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Welcome, dearest listeners, to another podcast edition of the One Life Left RADIO SHOW because, first and foremost, it is a radio show on ResonanceFM, our faithful home since neolithic times. ResonanceFM are currently having their fundraiser for 2025 so please check out their fundraising page and help out, if at all possible: https://fundraiser.resonance.fm/ Meanwhile, on this week's episode, Ste's going to UKIE (maybe with magic tricks), Simon renamed the Northern Line (OK, just the one station), Sega want your deets, video game prices only going up, digital winning, Switch 2 - finally - and Video Game History Foundation do Good Stuff!! We also have our report from Pocket Gamer Connects, which includes a bad bouncer at The Piano Works, and EXCLUSIVELY reveal the Switch 2 release date. Maybe. DO NOT FORGET - Simon has challenged all of you to a game of darts. Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough etc etc. Hop on to Discord and start trash talking*. PLUS there's that Maraoke in London on Saturday 8th Feb, tickets available HERE Seriously we need more letters. Please. I'm going to have to start posting more stuff on social media about this, aren't I? For starters you could tell us which tube stations you would rename, in a video game stylee. Send your missives to us at team@onelifeleft.com. Or join our Discord and leave a letter for us on there. Link below! TTFN, Team OLL x *Well, no, be nice or one of us will swing the ban hammer, most likely. Links: The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link! http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Maraoke Everything Link! https://hello.maraoke.com Block Words Link! https://blockwords.app/ The Shure link! https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: Batman: Arkham City Lego Star Wars Skywalker Saga Dragonsweeper Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Een gemiddeld paard poept zo'n 10.000 kilo mest per jaar! Reken maar uit hoeveel dat is als je een hele kudde hebt lopen... Regelmatig mest laten ophalen kan behoorlijk prijzig zijn, maar wat zijn de alternatieven? Marloes van Ukie's Paddock Paradise vertelt over het composteren van paardenmest en over het maken van mestbriketten voor je kachel. Je ontdekt wat je nodig hebt om een goede composthoop te maken, hoe je hem goed opbouwt en wanneer je de compost kunt gebruiken! En je leert hoe makkelijk het is om briketten te maken van de mest. Deze alternatieven zijn duurzaam én besparen geld. Deze podcast wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door Hartenpaarden: www.hartenpaarden.nl De Paardenpodcast wordt opgenomen bij www.podcaststudionijmegen.com

This week we ask the BIG questions: Who is following us on Bluesky? What is a turnip driver? Is a disk drive a dongle?? We also discover AI's weakness, Netflix kill off their interactive shows, the Borderlands movie never happened, Ste shoots all the time in everyday life, Simon has "beef" with "the man" and what exactly is all this UKIE shenanigans, anyway?! We also talk about upcoming appearances at GaMaYo (Thursday 21st November in Wakefield) and the Maraoke Xmas Party (Friday 13th December)! Can you fix an extractor fan? Do you know anything about the Switch 2? Let us know (or not) at team@onelifeleft.com. Or join our Discord and drop us a letter on there there. Link below! TTFN, Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link! http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Purely OLL Discord Link! https://discord.gg/nzcMpvbCpk The Maraoke Everything Link! https://hello.maraoke.com The Shure link! https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: Batman: Arkham Shadow Blockwords Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Isn't it horrible when someone leaves you out of something? Well, dear listeners, this week we discover how a veteran Edge writer has been left out of a new periodical written by veteran Edge writers!!! The injustice!! We also have Charlesbot evolving into something that swears and says "aaah" a lot, the "console arms race" has levelled out and it's Tetris aaaaaaall the way down. Tetris! Plus much more... Meanwhile we have another Maraoke event coming up and this time it's FREE! Friday 8th November at Loading in Stoke Newington. Get your tickets HERE! Like Pac-Man gobbling up those questionable pills, we devour your letters and need MORE OF THEM!!! Feed us letters so we can temporarily defeat the ghosts that constantly haunt us each and every day!!! You might even win a game or something. Send your letters to us at team@onelifeleft.com. Or join our Discord and send a letter to us on there whilst also joining a UKIE subcommittee. Link below! TTFN, Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!: http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Purely OLL Discord Link!: https://discord.gg/nzcMpvbCpk The Maraoke Everything Link!: https://hello.maraoke.com The Shure link! https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Assassin's Creed Discovery Tour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 2024 as Simon continues his quest for world domination via election to the board of UKIE!! If you're eligible to vote then VOTE SIMON and it'll be drinks for everyone around at Buck House if he gets voted in*! Meanwhile we also ponder how to pronounce Godot, question how many more lamp-posts the PS5 Pro will give us and apologise for the lack of Switch 2 news last week, amongst other things... We need more ideas for our appearance on Yogscast next week (Tuesday 24th Sept), dear listeners! Prove to us that someone still reads these show-notes and PLEASE send some suggestions, in the form of a letter, to us at team@onelifeleft.com. Or join our Discord and leave a letter for us there. Link below! TTFN, Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!: http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Purely OLL Discord Link!: https://discord.gg/nzcMpvbCpk The Maraoke Everything Link!: http://hello.marao.ke/ That Shure link again! https://tag.gs/OneLifeLeft_Shure Reviews: Star Wars Outlaws What the Car? *Drinks at Buck House not guaranteed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There's shenanigans afoot this week and it only dawned on me while putting these notes together of the potentially top level criminal activities afoot in the UK games industry! In amongst the weekly dose of totally innocent fare we have two seemingly unconnected stories from Simon: Peter Molyneux's car breaks down... Then Simon gets his car carjacked... Come to your own conclusions, dear listeners!! If anyone actually bothers to read these notes then I might've been too scared to even mention this - or I'll just be asked to change these notes if we're skirting too close to legal issues. It wouldn't be the first time I've Said Too Much Aaaanyway, yes, in One Life Left this week we have S-T-E not going on a long flight and he's still not a lawyer but he does continue to update his (so far) OLL Exclusive Game Black Diamond (join our Discord to play!), there's an EA Steam stealth drop, March 10th day happened again, EU check out Apple's Epic issues, Warner Brothers can't be bothered and the future of console hardware is dead. Again. Maybe. And, yes, Simon gets his car carjacked "live" on air mere days after going to a posh UKIE dinner with the great and the good of the UK games industry! (Except Peter Molyneux...) Don't forget (unless this is the first time you've heard) that there's a Resonance FM Fundraising Maraoke Special at Loading Bar Peckham in That London this coming Friday 15th March! Link for tickets and further details is below! Where has Simon been to with a snooker player? What games do you play on long flights?? Should One Life Left have their own annual awards??? Let us know at team@onelifeleft.com. Or hit the link below to join our Discord server and leave a letter for us there! TTFN, Team OLL x Links: The OLL Everything (including Discord) Link!: http://hello.onelifeleft.com/ The Purely OLL Discord Link!: https://discord.gg/nzcMpvbCpk The Maraoke Everything Link!: http://hello.marao.ke/ The Resonance FM Fundraising Maraoke Special Link!: https://lu.ma/58uqizlg The Resonance FM Fundraiser Link!: https://fundraiser.resonance.fm/fundraiser-events-2024 Reviews: Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake Animal Crossing: New Horizons Really Bad Chess Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Cocoon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As we prepare to return for Season 6 of Story x Story, we continue our series on video games with this special conversation about diversity in the industry. Nigel talks to Dom Shaw, EDI (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Coordinator at Ukie, and Liz Prince, Business Manager at Amiqus, about the journey of developing the newly launched Empower Up website. This collaboration between Ukie's #RaiseTheGame initiative and the specialist games recruitment agency aims to be a toolkit and guide for employers of all sizes to improve their diversity and inclusion efforts as we work towards an industry that continues to involve diverse perspectives and experiences in the process of making and selling its games. Enjoy this Behind The Story look at the motivation behind the website, and check out our own "Do I Look Like A Gamer?" campaign for more positive representation in video games.

