Teddy Bergsman, is the CEO and founder of Quixel. In this episode he talks about what it's like dreaming up and developing the tools that revolutionized 3D art in games with Quixel Megascans and Quixel Suite. Hear what inspired him to make it, how he handled early resistance, and what's on the horizon moving forward.

Quixel's first product, the Photoshop-based normal-creation toolset NDO, was an instant hit on its release in 2011, and was quickly followed by DDO, a companion tool designed to handle common

Klaus Pederson is the CEO of Bedtime Digital Games. He's been with the team since the teams debut game Back to Bed was just a student project that was successfully kickstarted and successfully launched. Now after shipping Chronology and Figment Klaus reflects with us all the highs and lows of being an indie studio in Denmark. We also explore versatile business development with Klaus and how the greatest success story from Bedtime Digital Games has yet to come.

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We look back at a fun year of interviews with top talents and talk about our goals for the upcoming year.

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Michael Rud started his career as an artist and eventually made the transition from Lead Artist to Lead Designer at IO Interactive on Hitman. He now runs his own studio and Playwood Project with their first game Wartile in early access on Steam. In this episode, we go over everything from his personal career pivots to game design philosophy using table tops as prototyping tools. You don't want to miss out!

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http://wartile.com/

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Another month passes calls for another episode of Roundtable News. Our segment that welcomes an open discussion on the recent month's biggest news in the industry and how it affects game developers worldwide.

Topics this week includes:

Net Neutrality Repealed

EA microtransactions

EA Buys Respawn

Star Citizen being sued twice

2017 VGA

Walt Disney Ownage

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They say a picture's worth a thousand words, and this man writes every one of them. Edwin McRae joins the podcast this week to go over writing memorable dialogue for game characters, how he got here from television and most importantly the tools for killing characters off in a diabolic plot twist. This is a can't miss podcast for anyone interested in writing for games.

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Working in the game industry and being able to make games is a privilege. But being able to ship games with your best friend while hanging out at work is pure fun! This week we interview the Chris' who have worked at multiple companies together throughout their careers and are currently working as Producers to ship games side-by-side at Survios. We talk about the how they managed to stick together at multiple companies and discuss some philosophies about VR, Survios, and future of the game industry.

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Net Neutrality Repeal vs. Gaming. What it means, what may happen to your games and what you can do to help. (*Our individual opinions)

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Maria Vasilchikova is a HR Manager that has worked at Obsidian Entertainment and now Pound Sand Games. She shares her knowledge on what recruiters are looking for and the Do's and Don'ts when it comes to applying for jobs. Our conversation ranges from never burning bridges and how Social Profiles plays a role in a applicant's hiring process.

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Alvin Nelson walks us through his career from QA to Producer to Being a product manager at a major publisher. By being on both sides of development and financing Alvin gives us his perspective of what it takes to be a good producer and to avoid the pitfalls of game development.

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