Lead

What you'll be able to do.

• ✓Org design
• ✓Crisis playbooks
• ✓Mentoring operators

Content that counts toward L03.

↳ LATEST EPISODES

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Are private servers piracy? Inside the ESA fight with Nodecraft's Jonathan Yarbor

The ESA told California lawmakers private servers are piracy. NodeCraft's Jonathan Yarbor on the terminology it botched and why licensing beats litigating.

PLAYER DRIVENJUL 7, 2026

41:39

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The Biggest Gaming Platform You've Never Heard Of (100M Players a Month)

Web games went from the thing you played to kill time in study hall to a platform pulling 100 million monthly active users.

PLAYER DRIVENJUN 30, 2026

1:09:13

Skill-based matchmaking, explained by the engineer who built Call of Duty's rating system

Charlie Olsen wrote the matchmaking rating system inside Call of Duty. Now he sells matchmaking to studios — and explains what SBMM really does to your game.

PLAYER DRIVENJUN 23, 2026

↳ LATEST ESSAYS

· FIELD NOTES

Fiene Ziegler’s Accidental Path from Cultural Studies to Player Community Management at InnoGames

The community management specialist offers insights into how she orchestrates communications between the developers and global player base of Forge of Empires…and explains why she’s so into road trips

Lewis Ward

· PROFILE

Thad Sasser Loves Learning, Smart Risk-taking, Fun, and MERICA, Part 2

The vet FPS studio exec and current creative director of COD Warzone talks vision, the ‘friendship hostage’ problem, shooter innovations, and American grit

Lewis WardJUL 1, 2026

· PROFILE

Thad Sasser Loves Learning, Smart Risk-taking, Fun, and MERICA, Part 1

The vet FPS studio exec and current creative director of COD Warzone opens up about his break into gaming, why QA is a “great path for developers,” and skiing in Tribes

Editorial DeskJUN 24, 2026