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**Video Games Real Talk**

Welcome to Video Games Real Talk, the podcast where industry veterans and emerging voices from the Global South explore how the next wave of leadership is redefining the business of games.

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Latest Episodes:

Happy New Year 2021 Jan 15, 2021

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This week, Alexander Fernandez and Stefan Baier, cover their predictions for the video games industry in 2021.

Topics discussed:

Top game changer for 2021

What does game development look like in 2021

Is work from home here to stay?

What about that Balenciaga project?

Will we see more businesses using games?

How will development studios need to change to survive the year?

Advice for studios just starting

What are we excited about for 2021

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Alexander = @starveup
Stefan = @NerdyNarrative

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Shawn Layden Dec 18, 2020

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This week we have an incredible special guest, Shawn Layden, the former Chairman PlayStation Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment. Shawn shares his insights of the global video games industry, advice to game developers, and what it was like working directly for the founder of Sony, Akio Morita.

Topics discussed:

Cats

Global video games industry

Life on the road and at now at home

Diversity in the video games industry

How the games industry can reach a wider audience

Why the finance industry is paying attention to video games

The importance of culture, leadership, and disrupting your business

And much more!

Links mentioned in this episode:

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If you like Video Games Real Talk, please let us know. You can reach out to us on twitter @VG_RealTalk or @starveup.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit starveup.substack.com

What video games can teach the digital supply chain. Dec 10, 2020

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This week, Alexander Fernandez speaks with Marko Kovacevic, Executive Director for Member Engagement and George Bailey, Executive Director Chief Research Officer for the Digtial Supply Chain Institute (DSCI) a program of the Center for Global Enterprises about what video games can teach businesses in the global supply chain.

Topics discussed:

What is the DSCI?

What the video games industry can teach other industries.

What the video games industry can learn from other industires.

The future of the digital supply chain.

Why Streamline joined the DSCI.

Links mentioned in this episode:
website top the Center for Global Enterprises http://www.thecge.net/
George's article in Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgebailey1/2020/08/17/ready-up-what-fortnite-can-teach-us-about-supply-chain-leadership/?sh=c5cf0be628b7

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit starveup.substack.com

Digital Divide Dec 03, 2020

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Welcome to episode 1 of Video Games Real Talk. An insiders view of the business and development of video games. This week, Alexander Fernandez CEO and Stefan Baier COO of Streamline Media Group, cover the reasons they got into video games, the formation of Streamline, the digital divide and how it has affected the representation of minorities in the industry and finally what it takes to break into the games industry.

Topics discussed: