

Game Dev Unchained
Game Dev Unchained
Our podcast breaks the mold of don't ask don't tell about the video game industry. We give everyone the real inside look at what its like to be a professional game developer, Every week we'll interview pro and indie developers, we'll talk jobs, studios, salaries and of course crunch horror stories. Tune in!
Hosted by Brandon Pham
Hosted by Brandon Pham
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Apr 17, 2018 • 1h 25min
0134: Cecil Kim and A Life of Art
Cecil Kim gives us one of the best interviews on concept art and a career of breathing life into games through his craft. We follow a young man working in Hawaii for Square, working on FFIX, moving on to develop God of War as the Visual Divelopment Lead in the early days and then finally finding home with a studio (Section Studios) of his very own.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecil-kim-ba4985/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sectionstudios.rival&hl=en_US
https://www.youtube.com/channel/

Apr 10, 2018 • 1h 6min
0133: PR And Event Managing With Roman Goroshkin
Roman Goroshkin currently resides as the frontman for Epic Games' PR and Event Manager in Europe and gave us an hour of his time to talk about getting in kahoots with him to attend future Epic events, how to get your software noticed and promoted the right way. Lastly, we have a good time discussing some entry level career tips for anyone seeking to go into Journalism or PR!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/goroshkin/
https://twitter.com/goroshkin
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Apr 4, 2018 • 1h 8min
0132: Designing Games for Mobile with Lucas Gonzalez
We really needed an expert to talk to us about game design for mobile and console and give us the best career advice on that subject. So we found him! This week’s guest, Lucas Gonzalez sits with us to go over a career of mobile game design after a career of console game design, he tells us how kids can accelerate your career climb and what’s most important about being a good designer that can create for any platform.
Lucas Gonzalez is currently the Product Manager for Zeptolab, creators of Cut the Rope

Mar 27, 2018 • 1h 14min
0131: GDC Recap And Micro Dev Interviews
Another great year at GDC 2018 as we wrap things up in this episode about what we saw and what to look forward to. Also, we introduce our first live on-the-floor interviews with indie developers.
Akuto Mad World from Hut 90 featuring Lovepreet Singh
http://hut90.com/press/akuto-mad-world/
Dreams from Media Molecule featuring Abbie Heppie
http://dreams.mediamolecule.com/
Can't Drive This from Pixel Maniacs featuring Valerij Muller
https://pixel-maniacs.com/
Remothered from Darril Arts featuring Chris Dar

Mar 20, 2018 • 1h 10min
0130: Roundtable News- Fortnite Dominates, Toys R Us Bye, Trump Summit, Crytek, Lumberyard Forever
In this episode, we cover the biggest topics of last month. We discuss how Fortnite is dominating the charts, our childhood dying along with Toys r US stores, Trump fake meeting with big hitters in the game industry at the game summit after the school shootings, Crytek CEO stepping down, and finally Amazon chugging along with their 'game engine' that doesn't produce games.
Thanks for our Patrons for support: Paul Miller Jr., Jarvis Mcgee, Habib Khan, Jan Tverdik, Kelvin Reid, Garrett Gustafson
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Mar 13, 2018 • 56min
0129: GDC 2018 Edition
Click this podcast to hear everything you need to know about getting into all the best GDC parties this year. Yea, that and an extensive list of do's don'ts and definitely don'ts for over an hour as Brandon and Larry share their clutch advice on making the biggest impact at GDC. This is a cant miss episode for anyone who wants to go to this or any future GDC. We also share one last secret you have to listen to this podcast and go to GDC to take advantage of!
http://www.gdconf.com/
http://schedule.gdconf.c

Mar 6, 2018 • 1h 15min
0128: Deep Dive Into Hearthstone With Phil Maurer
Welcome travelers, gather round for another deep dive podcast as we discuss the design and success of Hearthstone! We talk about how Blizzard was able to refine and release this game and continue to support it for the last 6 years with fresh cards and creative PVE content. Join us on this adventure is Phil Mauer, a seasoned Hearthstone player and professional game developer!
Thanks for our Patrons for support: Paul Miller Jr., Jarvis Mcgee, Habib Khan, Jan Tverdik, Kelvin Reid, Garrett Gustafson
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Feb 27, 2018 • 1h 15min
0127: Glassdoor Confessions on Spark Unlimited
Our second episode of Glassdoor Confessions hits very close to home as we tell the tragic tale of Spark Unlimited. See how the company came to be and end, through the first hand trials and tribulations we endured as we worked on Lost Planet 3 and narrowly escaped that project with our careers intact.
hanks for our Patrons for support: Paul Miller Jr., Jarvis Mcgee, Habib Khan, Jan Tverdik, Kelvin Reid, Garrett Gustafson
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Feb 20, 2018 • 1h 1min
0126: Flash Games Then and Now with Joey Betz!
An amazing and unbelievable story to share this week as we sit with Joey Betz, Lead Engineer to talk about his early days as a flash game developer, working on 1 game a week for 5 weeks and coming up with the game that was "referenced" to create Angry Birds. To top it all off, he left all kinds of good advice on starting small :)
Thanks for our Patrons for support: Paul Miller Jr., Jarvis Mcgee, Habib Khan, Jan Tverdik, Kelvin Reid, Garrett Gustafson
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Feb 13, 2018 • 1h 16min
0125: A Decade In Review With Veara Suon
10 years have passed as our long time friend, Veara Suon, reminisce about how things were with us. We take a look at what our achievements are now compared to our aspirations back when we were students and discuss how it all lines up. Most importantly, we go over the tropes and trappings entering the industry and look forward to the next ten years of our career.
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