25
How to De-Risk Video Game Investments
01:10:11 • 2min
26
How to Have Dinner With Someone From the Past or the Present
01:12:00 • 2min