How I Made That

My guest this episode is Andrew Schimmel, associate producer for Built By Snowman. Snowman is probably most well known for its mobile snowboarding games, Alto's Adventure and Alto's Odyssey. But in September 2019, Snowman hit the ground running with the launch of Apple Arcade, releasing two new games with the debut of the platform — Where Cards Fall, developed in tandem with The

My guest this episode is Ty Galiz-Rowe, the founder and editor in chief of the website Uppercut Crit. Uppercut is, quite easily, one of the coolest and best sites in video games right now, going the extra mile to amplify diverse writers and writing, and advocate for freelancers and making sure they get paid. I've kind of looked up to Ty for a while, and really admire the way they

A unique benefit of doing this show is getting to interview my friends and ask them all the questions I've always wanted to ask them about their life and job. My guest today is Leo Vader, the now-former video editor at Game Informer and someone I've actually known for a long time without ever knowing too much about. Leo and I both worked as interns at Game Informer in the summer o

Welcome to the first episode of How I Made That, a show about the people in and around the game industry, and the things they make. My first guest is Matt Leone, features editor of the pop culture site Polygon. In January 2017, Matt published a story called Final Fantasy 7: An oral history, and it kinda felt like the game industry stood still — at least for a day, as everyone st