In Episode 6 of Beyond Beta Podcast, Dan Cermak and Steve discuss Dan’s career path to Volition, his experiences with layoffs, and his idea to move Volition into the open-world genre with Saint’s Row and Agents of Mayhem. 

In Episode 5 of Beyond Beta Podcast, Louis Castle discusses the history of Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer, Blade Runner, Boom Blox, and more. The episode also includes talk about Louis's career path to Amazon Game Studios and his approach to making great video games. 

In Episode 4 of Beyond Beta Podcast, Brittany Aubert of City State Entertainment and Steve talk about what it's like being an Independent developer. Brittany also speaks about the open development of Camelot Unchained, her passion for wrestling, and how she manages work/life balance in her career as a producer.  

In Episode 3 of Beyond Beta Podcast, Randy Greenback of Gun Media and Steve go over the differences between working for an Indie developer vs. a “Triple-A” developer. Randy explains how his team landed the Friday the 13th license, what they wanted to accomplish with the game, and what it was like having “44,000 bosses.”

In part 2 of 2, Mike Legg of Petroglyph Games and Steve discuss Universe at War, 8 Bit Armies, and MOBAs. They also speak about acquisitions and life as an Indie game developer all while doing some accidental alliteration. 

In Part 1, Steve speaks with Mike Legg about his career in the video game industry and what it was like working on some of the largest IPs in video games.