500,000 copies sold in it's first month and counting... Firewatch is indeed a hit, and we had to have a sitdown with Chris Remo to learn exactly how this came to be. This week, we talk development, marketing, Kickstarter and the music side of developing Firewatch!

It's hard to eat right and work out in the game industry, we're not denying that... But we did find someone who has some clear cut and simple to follow workarounds for dieting, working out and staying fit while being a professional game developer... Ladies and gentleman, Nelson Plumey!

E. McNeill sits with us to go over how Reddit helped his game reach over $800,000 in sales and what he does now to promote and market his independent games.

http://www.emcneill.com/

Steve Gaynor, known for Bioshock 2 and Gone Home explains the path he traveled after leaving 2K games to pursue game development at his own company. We talk about what it's like and also what's next for Fullbright.

@fullbright on twitter

http://stevegaynor.com/

https://tacoma-game.com/

http://www.gonehomegame.com/

The meteoric rise of E-Sports games and Competitive Gaming alike broken down and explained by a professional commentator and Street Fighter expert Paul Meyd. Sprinkle in some lets play controversy and future industry predictions and you got yourself a podcast!

https://www.twitch.tv/doctorstantz/profile

Collin Fogel lets us take a look at what he did with an incredible bonus from working on Skylanders and what he's doing now after that big payday. Hear his thoughts on the practice of bonus payments and things to look out for if you currently work for a studio with a Bonus Plan.

http://collinfogel.com/

We took a brief moment to reflect on last week's episode before going deep into talks about the Game Developer's Conference and VR's amazingly bright future!

www.gamedevunchained.com

http://kotaku.com/star-wars-comes-to-valves-virtual-reality-headset-1764940612

https://www.oculus.com/en-us/blog/introducing-henry-from-oculus-story-studio/

Raymond Graham is our favorite consultant on all facets of salary negotiation. He takes us through his best advice and practices for helping you increase your pay today. You'd be a fool to skip this one.

Want to know what to do and what not to do when talking to recruiters? Want to hear some horror stories of epic fails from people talking to recruiters? Want to hear how recruiters work together to keep the bad seeds out and how not to become a bad seed? Jim Rivers who's awesome at recruiting tells all!

This week, we were able to fit Anthony Jones AND Kalen Chock into a single podcast. Put this one on repeat as you work. This week, we breakdown art, life and success. (The joys and pains). You will be motivated like never before to work hard, eat healthy and live a life of success.