Gabríel Ólafs, pianist, composer, founder Reykjavík Orkestra.
Gabríel Ólafs is an Icelandic pianist, composer, and producer whose work blends classical tradition with fantasy and a strikingly modern sense of atmo...
Elise Kova, romantic fantasy novelist.
Elise Kova is a fantasy novelist whose rise from online serial writer to international bestseller has made her one of the defining voices in modern fa...
Brendan Greene, game-maker (PUBG, Prologue: Go Wayback!)
Brendan Greene is a game designer whose work reshaped the landscape of competitive multiplayer video games. Raised on a barracks in County Kildare, he...
Stephen Totilo, journalist, editor.
Stephen Totilo is an American journalist whose career has helped redefine how video games are reported and understood. After studying at Columbia’s Gr...
Jerk Gustafsson, studio director, MachineGames (Wolfenstein series; Indiana Jones and the Great Circle).
Jerk Gustafsson is a Swedish game developer whose career has been shaped by a builder’s instinct — first in the physical world, and then in virtual on...
Chandana Ekanayake, founder Outerloop Games (Falcon Age, Thirsty Suitors, Dosa Divas).
Chandana Ekanayake is a game developer and creative director whose career spans more than two decades of work across some of the industry’s most varie...
Natasha Hodgson, writer, composer, performer, Operation Mincemeat.
Natasha Hodgson is a British writer, performer, and composer for theatre, television, and audio. As a co-founder of the theatre company Spit-Lip, she ...
Simon Lockerby, streamer, founder Fateless Games.
Simon Lockerby is a game creator and studio co-founder whose path into development didn’t follow a traditional games pipeline, but instead grew out of...
C. Thi. Nguyen, author, philosopher.
C. Thi. Nguyen is an American philosopher whose work explores what games reveal about agency, and the ways in which metrics can shape our desires. Aft...
Michael French MBE, founder, London Games Festival.
My guest today is a games industry leader whose career has spanned journalism, publishing, public policy, and cultural advocacy. He began in 2002 as a...