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The Games Press

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Chris Bratt interviews interesting people from around the games media about how they do their work. Support this show on Patreon!

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Episode 28: Danny O'Dwyer (Founder of Noclip)

Another repeat guest on The Games Press this episode, as I catch up with Danny O'Dwyer following a surprise announcement that he's mostly done with visiting vid

Oct 16
1 h 37 min

Episode 27: Chris Tapsell (Editor-in-chief of Eurogamer)

Chris Tapsell is the new editor-in-chief of Eurogamer, having first started at the site back in 2016 when the two of us worked there together. In the years since then, C

May 28
1 h 00 min

Episode 26: Keza MacDonald (Author of Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun)

Keza MacDonald is the video games editor for The Guardian and most recently, she's also the author of 'Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World

Mar 9
44 min

Episode 25: Maddy Myers & Zoë Hannah (Co-founders of Mothership)

Maddy Myers & Zoë Hannah just launched Mothership, a brand new site all about games, gender and identity. Their initial pitch promises a different kind of gaming publicat

Feb 9
1 h 15 min

Episode 24: Wesley Yin-Poole (Director of News at IGN)

Wesley Yin-Poole is in charge of the news desk over at IGN and has been reporting on the games industry for almost two decades at this point. He's also been a mento

Feb 4 2025
57 min

Episode 23: Jason Schreier (Author of Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, And Future of Blizzard Entertainment)

Jason Schreier is a games reporter for Bloomberg, best known for his extensive reporting on the volatile reality of AAA game development. On today's episode we&apos

Oct 7 2024
1 h 22 min

Episode 22: Nicole Carpenter (Senior Reporter at Polygon)

Nicole Carpenter has been reporting on the games industry at Polygon for the last five years, where she's perhaps best known for her coverage of unions and the incre

Aug 21 2024
50 min

Episode 21: Grant Stoner (Accessibility & Disability Reporter)

Grant Stoner is a freelance reporter who specializes in covering accessibility and disability across the games industry in his work. Among other work, he writes a monthl

Jul 18 2024
44 min

Episode 20: Sarah Parvini (LA Times)

Sarah Parvini was a games reporter at the LA Times until just a few months ago, having been among those who were hit by a staggering round of layoffs at the paper earlier

May 28 2024
35 min

Episode 19: Chelsea Reed Miller (IGN Creators Guild)

Chelsea Reed Miller is a video editor for IGN and a spokesperson for the IGN Creators Guild, a brand spanking new union that's been officially recognized by IGN&apos

Apr 19 2024
46 min

Episode 18: Quintin Smith (People Make Games)

Quintin Smith is one third of People Make Games, although hopefully you already knew that. Outside of his work with us, he's also known as the co-founder of board ga

Mar 6 2024
1 h 14 min

Episode 17: Stephen Totilo (Reporter at Game File)

Stephen Totilo has been a games journalist for two decades now, making him one of the most experienced people in the field. His career spans a stint at MTV News as its fi

Jan 23 2024
1 h 14 min

Episode 16: Nathan Grayson & Riley MacLeod (Just launched Aftermath)

Nathan Grayson and Riley MacLeod have just launched a brand new, worker-owned games publication called Aftermath, along with some other ex-Kotaku staff you'll recogn

Nov 7 2023
57 min

Episode 15: Patricia Hernandez (Former Editor-in-Chief at Kotaku)

Patricia Hernandez is now the former Editor-in-Chief of Kotaku, having been fired from the position just a few days ago. In today's episode we're going to be ta

Aug 23 2023
1 h 03 min

Episode 14: Rebekah Valentine (Senior Reporter at IGN)

Rebekah Valentine is a Senior Reporter at IGN and an instrumental figure in the site's latest ambitions to establish itself as a true home for longform video games r

Jun 30 2023
1 h 01 min

Episode 13: Double Fine PsychOdyssey (2 Player Productions)

2 Player Productions is a documentary crew that's been embedded with Double Fine Productions for more than a decade now, having first come onboard in order to follow

Mar 28 2023
58 min

Episode 12: Tyler McVicker (Formerly Valve News Network)

Tyler McVicker has been utterly obsessed with Valve for more than a decade now, having reported on almost every scrap of news, speculation and datamined morsel to come ou

Feb 8 2023
1 h 08 min

Episode 11: Sam Greer (Just made a video for People Make Games!)

Sam Greer is a freelance games critic, having previously worked for Glass House Games and GamesMaster magazine. More recently, she worked with People Make Games (that&apo

Sep 5 2022
1 h 11 min

Episode 10: Hirun Cryer (Former Guides Editor at USGamer)

Hirun Cryer first got his break in the games media writing guides over at USGamer. And guides content, dear listeners, is perhaps one of the most overlooked part of this

May 26 2022
55 min

Episode 9: Danny O'Dwyer (Founder of Noclip)

Danny O'Dwyer creates video game documentaries for Noclip, a crowdfunded YouTube channel first launched in 2016. Known for their high production value and behind-the

Apr 29 2022
1 h 19 min

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