People Like Games
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Episodes
A Conversation with Rick "The Hadou" Thiher | on EVO, the FGC, & esports
31m · PublishedRick "The Hadou" Thiher -- General Manager of EVO and the founder of ComboBreaker - joins the show to talk about the logistics behind planning the biggest FGC tournament in the world, the nature and popularity of fighting games, the business of esports and a whole lot more! -- 0:00 Intro 2:20 Planning EVO in a post COVID world 4:20 EVO as a convention 9:49 How did the FGC avoid the esports franchising model? 12:15 How do you choose what games will be at EVO? 16:29 Are fans committed to games or their own favorites? 17:40 The Nintendo Question 19:10 How has venture capital money changed the esports space? 22:14 Lessons from grassroots to scale in event planning
26:55 The Future of EVO
29:15 The PLG Interview Question ---
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The Making of Spyro the Dragon
6m · PublishedLearn about the history and story behind the making of one of the Playstation platformer classic: Spyro the Dragon
A Conversation with Osama Dorias | Lead Content Designer at Blizzard
1h 4m · PublishedIn a new episode of [a conversation with], Solo is joined on the show by Osama Dorias, the Lead Content Designer at Blizzard, to discus a range of topics on gaming and diversity! •• 0:00 What game are you playing now? 5:00 The evolution in gaming development and testing 22:08 What makes you prefer video games to other mediums? 26:50 How did you get into gaming? 35:30 Representation and Diversity in Gaming 49:00 Advice for people who want to get into the gaming industry 59:45 Favorite game of all time 1:01:20 What's one piece of art you'd love to see made into a video game?
The Year 2022 In Gaming
1h 10m · PublishedAfter a three year hiatus, Solo and Lilo reunite to take a look back at all the top gaming stories of 2022 & make a few speculations on what to expect in gaming in 2023 | - 0:55 call of duty league, esports future in trouble? 5:05 bayonetta (?) scandal 7:55 Netflix in gaming 13:20 Google stadia and cloud gaming 18:40 G4 shutdown, why isn’t there money in gaming media 19:30 FTC/ Activision blizzard, modern monopolies and competition in gaming 24:00 how gaming fits into unionization movement 29:50 Halo 34:30 EA loses fifa 35:47 steam deck 38:40 gta (Slow year in gaming, impact of Cyberpunk, but idk if really separate topic) 40:35 top games of 2022 47:17 2023 predictions (man lilo is obsessed with breath of the wild isn’t he)
a brief yet informative history of Laser Tag
3m · PublishedLearn the brief yet informative history behind the childhood FPS we all got to play — LASER TAG ••• Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/peoplelikegames • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peoplelikegames • Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/peoplelikegames
the Making of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
7m · PublishedIn a new episode of Story-Mode, Solo shares the history and story behind the making of one of the greatest video games of all time | The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker! • Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/peoplelikegames • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peoplelikegames • Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/peoplelikegames
the Making of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
7m · PublishedIn a new episode of Story-Mode, Solo shares the history and story behind the making of one of the greatest video games of all time | The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker! • Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/peoplelikegames • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peoplelikegames • Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/peoplelikegames
the End of Loot Boxes (Mostly)
9m · PublishedSolo returns to the mic sooner than later for a new episode of @some point. This time around, he talks about Netherlands and 18 European countries finally going after Loot Boxes & whether that monetization trend is finally coming to an end
A Slow Summer in Gaming
8m · PublishedSolo returns to the mic for a new episode of @some point. This time around, he talks about a very slow summer in gaming in terms of popular new releases, Niantic cutting almost 10% of its staff, the Playstation Gamepass, and a whole lot more
the MAKING OF | Super Mario Strikers
4m · PublishedPeople Like Games has 334 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 145:46:17. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 28th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 15th, 2024 13:40.