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What you'll be able to do.

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

Content that counts toward L03.

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EP_153

No AI Doesn't Mean What You Think It Does

Guest: Tess Lynch, Founding Attorney, Clause and Affect When Crimson Desert announced "no AI in our game," the internet applauded.

WITH TESS LYNCHMAY 19, 2026

58:06

EP_152

Feedback at 150,000 Players: What V Rising Learned from Its Own Launch

What happens inside a studio when a game explodes past every projection on launch day? Jeremy Fielding, Community Manager and Narrative Coordinator at Stunlock Studios, was there when V Rising hit 150,000 concurrent Steam players — and he w…

WITH JEREMY FIELDINGMAY 12, 2026

21:39

EP_151

Building NYC's Gaming Ecosystem from the Classroom Up with Alia Jones-Harvey

Episode Description (the version that goes in podcast players) New York City has tripled gaming industry jobs since 2008. The average wage is now 14% above the citywide average.

WITH ALIA JONES-HARVEYMAY 5, 2026

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Mediating Irreconcilable Differences with Behavioral Game Economist Catalin Alexandru, Part 2

The consulting vet offers hot takes on what’s derailed Web3 gaming, SDT’s upsides, and the importance of bridging the gap between game design and production processes

Lewis WardMAY 26, 2026

Navigating Irreconcilable Differences with Behavioral Game Economist Catalin Alexandru, Part 1

He’s always surfing the next big, sexy, dangerous, and psychologically meaningful logarithmic or asymptotic curve

Lewis WardMAY 15, 2026

Utrecht University’s Dr. Joost Vervoort on Gaming’s Potential to Help Build a Better Future, Part 2

Forces in the EU are working to tap into video games’ latent potential to make the real-world a better place for everyone and the environment

Lewis WardMAY 8, 2026