In the fifth in our Queer Voices series we talk with Samantha Béart, actor, currently known for playing Karlach in Baldur's Gate 3. We talked about how games and performances and performing in and for games, allowed us to explore, examine and find ourselves.We get into the ways games have allowed us to understand the world and ourselves, the joy of the “Fuck around and Find out” nature of some games, how trauma can be understood within a game. How games can take us deeper and into places we didn't expect allowing us to explore and have positive experiences. There are some gigantic nerd theory moments.Links we talk about:Where it all started: https://whereitallstartednovel.com/Paragraph 175 - film about homosexuality in German controlled regions in WW2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragraph_175_(film)The Ukie census of the Games Industry - https://ukie.org.uk/UK-games-industry-census-2020Karlach isn't a good girl blog post - https://www.tumblr.com/sailorgundam308/731617898834034688/karlach-isnt-a-good-girlFrom Queer to Eternity podcast - https://play.acast.com/s/from-queer-to-eternity/samanthabeart - which is almost 'Part 1' of this conversationWe have a transcript for this episode - IIC Episode 59 TranscriptOur Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/itiscomplicatedGive us feedback - get in touch on Patreon as social media is a trash fire - we'd love to connect with you about routine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final episode of this series of the Playable Futures Podcast, Will Freeman chats to Mitu Khandaker, CEO and Co-Founder of mobile studio Glow Up Games, about the impact of AI on games and what they mean for the future of play. The Playable Futures Podcast accompanies Playable Futures, a collection of insights, interviews and articles from global games leaders sharing their visions of where the industry and medium will go next. A series of ten articles so far have been published on GamesIndustry.biz, with more planned. Playable Futures is a collaborative project brought to you in partnership with GI.biz, UKIE and Diva. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After eleven and a half years at UKIE, Jo's imminent move to the music industry, where she will be serving as CEO of the British Phonographic Industry, felt like an appropriate opportunity to pause and reflect on her tenure and the importance of play. Speaking with us at Develop in Brighton, she explained that play has always encompassed more than just games. The Playable Futures Podcast accompanies Playable Futures, a collection of insights, interviews and articles from global games leaders sharing their visions of where the industry and medium will go next. A series of ten articles so far have been published on GamesIndustry.biz, with more planned. Playable Futures is a collaborative project brought to you in partnership with GI.biz, UKIE and Diva. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest episode of Playable Futures features a conversation with Deborah Mensah-Bonsu, who is the founder of dmb crew. Her flagship initiative is Games for Good, which focuses on helping studios and the wider industry harness games for social impact. Will and Deborah discuss the opportunity presented by the proliferation of games on mobile to unlock societal and behavioural change for good. “People are starting to understand that what it means to be a gamer is not what it was ten years ago,” Deborah says, adding later - “There is a potential for mobile to engage with people who didn't consider themselves gamers. Mobile is leading on that.” Whilst the discussion touches the familiar themes of mobile gaming such as monetisation - with Deborah saying that “it's not wrong to spend money on something that you think is bringing you value,” - and discoverability, the podcast equally focuses on the potential of the medium to effect change, with Deborah being optimistic about mobile as a platform for innovation and connection, with games offering tremendous potential to take us beyond the horizon of our ambition. The Playable Futures Podcast accompanies Playable Futures, a collection of insights, interviews and articles from global games leaders sharing their visions of where the industry and medium will go next. A series of ten articles so far have been published on GamesIndustry.biz, with more planned. Playable Futures is a collaborative project brought to you in partnership with GI.biz, UKIE and Diva. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode seven of the Playable Futures podcast turns its attention to the future of game consumption, and the shift in the dynamic between user, creator and platform. The result was a wide-ranging, insightful conversation between two brilliant guests – Stephanie King, Chief Administrative and Legal Officer and Playco, and Karol Severin, Senior analyst, VP of data, and Co-Founder at MIDiA Research. Both brought robust analysis and fascinating data – and a lot of vibrancy and infectious  Through their conversation, what becomes clear is that today's gamers are bombarded with more choices than ever – and yet we all only have 24 hours in one day. The attention economy is a place of more movement than ever before. Publishers and developers will increasingly need to have agile tactics in order to take their games to players, rather than work to bring users to platforms. Their episode's conversation also covers themes that are commonly preoccupying the sector at the moment – saturation and discoverability, for example – but with a realistic and enthusiastic outlook on how things will develop in the future. King and Severin discuss games as collected shared experiences; games as identifiers for tribes; and escape versus connection.  The Playable Futures Podcast accompanies Playable Futures, a collection of insights, interviews and articles from global games leaders sharing their visions of where the industry and medium will go next. A series of ten articles so far have been published on GamesIndustry.biz, with more planned. Playable Futures is a collaborative project brought to you in partnership with GI.biz, UKIE and Diva. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marcia Deakin, Co-Founder of Next Gen Skills Academy, Shahneila Saeed, Head of Education at UKIE and Director of Digital Schoolhouse and Keira McGarvey, Head of People at FuturLab join Will Freeman for the latest edition of our Playable Futures Series. Episode six of the Playable Futures podcast assembles a panel of experts to tackle the challenges and opportunities of the industry's talent pipeline, and how the sector finds itself at a crossroads in terms of future proofing recruitment for the medium and long term success of the sector.  The Playable Futures Podcast accompanies Playable Futures, a collection of insights, interviews and articles from global games leaders sharing their visions of where the industry and medium will go next. A series of ten articles so far have been published on GamesIndustry.biz, with more planned. Playable Futures is a collaborative project brought to you in partnership with GI.biz, UKIE and Diva. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The latest of our Playable Futures series tackles the industry's foundational duo - Publisher and Developer - and looks at what the future holds for Publishing in a sector in which the rate of change is rapid and accelerating. It's also one in which the balance between Community, Audience, Developer and Publisher has shifted irrevocably.  For Episode 5, presenter Will Freeman speaks to Jean-Paul Hardy, General Manager of Gearbox Amsterdam and Thomas Hegarty, Founder and Director of Roll7. Veterans of the publisher/developer relationship, the duo draw on their many years of experience in publishing and developing videogames and take a long view on what is in store for the future. Hardy reflects on how things have changed since he started out, when the publisher was responsible for a game's launch and little else. “When I started in the industry, you just launched and left. Print was king and if you had the budget you would do TV. Then all of a sudden online was the holy grail of marketing and publishing. I've seen 20 holy grails come by since then and these days it's all about data-driven things.” Today, as Hardy explains, publishing has evolved to encompass more than “simple” awareness. “It's so many things and it only gets bigger and bigger. If you don't limit yourself and focus on key areas, you're going to get spread so thin. You won't be able to do everything properly.” Hegarty reflects on how specialist, nuanced and important Marketing has become, as well as the value that a Publisher's perspective can bring.  “As we've grown our ambition and our budgets grow, there's more risk attached to what we're doing. We can't just hope we've hit the right note. We've got to do the analysis and that's where working with a publisher has been really good.  Interestingly, they settle on certain fundamentals that seem to characterise the publisher/developer relationship whatever the era: trust and open, frank communication.  “The publisher still has that same love of gaming that a developer has,” Hardy states. “They just look at it in a different way because we have different expertise.”   “Community is absolutely key. It always has been,” adds Hegarty, “There has been a big shift in the last couple of years where we actually see active changes within the game from people watching live on Twitch and that makes you think very differently about the game from the design point of view, which goes all the way through to how to release the game.” Are we looking at a future where the audience, developer, publisher and community become more interwoven? One thing is for sure - this episode leaves you thinking that the future is positive and exciting, and despite the inevitable challenges - good publisher / developer relations will provide plenty of solutions.  The Playable Futures Podcast accompanies Playable Futures, a collection of insights, interviews and articles from global games leaders sharing their visions of where the industry and medium will go next. A series of ten articles so far have been published on GamesIndustry.biz, with more planned. Playable Futures is a collaborative project brought to you in partnership with GI.biz, UKIE and Diva.

