Richard Lico has over 20 years of experience in the industry spending the bulk of the last decade at Bungie as a Animation Lead. He has made his mark on the Halo franchise and was the first animator on the Destiny franchise and now he is embarking his journey to the indie world with Polyarc Games (https://www.polyarcgames.com/.) Listen in on his adventure from being a self taught artist to being the highest-level animator at Bungie and then finally becoming an "Animation Director of one" at Polyarc.

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This episode is likely one of the most special episodes of our podcast yet. We were able to sit down with Kirill Tokarev, and get the entire story of 80.lv We find out how it came about, the early struggles and successes as well as find out what someone needs to have if they want to be featured on their website! Also, we honor the memory of Paul Pepera on this episode with a touching feature in dedication by David Ballard.

Olaf Piesche talks about his journey through the industry in the United States as a German immigrant. We discuss about his struggles, his big wins, and the impact he faces as a foreigner when the industry gets volatile. Olaf is currently a Senior FX Engineer at Epic.

Another month has passed and so the crew gets back together with special guest Ray Graham to discuss the hottest topics of last month. Giving a unique game developer perspective and how it may affect our industry.

Drew Smith handles Business Development at Google's game division and has an impressive resume working for Bungie and 2K among many other companies. In this episode, we discuss what he does as well as his perspective of the current and future place for gaming entertainment and the lessons he learned from his career.

You can check out his blog @

https://medium.com/@drewsmith_11595

linkedin.com/in/drew-smith-701b90

Tommy Ho sits down with us to discuss his career and talks about how's it been being an animator. We go in-depth and examine the commonalities that veterans share after a decade of experience and compare how we were as students entering into the industry.

Three men and a set of dice! This week we're talking the business and design of analog games with Deon Carrico of Victory Point Games! Learn a bit about the table top gaming business, and also how you can make and publish your own analog games as well! It's all here in this week's episode.

Jeff Spoonhower joins us this week to discuss his indie game Anew: The Distant Light and what the road looked like the past year for his company, Resonator. We uncover how he prepared for his kickstarter campaign and paint a picture of what he did to stand out from the indie crowd. Please support his kickstarter campaign that is live right now! Or at least go check it out!

(This is the second time Jeff has been on GDU go check out episode 13 for his full journey)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/17995

This week we sit down with Mat Dickie and learn about his success from his early days of independently making PC games to modernizing them for the mobile market. We also discuss how he found his largest audience from making wrestling games to constantly experimenting with new and interesting genres. If you want to feel lazy and motivated at the same time you don't want to miss this one!

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https://www.youtube.com/user/MDickieDotCom

Raymond Graham sat down with us to discuss January's 2017 Roundtable News. We give our opinions on last month's biggest headlines! How much richer does Zenimax feel? New Nintendo Switch details, GameStop discouraging eschew sales, and what the Trump Ban on Immigration means for the game industry.