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Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast

by Cheryl Platz
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  • Bringing Technical Design to Higher Game Dev Education with Jo Cronk

    April 14, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

    From software engineer to technical designer to game design professor - Jo Cronk has turned a successful career bridging the gap between engineers and creatives at companies like Crystal Dynamics and Snowblind Studios into a thriving…

  • Proactive People Programs for Thriving Game Studios with Amy White

    April 7, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

    Most game studios start out chasing a game, not a plan to stick around for the long haul - and that's where things start to fall down. Right at the moment when success knocks at the door and you start to scale, things fall apart. Why…

  • Helping Local Game Devs Reach Global Impact with Tim Cullings

    March 31, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    Seattle's indie gaming scene boasts the largest thriving indie game community in North America - Seattle Indies - headed currently by Executive Director Tim Cullings. Tim's background started in traditional information technology, but a…

  • S2 E4: Events as a Catalyst for Thriving Communities with Cristina Amaya

    March 24, 2026 · 59 min

    What's a third space, where did they go, and what role can gaming events play in helping players pursue the growing motivator of play of companionship? Why are events the first to get cut when budgets get tight in a world where a return to…

  • Putting Playtesting into your Process with Steve Bromley

    March 17, 2026 · 59 min

    Games user researcher and educator Steve Bromley literally wrote the book on games user research, and he's been coaching and teaching the gaming community in how to get the most from their playtesting and research efforts for 15 years…

  • Self-Expression, Representation, and Generational Gaming with Adanna Nedd

    March 10, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    Narrative designer, games writer, and games researcher Adanna Nedd brings her extensive knowledge of what's current in gaming to expand our horizons. Explore unexpected questions like: what's "friend slop" and why does it matter? What does…

  • S2 E1: Powering Up Game Dev by Making Space for All with Joanie Kraut

    March 3, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

    Welcome to Season 2 of Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast. Where Season 1 expanded on the interviews from host Cheryl Platz's critically acclaimed book The Game Development Strategy Guide, Season 2 covers new ground. The overarching…

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About the show

Creative director, game designer, and author of The Game Development Strategy Guide Cheryl Platz hosts this engaging look behind the scenes at what it takes to make video games that transcend the test of time. In-depth conversations with industry veterans cover deep topics intended to get listeners thinking about how to pull the video game industry out of the doldrums and into a more sustainable, more playful future.