It's a double whammy for our latest episode of the Playable Futures Podcast, with gaming communities at the centre of the discussion. For this episode, presenter Will Freeman chats to Mark Reed, Founder of Heaven Media to reflect on gaming's relationship with marketing and the important role that communities play in shaping its landscape. He then interviews Romain de Waubert de Genlis, Studio Head and Chief Creative Officer at Amplitude Studios who discusses how his platform Games2Gether aims to bring the gaming community into the dev process. Both spokespeople take a long view on the importance of community, but what becomes clear is that factoring community into marketing strategies (amongst other project milestones) early in a campaign can prove pivotal in its success – and in many ways it always has been – but as we look to the future it will be an important key to success.  As Mark Reed says: “For as long as I've been gaming, communities have always been at the heart of gaming and that's still very true today.” Having witnessed significant changes over the course of a lengthy career, Mark reflects on how studios, publishers and developers have had to adapt to put their players and, crucially, engagement with them, first. Reflecting on the '90s, when the majors ignored their player base until launch, Mark suggests that the industry has now begun to accommodate them as early as possible. After all, if publishers don't nurture their audience, they stand a chance of falling at the first hurdle. If communities are key to successful games marketing, what is their future with regards to the creation and making of new and exciting titles?   Romain, meanwhile, is co-founder and Creative Director of Games2Gether, a video game co-creation platform that brings the gaming community together and provides a platform for creators to swap ideas and collaborate on development. This further democratisation of the creative process puts budding developers first, enabling creators to swap ideas in a like-minded environment with no gatekeepers. “What people usually don't like when they try to interact with a team is they will feel that they're not being listened to… We have one million players, so it's hard to tell everyone to listen to everyone at any one time, but it's all about transparency.” And what Romain touches on here is something that is true when applied to gaming communities, dev communities and is a core principle of good games marketing to boot – with clarity, simplicity and openness the sector can maintain new and powerful channels of conversation and use the benefits thereof to build the games industry of the future.  The Playable Futures Podcast accompanies Playable Futures, a collection of insights, interviews and articles from global games leaders sharing their visions of where the industry and medium will go next. A series of ten articles so far have been published on GamesIndustry.biz, with more planned. Playable Futures is a collaborative project brought to you in partnership with GI.biz, UKIE and Diva.

For the latest episode of the Playable Futures Podcast, games journalist Will Freeman is joined by representatives from three of the many independent and mid-size studios that are currently making waves in the games industry. Playtonic Games business development manager Stephanie Darrah, nDreams CEO Patrick O'Luanaigh, and Nosebleed Interactive managing director Andreas Firnigl discuss how much the game space has changed in the past decade and what it means to be an indie in a world where their titles are vying for audiences' attention alongside AAA behemoths. With the landscape ever changing, many developers are becoming publishers themselves, taking their experiences of working with external parties to inform their own ventures into the space. “A lot of developers like us have become publishers because we've been through the process ourselves,” Stephanie explains. “We've developed a game from start to finish. We've done ports ourselves. We've had publishing partners and we know the next steps after development, like QA and localisation… We know the pitfalls and we know the milestones.” Community is integral to industry success too, with many publishers increasingly focusing on nurturing talent and sharing knowledge across the indie space. “We've been in those shoes and we know people who are now trying to be in those shoes,” Stephanie adds. “For us, it fits the model of the industry as a whole. It's about helping people. It's about trying to make it a better space… You connect with people who are needing that support and suddenly you're a consultant, or a publisher.” The Playable Futures Podcast accompanies Playable Futures, a collection of insights, interviews and articles from global games leaders sharing their visions of where the industry and medium will go next. A series of ten articles so far have been published on GamesIndustry.biz, with more planned. Playable Futures is a collaborative project brought to you in partnership with GI.biz, UKIE and Diva.

For the second outing of the Playable Futures Podcast, games journalist Will Freeman chats with Tommy Palm, founder and CEO of Resolution Games to reflect on the future of virtual reality.  An industry veteran responsible for the enormous success of Candy Crush Saga, Palm has since shifted his focus to the world of virtual reality, courtesy of Ultimechs, Resolution's new multiplayer VR gaming experience. There are now more than ten million headsets in the market, so with VR well established as an accessible gaming platform, the barriers to entry are now significantly reduced. With the initial years of hype behind us, the format has begun to flourish on its own terms, becoming a fertile creative space for experimental games and ideas that were previously impossible to achieve. Palm reflects on VR's complete reinvention of the traditional gaming experience, which in many ways parallels the evolution he witnessed in the mobile gaming space.  “One of the most exciting things about mobile games in the beginning was the touchscreen. It enabled direct control. You could see it so clearly with small children. They would touch the object they wanted to move. It was so incredibly intuitive and we have a little bit of that going on with VR.” Palm also discusses a world of creative possibilities that are only possible in VR. However wonderful and engaging the best games are, they still exist within the standard confines of gaming. VR continues to pioneer away from this, removing the need for a conventional controller-based experience in place of intuitive, responsive play that has continued to change the game. “You want more intricate interaction with games. Visually, they are stunning, but you want more interaction with your games. In VR you have hands, eye-tracking, and voice.” The Playable Futures Podcast accompanies Playable Futures, a collection of insights, interviews, and articles from global games leaders sharing their visions of where the industry and medium will go next. A series of ten articles so far have been published on GamesIndustry.biz, with more planned. Playable Futures is a collaborative project brought to you in partnership with GI.biz, UKIE, and Diva.

And lo it did come to pass, dear listeners, that One Life Left didst finally get a Super Special Guest! Yep, you read that right: This week we have an SSG! And, no, it's not just Phil again! On this very episode we have none other than Sam Collins from UKIE joining us in the (virtual) studio to talk about Access November and the Guildford Games Festival amongst other things. We also bet all our money on Argentina to win World Cup 2022 thanks to EA, find out what not to stick in a toaster and discover Simon can no longer be bothered with Skyrim! Plus there's more from Alice Curran: Game Designer At Large and an impromptu Simon Byron's Fast Five - Games That Came Out Of Guildford! Have you ever been beaten by a button masher? Have you been a button mashee?? Confess your greatest gaming sins to us and repent! Repent! Or just ask us any old question at team@onelifeleft.com or amble over to our Discord server where you can chat with like-minded One Life Left listeners and post a question there. Link below! Cheerio! Team OLL x Links: The OLL Discord Server Link!: https://discord.gg/nzcMpvbCpk The OLL Twitter Link!: https://twitter.com/onelifeleft The Maraoke Twitter Link!: https://twitter.com/singmaraoke The UKIE Link!: https://ukie.org.uk/ Raise The Game Link!: https://raisethegame.com/ Guildford Games Festival Link!: https://guildford.games/ Reviews: Marvel Snap Sonic Frontiers Flutter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"In eight years' time, I'd like to see the video games industry being the greenest industry in the world and that the players that play games are coming to it, not just to escape, but to give back as well." The wider creative industries are increasingly looking to games for inspiration. After all, it's probably fair to say that gaming is now bigger than the Beatles – so why wouldn't the world of music and film be looking to video games for a steer on how to engage their audiences? In the first episode of the Playable Futures Podcast, games journalist Will Freeman – a regular GamesIndustry.biz contributor – speaks to the UN Environment's Chief of Education, Youth & Advocacy, Sam Barratt, about the United Nation's Playing for the Planet Alliance, and why the UN sees games as part of its mission's future.  In this wide-ranging chat, Sam reflects on how the gaming sector can use its influence to shift the world from where we are to where it needs to be. As a medium that inspires and engages like no other, he discusses how games could encourage audiences to act and make a real difference.  The Playable Futures Podcast accompanies Playable Futures, a collection of insights, interviews, and articles from global games leaders sharing their visions of where the industry and medium will go next. A series of ten articles so far have been published on GamesIndustry.biz, with more planned. Playable Futures is a collaborative project brought to you in partnership with GamesIndustry.biz, UKIE and Diva.

