re:Play with Greg Off

Michael Yum went to UC Santa Cruz to study film, got pulled into the games industry through EB Games, and eventually borrowed money from family to fly to South Korea alone and convince Pentavision to let him publish DJMax in North America. Today, he's the CEO and co-founder of PM Studios — a developer, publisher, and physical distribution powerhouse behind more than 100 games a year, including the...

Cord Smith has had one of the most unconventional careers in the games industry. From writing for the Official Dreamcast Magazine to leading marketing and production teams at SEGA, Ubisoft, and Square Enix, he's experienced nearly every side of game development before founding Inevitable Studios. In this episode, Greg sits down with Cord to discuss how one cold email launched his career, witnessin...

Amir Satvat spent 15 years in investment banking and enterprise tech — Goldman Sachs, VMware, Amazon — before finally breaking into games at 38. Then over Thanksgiving 2022, friends were laid off right before the holidays, and he sat down and built a simple Google spreadsheet of open jobs. Three and a half years later, that spreadsheet has become ASGC (Always Supporting the Games Community): 2,500...

Van Burnham has spent three decades making the argument that video games are a legitimate art form — pretty much before anyone wanted to hear it. She's the author of Supercade (MIT Press), one of the most important books ever written about this medium. She has collected nearly 500 arcade machines, interviewed the people who built this industry from the ground up, and is now working to build what s...

Get a first listen to re:Play , a new podcast about the ins, outs, and upside downs of the games industry, from game development, publishing, marketing, and everything in between. Hosted by industry veteran Greg Off, this short trailer shares what the show is about and who it’s for. Get ready to discover how re:Play will spotlight the people behind your favorite games. From AAA studios to scrappy...