The LAB: Inside the Gaming Industry

Join us for a chill podcast as we recap and share stories from GDC 2025. Join us for a relaxed vibe on this episode of The LAB: Inside the Game Industry

In this second special edition of The LAB: Inside the Game Industry, we continue the countdown to the Game Developers Conference 2025. This episode covers must know Sessions and attendance required Events! We share maps and resources, discuss The LAB: Inside the Game Industry meetup at Yerba Buena Gardens! What are your thoughts on the Fortnite X Disney news? Are you excited for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle? We touch base on the buzz around XBox Hardware on the horizon and more! Don't miss this episode!

In this special edition of The LAB: Inside the Game Industry, we have a very special panel discussing the Game Developers Conference 2025. Joining the Panel is Founder of Leap of Faith Studios, Mondae Atughonu. Co-Founder and COO of Alkemi Labz, Jason Rose. Senior UI/UX Designer and Tech Artist in Video Games and Tech | Women In Games Ambassador | ex Nintendo, Blizzard, Microsoft, Dell, Kat Craig. Chief Game Audio Engineer, Agustin Chavarria and of course Greg Posner, Angel Guevara, Cassandra Liu and Rick Bauer. We discuss Resumes, Demo Reels, Exhibition, Meetups and so much more!

Cassandra joins the team for a new opening, who is playing what? We introduce stickers to the Twitch Live stream, which handheld are you looking forward to in 2025? Mark Mikunas (Fingers on the Moon) discusses integration of game and music, the likenesses and differences in the two industries and how the accompany each other. The direction of the industry, games and creativity. Game industry news with Cassandra Liu. Christopher Adamson (StretchSense) shows us the Studio Glove from StretchSense, covers application for mocap and VR, demonstrates the gloves and more. We look forward to having Rick Bauer back on the show and closeout with final thoughts.

Meet ups at GDC2025, what does job security look like for game devs in 2025? Scopely looks to acquire Niantic, the impact of Pokemon GO. Chris Cantero (Chazak Games) discuses the beautiful first person slasher fruit ninja hybrid, "High Fructose"! Game industry news with Cassandra Liu and we cover the importance of lighting, get some great lighting tips and more with Karim Abou Shousha from Ubisoft Montreal!

Digimon announces a new game, PlayStation experiences an outage, would you pay $80-$100 for a video game? Mondae Atughonu (Leap of Faith Studio) (formerly Bungie) discusses embarking on the Indie journey with the title "Haven", working on his passion project "Coven", game testing with his daughter and more! Game industry news with Cassandra Liu and Jennifer Javornik (Filament Games) delves into the education/therapeutic uses of video games and their impact on both Physical and Mental health as well as the boundaries that games transcend.

The SIMS 1 &2 are getting re-released, AI in gaming, escapism and gaming education with Zachary Kosma of Kosmacon Games Kosma Co Games. OpenAI. Team scaling and production, Indie vs. AAA with Tim Gerritsen of Lost Boys Interactive Lost Boys Interactive Global gaming events and news with Cassandra Liu. "Spin the Wheel" and more

original air date: 01/29/25