Today on Top in Tech, Conan D'Arcy speaks with Jo Twist, the CEO of the Association for UK Interactive Entertainment, the UK video game industry trade body. Twist has lead UKIE for over a decade and played a pivotal role in building the world-leading UK video game industry. They talk about what separates video games from the rest of the tech industry, how the UK can maintain its lead in the European games space, and what exactly the metaverse will mean for gaming. For more on the future tech regulation and the metaverse, you can join us in London on October 25th for a reception with Melanie Dawes, CEO of Ofcom and leading tech analyst Benedict Evans. For more information and to register, click here. You'll also be able to hear a recording of the event on next month's podcast! 'Top in Tech' is a production of Global Counsel, a strategic advisory business headquartered in London with offices across the world. We help companies and investors manage risk and see opportunities in politics, regulation and public policy. To learn more about our work, please visit our website by clicking here.If you or your business is impacted by the trends in this conversation, you can reach out to our TMT team by clicking here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode we chat with the amazing Craig Taylor. Craig is the founder and CEO of the award-winning Gratitude. Gratitude allows you to receive cash back from online gaming, with the added benefit of helping protect our planet by having a portion of the cash back donated to environmental, conservation and social organisations. Crucially Gratitude is aligned with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, the blueprint to achieving a better and more sustainable future for all. With over a billion micro transactions happening each year within the gaming industry, Gratitude aims to change the way digital add-ons impact our future by cash-backing portions of the in-game purchase towards noble causes such as Born Free and Shark Trust. During this episode we discuss: ➡️ A background to Craig and Gratitude. ➡️ How Gratitude are helping the gaming industry offset carbon emissions whilst attain green credentials with immediate impacts. ➡️ The impact of government grants and sustainability within games e.g., SNJV, grants and the requirement for green credentials to allow for funding. ➡️ Gamescom, Develop and games culture.➡️ The Year Ahead with: E3, UKIE, EA, Ubisoft, and scaling. ➡️ The scope of sustainable Esports.➡️ The growth of Live Services and the progression of positive partnerships. ➡️ The evolution of the games industry and 'keeping 1.5 alive'.➡️ Green Games Jams, Playing for The Planet Alliance, and key thoughts for the future. This is an episode not to be missed so sit back, relax and we do hope you enjoy.  

Listen to our Insight Session with Dom Shaw, the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Coordinator for UKIE, and Sightless Kombat, an Accessibility Expert and gamer without sight. Hear about their experience within the field, and top tips for breaking into the industry.

It's an industry worth billions of pounds, and it's one that leads the way when it comes to technology and forward thinking - so why is the gaming industry so behind the times when it comes to apprenticeships?According to a recent report by Into Games, there are only 35 active apprenticeships in the UK gaming sector - and more than half of those in the industry say they had no idea how an apprenticeship scheme could even work.In this episode business journalist Georgie Frost speaks to Susi Bauer and Declan Cassidy from Into Games, a non-profit that supports people on their journey in developing the skills & confidence they need to thrive in the gaming sector.Into Games is organising a National Strategy Group and is open for organisations to join and help create new standards or adjust existing ones. To join, email susi@intogames.org or apprenticeships@intogames.org. The group already has members from studios like Epic Games, nDreams, Sumo Group, Ubisoft and more, training providers like HOST Salford, NextGen Skills, ScreenSkills, The Game Assembly and EPAs in there, as well as institutions like UKIE, BAFTA, the DCMS, Apprenticeship Hubs (Hampshire), BFI and IfATE. If you're interested in finding out more about careers in the gaming industry, you can find information at intogames.org/careers.And don't forget to check out @national_careers_service or head to Amazing Apprenticeships or UCAS for up to date information on current apprenticeship vacancies. You can also find out more about how the HomeServe Foundation could help you find an apprenticeship.

Ik vind dan we in Nederland te veel waarde hechten aan weidegang voor onze paarden, terwijl dit voor een groot deel van onze paarden helemaal niet gezond is. In deze podcast leg ik uit waarom. Horse & Habitat: https://www.horseenhabitat.nl/ Ukie's Paddock Paradise: https://www.fjordukie.nl/ Cruydthoeck: https://www.cruydthoeck.nl/ Instagram: @paardoptimaal Website: paardoptimaal.nl

The UK video games industry is worth £7.16 billion. So what does your organisation need to know about the opportunities and risks it offers? This week we chat to George Osborn, Head of Campaigns and Communications for UKIE, the UK video games industry trade body, about inclusion in the gaming industry, how charities and fundraisers can tap into the potential of gaming, and what the state of gaming tells us about wider digital trends. Zoe and Paul also talk about the Runnymede Trust's report on women of colour in the workplace, and whether we're too dependent on the algorithms of music streaming services.   Notes and links - About UKIE https://ukie.org.uk/ News stories: Runnymede Trust's report on women of colour in the workplace https://www.runnymedetrust.org/publications/broken-ladders Pitchfork article on addiction to streaming https://pitchfork.com/features/article/the-woes-of-being-addicted-to-streaming-services/   Email us with your questions and ideas for future episodes startsatthetop@gmail.com And please leave us a review if you enjoy what you hear! Editing and production from Syren Studios and Paul Thomas Music by Joseph McDade https://josephmcdade.com/music

The gaming industry is experiencing rapid growth and right now the UK is the leading video game market in Europe and sixth globally. We've experienced multi-billion pound deals at the start of 2022 reinforcing the opportunity and appetite there is in the sector. However, as these gaming companies grow they need specific physical spaces to enable and support the production and creation of their products. As the industry continues to grow, where can we expect these gaming businesses to expand and can existing office stock be repurposed to provide studio space?Join Guy Ruddle and sector specialists: Rob Pearson from the Office Tenant Representation team, Emerging Trends Director Nicky Wightman and Sam Collins, Head of Commercial and Membership at UKIE, as they discuss how important it is for gaming companies to be located near talent and knowledge centres, what the specific real estate needs and requirements are for gaming companies, and how this can be met amid a shortage of stock.Further Informationhttps://www.savills.co.uk/blog/article/320050/commercial-property/the-growth-of-the-video-gaming-industry-and-the-vital-role-of-real-estate.aspxwww.ukie.org.ukwww.gamesmap.uk

“We feel grief. We feel anger. We feel sadness. We feel mobilized to help. We feel energized. But we feel that our life, it's not the same as it was before.” // “We're on a precipice and people will say why wasn't more done. This is about Ukraine right now, but may not stay about Ukraine. And so not doing anything, it's not an option.” While a tragedy continues to unfold in Ukraine, it remains...abstract ...for many of us. Something terrible happening in a faraway place to a faraway people. We see photos and videos online - a horror is happening to a people we do not know over there, and sadly, we find ourselves going back to our busy lives over here. Ukraine is a sovereign nation of 44 MILLION, with a rich, beautiful culture and people. There's more than another 10 Million folks of Ukrainian heritage living outside of the country, among one of the world's largest diaspora populations. We can't solve the Ukrainian crisis with our podcast. But what we can do is create more empathy and understanding. So we sat down with some Ukie friends - old and new - to learn about their Ukrainian heritage, their personal stories, and their very real feelings in this moment. Olesya Govorun was born in Kyiv, and lives in NY, and a longtime friend of Raman's. Adrianna Melnyk is a 3rd generation Ukrainian American, a non-profit professional active in the Ukrainian American community. Both are daughters, mothers, wives, and all around amazing people living through a unthinkable moment for them, and especially their countrymen. Hear their stories, because whether we know it or not, we are ALL Ukrainians. HOW TO HELP: supportukrainenow.org MENTIONS: Zelenskyy Speech to EU Parliment: youtu.be/hVvkdwksxMw PERSON: Volodymyr Zelenskyy - wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy BOOK: The Gates of Europe - goodreads.com/book/show/25255053-the-gates-of-europe PERSON: Timothy Snyder - timothysnyder.org FILM: Klondike (2022) - imdb.com/title/tt16315948 FILM: Winter on Fire (2015) - imdb.com/title/tt4908644 UKIE FOOD (NYC): secretnyc.co/ukrainian-businesses-nyc

On this episode of Safe Space we welcome Dominic Shaw from UKIE as our latest guest. In this episode we talk about Dom's life; from games he enjoyed growing up through to the games industry introduction and eventually him settling into UKIE. We also go into depth about LGBTQ+, autism, dyslexia and support within the industry, as well as the journey he took to get where he is today. Dom also talks about his work with Autistica Play. As always, we grill Dom on his all-time favourite games, and talk about Dom's love for the Mass Effect series and how he used to skip school just to experience BioWare's ever-growing Universe. We also go into depth about the impact that video games had in Dom's life. You can find Dom here on Twitter. Follow the Safe In Our World Podcast here on Twitter for clips, updates and guest interactions!

