The Craft Podcast

By Jonathan Pan

Craft opens up opportunities. Listen to the stories and learn from the experiences from those who have mastered their craft.... more

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The podcast currently has 32 episodes available.

The Craft Podcast episodes:

July 06, 2022 E32 with Michele Hennessy: Creating Kids Content
In this episode, we learn about how kids content is created with Michele Hennessy, Senior Creative Executive at Apple TV+ Kids.
1:25 What creative executives do
3:20 Overview of the creative development process and commonly used terms and functions
6:25 How to get started as a creative executive
10:00 Gaining empathy and experience through various roles in the creative development process
13:00 Breaking down the typical age groups and their characteristics
16:24 What are the business and social impact of investing in kids entertainment
21:15 Balancing entertainment and education in content creation
23:34 Appreciating the craft of different genres
26:11 Explaining the different components of content budgets
30:40 How to get started in the kids entertainment industry

#entertainment #education #streaming #tvshow #kids
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39min
June 28, 2022 E31 with Dan Felder: Analyzing NFTs through History of Games
In this episode, we evaluate NFTs and their purported benefits through similar examples in gaming history with Dan Felder, Senior Game Designer, Riot Games.
0:00 Intro
1:31 Play to Earn: History (WoW in 2017) vs. Today (Axie Infinity)
7:27 Managing game economies (gold, items, etc.)
10:00 History of IP Interoperability: Amiibos
15:00 Practicalities of IP Interoperability from an established Game Studio's POV
20:00 IP Interoperability vs cross-promotion
26:00 NFT vs. download code and tech behind NFTs
30:00 Ownership scenarios of NFTs
31:20 The value of decentralized databases for games
35:00 Why game studios want to stop supporting games
39:30 What options do communities of web2 games and web3 games have when game devs no longer want to support the games?
42:10 Create-to-Earn
Referenced in the show:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/327690/Gigantic/
https://www.wired.com/2013/09/diablo-auction-house/
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/sony-marvel-tom-holland-spider-man-1203351489/
https://www.nbc.com/the-office/video/dwights-second-life/3842661
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-professional-poker-players-need-to-be-staked
https://www.pcgamer.com/runescape-golden-party-hat-hunt/
https://www.wired.com/2006/02/making-a-living-in-second-life/

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#gamedesign #NFT

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55min
May 05, 2022 E30 with Dan Felder: Game Design
Learn about game design with Dan Felder, Senior Game Designer, Riot Games
0:00 Intro
3:00 What is game design and what types of game designers are there?
6:40 Systems design vs content design
10:00 How to get started in game design as a craft
13:00 Media design, new media, and interactive media
15:00 Storytelling and decision moments
19:00 How game design has changed in recent years
22:23 Using data in game design
25:12 What makes a game designer great?
29:00 General game designer POV on NFTs looking through the lens of history
36:50 Who makes game design decisions?
40:46 Designing board games as an easy way to try game design
Referenced in the show:
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/-quot-the-door-problem-quot-of-game-design
https://ryanschultz.com/2021/04/24/to-teleport-or-not-to-teleport-teleporting-versus-walking-in-the-metaverse/
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/magazine/15Battier-t.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbzhHSexzpY
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44min
April 16, 2022 E29 with Jason Hitchcock: Investing in DeFi
Learn about DeFi, short for decentralized finance, with Jason Hitchcock, Founder and GP at 4 Moons, LLC.

0:00 Intro
1:01 How and when Jason got into DeFi
2:47 How DeFi has created a new style of crypto investing
7:05 Understanding the relationship between Terra, LUNA, and UST
12:09 What are stable coins?
15:17 What are some DeFi strategies besides stable coin farming?
18:30 What are the risks involved in investing in cryptocurrency?
21:33 Taking an experimental approach to DeFi
23:39 Applying Jason's approach to a specific example (LUNA)
26:59 Crypto in gaming, Avalanche
28:32 The science of fandom and how it relates to crypto/DeFi

Guest: Jason Hitchcock, Founder and GP at 4 Moons, LLC
https://twitter.com/JasonHitchcock/

Referenced in the show:
https://twitter.com/JasonHitchcock/status/1509090559914295298
https://www.terra.money/ https://www.avax.network/
https://astroport.fi/en
https://help.coinbase.com/en/coinbase/getting-started/crypto-education/wrappedluna
https://docs.terra.money/docs/learn/protocol.html
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33min
April 08, 2022 E28 with Christie Tang: Product Design
Learn about product design with Christie Tang, Product Designer (Gaming), Meta.
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31min
March 29, 2022 E27 with Mabel Lin: Data Science and Analytics
Learn about data science and analytics with Mabel Lin, Data Science Manager, Metaverse, Meta.
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27min
February 22, 2022 E26 with Luisa Fernández: Leading Entertainment Brands in Latin America
Learn about leading entertainment brands in Latin America with Luisa Fernández, Head of Gaming Video Creators, Meta.
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36min
January 04, 2022 E25 with Jin Oh: International Game Publishing and Operations
Learn about international game publishing and operations with Jin Oh, Former President, Worldwide Publishing (Esports, Marketing, Publishing, International Offices, Pub Ops).
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43min
December 25, 2021 E24 with Kevin Hoang: Collegiate Esports, Axie Infinity, Play-to-Earn Games
Learn about Kevin's journey starting from collegiate esports and jumping recently into crypto/web 3/play-to-earn games as Co-Founder and Co-CEO of AcadArena. AcadArena raised a $3.5MM seed round in December 2021.
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53min
December 25, 2021 E23 with Alex Charsky: Organized Play, Esports, and Tournaments
Learn about the evolution of esports starting with organized play and leading into broadcasted competitions and tournaments with Alex Charsky, Associate Director, Esports, Ubisoft.
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42min

FAQs about The Craft Podcast:

How many episodes does The Craft Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 32 episodes available.