The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook
A series of in-depth conversations between video game makers on the business and craft of interactive entertainment.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 80 minutes
- Episodes
- 220
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Exploring the World of Hitman with IO Interactive's Hakan Abrak
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Adam Orth chats with CEO & Co-Owner of IO Interactive, Hakan Abrak. Together they discuss Hakan's journey in games; the history and future of the Hitman series; th…
Demystifying Creativity with Creative Leader and Author Fawzi Mesmar
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Trent Kusters chats with Creative Leader and Author Fawzi Mesmar. Together they discuss his career in games from mobile to AAA; the lessons he's learned along the …
The World of Licensing in Games with Slitherine's Marco Minoli
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Trent Kusters chats with Marco Minoli, Director of Publishing at Slitherine. Together they discuss the world of licensing in video games; the benefits and opportun…
Balatro Creator LocalThunk Talks Inspirations and Jokers
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Trent Kusters chats with Balatro creator LocalThunk. Together they discuss the early titles he created with his friends; the inspirations that led to Balatro; his …
Through Castle Crashers and Beyond with The Behemoth's John Baez
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Trent Kusters chats with President of The Behemoth, John Baez. Together they discuss The Behemoth's 20+ year journey as an indie studio; their breakout hit during …
Talking Sack Boys and Astro Bots with Composer Kenny Young
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Austin Wintory chats with composer Kenny Young. Together they discuss his career featuring several collaborations with Media Molecule on the Little Big Planet and…
Industry Veteran Jen MacLean Talks Gen Z Audiences and Evolving Expectations
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Chris Charla chats with industry veteran Jen MacLean. Together they discuss her journey in the games industry; what she's learned at each studio she's been a part …
The Narrative Design of Slay the Princess with Black Tabby Games
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Alexa Ray Corriea chats with Abby Howard and Tony Howard-Arias from Black Tabby Games, developers of Slay the Princess. Together they discuss their backgrounds in …
Talking Galactic Wars and Live Service in Helldivers 2 with Maria Cornelius
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Trent Kusters chats with Maria Cornelius, the Chief Product Officer for HELLDIVERS™ 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios. Together they discuss her life outside of g…
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Actor, Briana White
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Alexa Ray Corriea chats with Final Fantasy VII actor Briana White. Together they discuss the casting process and how she originally auditioned for both Tifa and Ae…
Life Changing Art Meets Tech with Ninja Theory's Dom Matthews
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Adam Orth chats with Dom Matthews, Studio Head of Senua's Saga: Hellblade II developer Ninja Theory. Together they discuss the history of Ninja Theory as a studio …
Brainstorming 50 Games in 1 for UFO 50
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Trent Kusters chats with Derek Yu, Jon Perry, and Eirik Suhrke. Together they discuss how they collaborated along with other legendary indie developers to brainsto…
From Quake to Space Marines with Saber's Tim Willits
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Adam Orth chats with Tim Willits, Chief Creative Officer at Saber Interactive. Together they discuss Tim's long tenure at id Software and his work on the Quake ser…
Marvel Games Executive Producer, Eric Monacelli
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Trent Kusters chats with Eric Monacelli, an executive producer at Marvel Games. Together they discuss his career working on the marketing and community side of som…
Finding Creativity within Constraint with Composer Jon Everist
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Austin Wintory chats with composer Jon Everist. Together this discuss how he transitioned from a career path in economics to composing music; his work with Harebra…
Scoring the Witcher and Beyond with Composer Mikolai Stroinski
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Austin Wintory chats with award winning composer Mikolai Stroinski. Together they discuss his extensive work on the Witcher franchise for CD PROJEKT RED; his work …
Talking Southeast Asian Game Dev with Kris Antoni, Toge Productions
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Xbox's Jun Shen Chia chats with Kris Antoni, Founder of Toge Productions. Together they discuss the history of Toge including the release and reception of their hi…
Writing for Live Service Games with Destiny 2 Narrative Director, Alison Lührs
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Alexa Ray Corriea chats with Alison Lührs, Narrative Director on Bungie's Destiny 2. Together they discuss her approach to writing for fantasy in the Dungeons & Dr…
Navigating the Business of Indie Games with Dan Adelman
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Trent Kusters chats with indie gaming business guru, Dan Adelman. Together they discuss his time at Xbox and Nintendo helping to start their digital content market…
From Portal to Counter-Strike 2 with Valve Composer Mike Morasky
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Austin Wintory chats with longtime Valve composer and music designer, Mike Morasky. Together they discuss how he started his career outside of music in the visual …