This talk will explore game publishing, from Fundamentally Games' perspective of their journey to shake up what it means to be a publisher. What do developers actually need and want from a publisher, how has the industry's transition to games as a service affected this, and how can publishers add value in today's market? Ella Romanos Fundamentally Games Since 2008 Ella has been helping build and manage games development teams and projects, having started out as a programmer and co-founding game development studio Remode as a graduate. Prior to Fundamentally Games, Ella spent 6 years consulting with game developers, investment funds, and games-related organizations and has a deep understanding of the resources, funding methods, processes, and commercial considerations of taking games to market. She has been directly responsible for releasing over 50 games and has acted as head of the studio, executive producer and advisor, for many organizations, most notably, Pinewood Film Advisors, Agatha Christie Ltd, and Altara Games Fund. Ella also acts as a mentor and has provided input into academia including undergraduate and master's courses across the UK, and writing content and exams for AQA exam board's games courses. She has been twice mentioned as MCV's UK Top 100 Women in Games, named in Develop's ‘Top 30 under 30', and has sat on the board of directors of UKIE, the UK trade body for games, for 5 years. To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsulting.com Watch the official live stream: twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness Watch Indie's live stream: twitch.tv/INDIE Join the Indie Game Business Discord: discord.gg/indiegamebusiness The Twitters to follow - Indie Game Business: twitter.com/BusinessIndie Powell Group Consulting: twitter.com/PowellGrp Jay: twitter.com/Powell_Jay INDIE: twitter.com/TheRealIndie Donate to Extra Life with our link: extra-life.org/participant/IndieGameBusiness Join the Indie Game Business Extra Life Team: extra-life.org/team/indiegamebusiness --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/indiegamebusiness/support

On this week's episode of The Game Dev Show, we sat down with the brilliant Dr. Jo Twist, CEO of UKIE, the UK's independent Trade Association for Interactive Entertainment. Jo takes us from her time at University up to now, where she leads UKIE's efforts to help the UK games industry continue to prosper. We talk internet cafés, dissertations, the inception of the internet, games, the BBC, and commissioning games at Channel 4. Looking to her time at UKIE, Jo discusses the steps they're taking to inspire and educate the next generation of developers, whilst keeping an eye on what's next for the games industry. Jo's episode is the 50th, so thanks to all our listeners and followers for every listen, like, share, and your continued support. We can't wait to share the next 50 incredible guests with you all! We also talk about cats…

BONUS EPISODE: In this quick-fire episode, Hugo digests the adventure that was last week's Green Games Summit by UKIE and Playing for the Planet, alongside fellow summitgoers and IGDA Climate SIG members Mélanie Christin and Trevin York. What were our biggest takeaways from the summit, what did it accomplish and where do we go from here? Apologies for the sound quality in the beginning, it gets better after a few minutes!

As it's Black History Month, we want to talk about black representation in gaming, our favourite black gaming characters and our favourite black content creators (gaming and otherwise!) Huge shout out to Destinee of Burn Out Brighter for coming on the pod and featuring us on their BHM series in partnership with Ukie and Raise the Game which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4-dbovfTUE&ab_channel=BurnOutBrighter! You can follow our guest below: BURN OUT BRIGHTER YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/burnoutbrighter Twitter: https://twitter.com/burnout_pod DESTINEE Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Dnbc32 Pudin and Flan Webcomic: https://www.instagram.com/pudinandflan/?hl=en TIMESTAMPS 01:27 - Isaac confuses Star Wars and Star Trek 01:59 - Who is Burn Out Brighter? 04:12 - Destinee has a webcomic?! 05:40 - Black representation in gaming 34:43 - Favourite black characters 53:15 - Lion King is a black film??? 58:14 - Power Rangers 01:02:04 - One Piece Slander?? 01:03:43 - Our favourite black content creators 01:07:38 - Darren Slander 01:30:38 - Outro Any music we use can be found on Epidemic Sound and we have a referral code you can use: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/jmrhh8/ SOCIALS Shout out to our patron Spilt Milk Studios! Keep up with the Streamcast on the following platforms! Website: https://www.thestreamcast.co.uk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Streamcast_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/streamcast_/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/StreamcastTV YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/streamcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/streamcast

As it's Black History Month, we want to talk about black representation in gaming, our favourite black gaming characters and our favourite black content creators (gaming and otherwise!) Huge shout out to Destinee of Burn Out Brighter for coming on the pod and featuring us on their BHM series in partnership with Ukie and Raise the Game which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4-dbovfTUE&ab_channel=BurnOutBrighter! You can follow our guest below: BURN OUT BRIGHTER YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/burnoutbrighter Twitter: https://twitter.com/burnout_pod DESTINEE Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Dnbc32 Pudin and Flan Webcomic: https://www.instagram.com/pudinandflan/?hl=en TIMESTAMPS 01:27 - Isaac confuses Star Wars and Star Trek 01:59 - Who is Burn Out Brighter? 04:12 - Destinee has a webcomic?! 05:40 - Black representation in gaming 34:43 - Favourite black characters 53:15 - Lion King is a black film??? 58:14 - Power Rangers 01:02:04 - One Piece Slander?? 01:03:43 - Our favourite black content creators 01:07:38 - Darren Slander 01:30:38 - Outro Any music we use can be found on Epidemic Sound and we have a referral code you can use: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/jmrhh8/ SOCIALS Shout out to our patron Spilt Milk Studios! Keep up with the Streamcast on the following platforms! Website: https://www.thestreamcast.co.uk/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Streamcast_  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/streamcast_/  Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/StreamcastTV  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/streamcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/streamcast 

The Year 2015 in Gaming - The Dosage Podcast, Ep. 130 #2015inGaming #Podcast #2015 The year 2015 saw releases of numerous video games as well as a follow-up to Nintendo's portable 3DS console, the New Nintendo 3DS. Top-rated games originally released in 2015 included Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Bloodborne, Undertale, and Fallout 4. Sales of video games in 2015 reached $61 billion, according to analysis firm SuperData, an 8% increase from 2014. Of this, the largest sector was in computer game sales and subscription services, accounting for $32 billion. Mobile games revenues were at $25.1 billion, a 10% increase from 2014. Digital sales on consoles made up the remaining $4 billion. In the United States, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and the NPD Group estimated total video game market revenues at $23.5 billion, a 5% increase from 2014. Of this, the total software market was $16.5 billion, with the NPD Group estimating retail sales subset at $13.1 billion. The ESA reported that there were 2,457 companies in the United States involved in developing or publishing video games that directly supported 65,678 workers (37,122 in developing, 28,556 in publishing) with about another 154,000 indirectly supporting the industry, such as through contracting or video game journalism. The total contribution to the US's gross national product from the industry was $11.7 billion. In the United Kingdom, the total video game market was valued at nearly GB£4.2 billion, according to figures from Ukie and MCV. The largest segments were in digital software (£1.2 billion) and mobile games (£664 million), while sales of consoles dropped to £689 million. Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/doseofnerdacumen --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/doseofnerdacumen/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/doseofnerdacumen/support

The UN has asked game developers to be more green. It would make a nice change from every brown military shooter of the early 2010s. Oh, wait. They want us to use less energy. The UKIE has written a Green paper on methods for developers to reduce their carbon footprint.SMS is an awful, insecure method for 2FA, but we still use it because anything better is too hard. Maybe this latest string of hacks will help us move on.Movies are still going straight to streaming even as vaccination rates increase. This used to be a sign of a bad movie. Now we'll have to rely on Rotten Tomatoes, or, god forbid, talk to people about movies.Game Development for Green Thumbs- https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-17-games-london-to-discuss-the-environment-at-best-places-to-work-awards-uk- https://whitepapers.gamesindustry.biz/greenPhone hacking taken to a new level- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-17/hackers-using-mirroring-apps-to-see-your-texts/100381366Streaming Services Vs Cinemas : Who will win- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sonys-hotel-transylvania-amazon-1234998312/Other topics discussedOnlyFans, a social media platform known for porn, is banning 'sexually explicit' content- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-20/onlyfans-banning-seuxally-explicit-content/100395154NSW breaks COVID-19 case records with 825 infections, three deaths- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-21/nsw-records-825-covid-cases-three-deaths/100396208Explicit content banned from OnlyFans but 'the show has to go on', say sex workers- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-21/only-fans-explicit-content-changes/100394776Jimmy Rees - Meanwhile in Australia- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU0uDN_Bi_UoLnUkbeHFlZ9imdbI_AQDNHow Much Electricity Does My Game Console Use?- https://www.redenergy.com.au/living-energy/appliances/how-much-electricity-does-my-game-console-useHow Much Electricity (Power) Does a PS5 Use?- https://www.thehomehacksdiy.com/how-much-electricity-power-does-a-ps5-use/Want to fight climate change? Have fewer children- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/12/want-to-fight-climate-change-have-fewer-childrenWhat is Embodied Carbon?- https://www.carboncure.com/concrete-corner/what-is-embodied-carbon/Halo: Combat Evolved (also known as Halo: CE, is a first-person shooter game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was released as a launch game for Microsoft's Xbox video game console on November 15, 2001. Halo is set in the twenty-sixth century, with the player assuming the role of the Master Chief, a cybernetically enhanced supersoldier. The Chief is accompanied by Cortana, an artificial intelligence. Players battle aliens as they attempt to uncover the secrets of the eponymous Halo, a ring-shaped artificial world.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Combat_EvolvedIron Sky, smartphone powered computer- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziVpqh9UXmIIron Sky, cell phone and computer- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv3fcwx2TUYIron Sky (a 2012 Finnish-German-Australian comic-science-fiction action film directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko. It tells the story of a group of Nazi Germans who, having been defeated in 1945, fled to the Moon, where they built a space fleet to return in 2018 and conquer Earth.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_SkySkyrim 10th Anniversary Edition Announced for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S- https://www.ign.com/articles/skyrim-10th-anniversary-remaster-ps5-xbox-series-xPlaying For The Planet (The Playing For The Planet Alliance was launched during the Climate Summit at UN Headquarters in New York. In total, the members of the Alliance have the ability to reach more than 1 billion video game players.)- https://playing4theplanet.org/Playing For The Planet Members & Commitments (The Playing for the Planet Alliance is a group of gaming-companies who have made voluntary, ambitious, specific, and time-based commitments for people and planet.)- https://playing4theplanet.org/members/Playing For The Planet Green Game Jam (Over 25 studios from around the world – with a collective player base of over one billion – have collaborated and committed to implementing green activations in and out-of-game such as new modes, maps, themed events, storylines and messaging. Guiding the studios is a theme centred around conserving and restoring forests and oceans.)- https://playing4theplanet.org/greengamejam/Ubisoft (a French video game company headquartered in the Montreuil suburb of Paris, with several development studios across the world. Its video game franchises include For Honor, Assassin's Creed, Prince of Persia, Far Cry, Rayman, Rabbids, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, and the Tom Clancy's series.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UbisoftGreen leap forward: China boosts renewable energy capacity- https://www.upstreamonline.com/energy-transition/green-leap-forward-china-boosts-renewable-energy-capacity/2-1-1047867The 20 most popular passwords stolen in Adobe hack- https://www.smh.com.au/technology/the-20-most-popular-passwords-stolen-in-adobe-hack-20131106-2x03o.htmlA crossword based on the Adobe password leak.- https://zed0.co.uk/crossword/';--have i been pwned? (This site came about after what was, at the time, the largest ever single breach of customer accounts — Adobe. I often did post-breach analysis of user credentials and kept finding the same accounts exposed over and over again, often with the same passwords which then put the victims at further risk of their other accounts being compromised.)- https://haveibeenpwned.com/SIM-Jackers Can Empty Your Bank Account with a Single Phone Call- https://www.vice.com/en/article/3kx4ej/sim-jacking-mobile-phone-fraudYubikey (a hardware authentication device manufactured by Yubico to protect access to computers, networks, and online services that supports one-time passwords, public-key cryptography, and authentication, and the Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) and FIDO2 protocols developed by the FIDO Alliance. It allows users to securely log into their accounts by emitting one-time passwords or using a FIDO-based public/private key pair generated by the device.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YubiKeyRSA SecurID (formerly referred to as SecurID, is a mechanism developed by RSA for performing two-factor authentication for a user to a network resource. The RSA SecurID authentication mechanism consists of a "token" — either hardware (e.g. a key fob) or software (a soft token) — which is assigned to a computer user and which creates an authentication code at fixed intervals (usually 60 seconds) using a built-in clock and the card's factory-encoded almost random key (known as the "seed").)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_SecurIDDirect-to-video (refers to the release of a film, TV series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than a theatrical release or television broadcast. Direct-to-video release has also become profitable for independent filmmakers and smaller companies. Some direct-to-video genre films (with a high-profile star) can generate well in excess of $50 million revenue worldwide.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-to-videoPiracy : Its a Crime TV Ad- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSUThe IT Crowd - Series 2 - Episode 3: Piracy warning- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZZx1xmAzgScarlett Johansson sues Disney over streaming of Black Widow- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58017445Freelancer (a space trading and combat simulation video game developed by Digital Anvil and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is a chronological sequel to Digital Anvil's Starlancer, a combat flight simulator released in 2000.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freelancer_(video_game)Starflight™ 1+2 on sale at GoG- https://www.gog.com/game/starflight_1_2J. Robert Oppenheimer: "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb13ynu3IacPart of the Einstein exhibition. - The Manhattan Project- https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein/peace-and-war/the-manhattan-projectWB Kids - Looney Tunes | Duck Dodgers in the 24 ½th Century | Classic Cartoon| WB Kids- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukTuKnIZCUUCast Party : A Dungeons & Dragons Podcast- https://thatsnotcanon.com/cast-party-a-dungeons-dragons-podcastShout Outs 15th August 2021 – 35th anniversary of Starflight - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarflightStarflight is a space exploration, combat, and trading role-playing video game created by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts in 1986. Originally developed for IBM PC compatibles, it was later ported to the Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh, and Commodore 64. Set in the year 4620, the game puts players in the role of a starship captain sent to explore the galaxy. There is no set path, allowing players to switch freely between mining, ship-to-ship combat, and alien diplomacy. The broader plot of the game emerges slowly, as the player discovers that an ancient race of beings is causing stars to flare and destroy all living creatures. The team coded the game mostly in Forth with a few key routines written in x86 assembler. Forth was chosen since it is easier to use than assembler and more compact. This was important because the game had to fit into 128K of RAM. It took "fifteen man-years" and three actual years to develop the game. The group designed what they called a "fractal generator", which took six man-years to develop and allowed them to increase the number of planets in the game from 50 to 800. The game was one of the earliest to use procedurally generated content for planets and everything on them. The techniques used created a type of roguelike environment on each planet, with the contents randomly distributed. The story network was also one of the earliest examples of a sandbox game design. They created a separate ecosystem generator over the course of two man-years of work. The alien names were created by randomly combining syllables until they had names they liked, and their code for simulating communications was rewritten four times before completion. The game has been widely praised by both contemporary and modern critics. The game has been widely praised by both contemporary and modern critics. It led to the development of a sequel, Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula, and influenced the design of numerous other games for decades after its release17th August 2021 – Panda gives birth in Singapore - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-17/giant-panda-gives-birth-in-rare-event-for-endangered-species/100385386 A Chinese giant panda at a Singapore wildlife park has given birth to a cub — the first born in the South-East Asian country and a rare event for an endangered species. Pandas Kai Kai, 13, and Jia Jia, 12, entered their seventh breeding season in April this year with the aid of artificial insemination, after arriving in Singapore in 2012 on a decade-long loan from China. Weighing about 200 grams, the cub was born on Saturday but the sex has yet to be determined, Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) told Reuters, adding mother and cub were doing well. WRS said female giant pandas can display hormonal and behavioural signs of pregnancy even when not pregnant, but the organisation detected signs last month that a cub was on the way and Jia Jia's pregnancy was confirmed on August 10. China has been sending its black and white ambassadors abroad in a sign of goodwill since the 1950s as part of what is known as "panda diplomacy".17th August 2021 – Creator and 'godfather' of Sudoku passes away at 69 - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-17/sudoku-creator-dies/100385554 Maki Kaji, the creator of the popular numbers puzzle Sudoku whose life's work was spreading the joy of puzzles passed away. Known as the "Godfather of Sudoku," Mr Kaji created the puzzle to be easy for children and others who didn't want to think too hard. Its name is made up of the Japanese characters for "number" and "single," and players place the numbers one through nine in rows, columns and blocks without repeating them. Originally, Sudoku was called "Suji-wa-Dokushin-ni-Kagiru," which translates to, "Numbers should be single, a bachelor." It wasn't until 2004 that Sudoku became a global hit, after a fan from New Zealand pitched it and got it published in the British newspaper The Times. In recent years, Sudoku, believed to be the world's most popular pencil puzzle, has come out in digital versions. He was 69 and had bile duct cancer.18th August 2021 – 15th anniversary of Snakes On a Plane - https://gizmodo.com/snakes-on-a-plane-15-years-of-expletive-snakes-and-exp-1847474744Snakes on a Plane was released on August 18, 2006, which means it's celebrating its 15th anniversary this week. However, the film's legacy begins a little before that; in July 2006, Snakes on a Plane took its hilarious title and premise into San Diego Comic-Con and blew the roof off the place. There, fans and bloggers alike were wowed by the gory, fun footage. The event created huge buzz all over the internet and, as a result, people who got their film news online expected it to be an instant cult hit. Then it opened. While it did hit number one on its opening weekend, it barely grossed $14 million on its way to $34 million domestic (and $62 million international), which was way under expectations. The story is credited to David Dalessandro, a University of Pittsburgh administrator and first-time Hollywood writer. He developed the concept in 1992 after reading a nature magazine article about Indonesian brown tree snakes climbing onto planes in cargo during World War II. He originally wrote the screenplay about the brown tree snake loose on a plane, titling the film Venom. He soon revised it, expanding upon the premise to include a plague of assorted venomous snakes, then—crediting the film Aliens—revised it once again to include "lots of them loose in the fuselage of a plane." More than 450 snakes were used for filming to represent 30 different species of snakes. The different species include a 19-foot (5.8 m) Burmese python named Kitty (which the crew called Kong for film purposes), scarlet kingsnake (the non-venomous double for the eastern coral snake), milk snake, corn snakes, rattlesnakes, and mangrove snakes. The scarlet kingsnake and Pueblan milk snake stood in for coral snakes, while another species of milk snake and Florida kingsnake filled the role of the venomous Australian taipan (which attacks the couple having sex and the man using a restroom respectively). About two-thirds of the snakes seen throughout the film were either animatronic or CGI. The snakes that were real were mostly the non-venomous ones that are never seen attacking anyone. The scenes where someone is clearly bitten were often done with a mix of animatronic and animation. According to the DVD, all the snakes had production names, but only Scarface (an animated pit viper), Peanut (a cobra), and Kong are mentioned by name in the audio commentary. During filming, Samuel Jackson did not come into contact with any live snakes, due to a contract clause preventing snakes from being within 8 m (25 ft) of the actor. When the film was released in theaters, "pranksters" released two live western diamondback rattlesnakes at the AMC Desert Ridge 18 theater in Phoenix, Arizona during a showing of the film on August 22, 2006. One snake made its way into the lobby of the theater on its own, the other was found in the parking lot. No one was harmed and the snakes were released back into the desert.Remembrances17th August 2012 – Victor Poor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_PoorAn American engineer and computer pioneer. At Computer Terminal Corporation (later renamed Datapoint Corporation), he co-created the architecture that was ultimately implemented in the first successful computer microprocessor, the Intel 8008. Subsequently, Computer Terminal Corporation created the first personal computer, the Datapoint 2200 programmable terminal. Poor continued his research and development, trying to develop a method for sending photographs and pictures wirelessly. In 1969 while working his notice period from Frederick Electronics, during the Thanksgiving holiday, Poor and fellow amateur radio colleague Harry Pyle produced the underlying architecture of the modern microprocessor on a living room floor. They then asked fellow radio amateur Jonathan Schmidt to write the accompanying communications software. Pitching the idea to both Texas Instruments and Intel, the partnership developed the Intel 8008, the forerunner of the microprocessor chips found in today's personal and computing devices. In late 1969, Poor joined start-up computer company Computer Terminal Corporation as Technical Director in San Antonio, Texas. Founded by two former NASA engineers, Phil Ray and Gus Roche, they asked him to approach Intel to see how much of his design could fit onto a computer chip. Pitching a $100,000 proposal to place the architecture onto silicon and into production, the project became the Intel 8008 master chip, the world's first 8-bit microprocessor. Poor and Pyle then developed the instruction set architecture which enabled Ray and Roche to design and develop the mass-produced programmable Datapoint 2200 computer terminal. As a result of the success of this product, the company changed its name to Datapoint. Datapoint remained one generation ahead of Intel until the Intel 80286. Overseeing the development of ARCNET by lead ARCNET architect John Murphy, an early local area network, Poor stayed with Datapoint until 1984, after they had lost their technical microchip lead to IBM and been bought out by corporate raiders. Poor died at the age of 79 in Palm Bay, Florida.Famous Birthdays17th August 1896 – Leslie Groves - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_GrovesLieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II. In September 1942, Groves took charge of the Manhattan Project. He was involved in most aspects of the atomic bomb's development: he participated in the selection of sites for research and production at Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Los Alamos, New Mexico; and Hanford, Washington. He directed the enormous construction effort, made critical decisions on the various methods of isotope separation, acquired raw materials, directed the collection of military intelligence on the German nuclear energy project and helped select the cities in Japan that were chosen as targets. Groves wrapped the Manhattan Project in security but failed to prevent the Soviet Union from conducting a successful espionage program that stole some of its most important secrets. After the war, Groves remained in charge of the Manhattan Project until responsibility for nuclear weapons production was handed over to the United States Atomic Energy Commission in 1947. He then headed the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, which had been created to control the military aspects of nuclear weapons. He was given a dressing down by the Army Chief of Staff, General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, and told that he would never be appointed Chief of Engineers. The Manhattan Engineer District (MED) was formally established by the Chief of Engineers, Major General Eugene Reybold on 16 August 1942. The name was chosen by Groves and MED's district engineer, Colonel James C. Marshall. Like other engineer districts, it was named after the city where its headquarters was located, at 270 Broadway. Unlike the others, however, it had no geographic boundaries, only a mission: to develop an atomic bomb. He was born in Albany, New York.Events of Interest17th August 1978 – Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Eagle_II Double Eagle II, piloted by Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman, became the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it landed 17 August 1978 in Miserey near Paris, 137 hours 6 minutes after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.It can be regarded as a successful crossing at the point that the Double Eagle II crossed the Irish coast, on the evening of 16 August, an event that Shannon Airport notified the crew about when it happened. Newman originally intended to hang glide from the balloon to a landing, while Anderson and Abruzzo continued to fly, but the hang-glider had to be dropped as ballast earlier on 16 August. While flying over France, they heard by radio that authorities had closed Le Bourget Airfield, where Charles Lindbergh had landed, for them. The crew declined the offer as they were running out of ballast and it would be too risky (to themselves and anyone below) to pass over the suburbs of Paris. They landed in a field of barley, owned by Roger and Rachel Coquerel, in Miserey, 60 mi (97 km) northwest of Paris. Television images showed a highway nearby, its shoulders and outer lanes crowded with stopped cars, people sweeping across the farm field to the landing spot. The gondola was protected, but most of the logs and charts were stolen by souvenir hunters. The flight, the fourteenth known attempt, was the culmination of more than a century of previous attempts to cross the Atlantic Ocean by balloon. Some of the people who had attempted it were never found. Larry Newman won a draw among the three to sleep in the same bed at the United States Embassy that Lindbergh slept in. British balloonists Don Cameron and Christopher Davey feted the trio at a party that included a balloon shaped like the Double Eagle II. The trio and their wives planned to return to the United States aboard the supersonic Concorde. Upon the successful crossing, the trip was accommodated by Air France at no charge to the trio and spouses.17th August 1939- Buck Rogers premiered in Portugal - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032290/ On this day in 1939 (in Portugal), Buck Rogers took a trip into the future after waking up from a long sleep. Here's the plot summary: "A 20th Century pilot named Buck Rogers and his young friend Buddy Wade awake from 500 years in suspended animation to find that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane." In the original comic strip, Buck Rogers is actually a former World War One pilot who was working as a mine surveyor at the time he came to fall into his long (500 years long) sleep. For some reason, the regulations would not allow the screenwriters to use the comic strip's continuity, so the serial is actually a completely original story with the comic strip characters added. The character of Killer Kane was changed, too: in the original strip, his real name was Oba Kane, he had a twin brother named Nova and a pistol called "Baby". He also had a girlfriend named Ardala Valmar. The regulations would not allow any of this background to be used, either: instead, Oba "Killer" Kane is presented as the despotic ruler of a future Earth. This serial is probably based on an unofficial Flash Gordon story in which Flash Gordon travels to Saturn; this story was not and has never been part of the original Flash Gordon universe (it was illegally published in 1936). After the serial came out, a second origin appeared in the comic strip in which Buck fell into a crater while looking for a meteor made from impervium, an indestructible metal used in the making of spaceships. Due to having hit the meteor when he fell in, Buck released the gas from inside and it put him to sleep for 500 years, only to be found by scientists and awakened. Again, this origin took place on Earth and not in space. There was a character in the strip who was in stasis in a satellite for 500 years, but his name was Dr. Laika; the story was inspired by the launch of Sputnik II. This is the origin story used in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979). Henry Brandon hoped to play chief villain Killer Kane but was cast as Kane's henchman Captain Laska instead. When Brandon complained to his agent about this he was told, "The lead heavy works for one day, the henchman works for three weeks. Which part did you say you wanted again?" The film takes place in 1938 and 2440. IntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us onFacebook- Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/- Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/Email - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comSupport via Podhero- https://podhero.com/podcast/449127/nerds-amalgamated See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today, I'll be talking with Little Limbo, a long-time best friend, about his music aspirations and what to look forward to after the release of Prince Vamp, as well as getting to know more about $ukie and his music life and beginnings.

It's Wednesday again! What? Already?! Time seems to be zooming by, dear listener. It's as if the universe itself wants to be rid of 2020! However, according to theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli, time is an illusion and the perception of its flow doesn't correspond to physical reality! Before the Big Bang there was no time! Or space, for that matter, but if there had been would that have meant the entire campaign of a recent Assassin's Creed game could be played through in an instant?! These questions, and many more, are not answered in this episode but Cyberpunk 2077 is out now and we have a good old natter about that amongst other, non-theoretical time-based shenanigans. We also have an SSG this week in the form of Sam Collins from UKIE! Don't forget that this coming Friday (18th December) is the (Online) Maraoke Xmas Party!! Starting at 8pm GMT here: https://www.twitch.tv/singmaraoke Bring your own drinks and snacks of choice! It's beginning to feel a lot like Xmas... Cheerio! Team OLL x Links: https://twitter.com/ukiesam https://www.twitch.tv/singmaraoke Reviews: https://www.cyberpunk.net/gb/en/ Tracklist: Bump by Daisy https://chipmusic.org/daisy/music/bump

Hello! As I type this, the entire world is waiting for Cyberpunk 2077 to land in their eager hands after what seems like an eternity. Nothing else matters. Are you looking forward to it, listener? If you live in New Zealand you might even be playing it right now... Exciting! Meanwhile, this week we have an SSG! None other than UKIE's Dr Jo Twist! Also don't forget we have the OLL/Maraoke Xmas party on the evening of Friday 18th December on the Maraoke Twitch channel - link below! It's starting to feel a lot like Xmas! Maybe! Send us your Xmas lists and we'll be sure to pass them on to the man himself: team@onelifeleft.com Cheerio! Team OLL x Links: https://twitter.com/Doctoe https://www.twitch.tv/singmaraoke Reviews: https://sniperelitegames.com/en/games/sniper-elite-4 https://captaingames.itch.io/golf-on-mars https://noitagame.com/ http://www.thegamebakers.com/haven/ Tracklist: Climbing for Flowers by Sharp Edge https://chipmusic.org/SharpEdge/music/sharp-edge---climbing-for-flowers Blasphemy by amateurlsdj https://chipmusic.org/amateurlsdj/music/blasphemy

In this week's episode of Level up! We hear from Laura and Shahneila from Ukie, the trade association for the UK's games and interactive entertainment industry, about their incredible Digital Schoolhouse program.Digital Schoolhouse together with Nintendo UK, uses play-based learning to engage the next generation of pupils and teachers with the Computing curriculum. Digital Schoolhouse is delivered by the UK games industry trade body Ukie and is backed by the creative digital industries and government. Sponsors include PlayStation®, SEGA, Ubisoft and Outright Games. Together with Nintendo Switch, the Digital Schoolhouse Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Team Battle, their very own esports competition, reached over 10,000 pupils and 1000 teams in schools & colleges across the UK in the last academic year. Laura and Shahneila told Nathan about the benefits this program brings for both students and teachers, helping to prepare students for careers in esports.

Andrew Oury and Dominic Frisby are joined in the latest episode of Business without Bullsh-t by Sam Collins, Head of Commercial and Membership at Ukie - the UK's games and interactive entertainment industry trading body.The three discuss the effects of COVID on consumer consumption, the impact of gaming tech on other industries, and improving the nation's digital literacy.Business without Bullsh-t is powered by Oury Clark

James Bowers speaks with George Osborn, Head of Communications for Ukie, about advocating on behalf of the industry, targeted investment into the sector, and the concerns raised by COVID-19. Be sure to follow us across Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, and Instagram to keep up to date on industry news and the most exciting roles within video games!  Visit us for the latest industry vacancies at aswift.com

Business relations have declined between India and China following a border dispute. Users of the Chinese mobile app TikTok express frustration that they're no longer allowed to use the service since the Indian government banned it along with dozens of other apps. Renu Agal, Hindi editor at The Print explains the background to the row, whilst we get wider context from Dr Yu Jie, senior research fellow on China at Chatham House. And Parveen Khandelwal, secretary of the Confederation of All Indian Traders discusses a boycott of Chinese goods that many shops are engaged in. Also in the programme, the US economy created 4.8 million jobs in June. The BBC's Samira Hussein brings us the latest figures, and we examine the likely impact of it all on the US economy, with Chris Low of FHN Financial. Plus, a committee of the UK House of Lords is calling for tougher controls on loot boxes that can be bought in video games, which contain special characters or equipment, arguing that it is a form of gambling. Lord Grade is chairman of the committee, and explains why it has taken that stance. And we get reaction from Jo Twist, chief executive of UKIE, the trade body for the UK's games and interactive entertainment industry.

In this special GamesTech edition of the Rise FinTech Podcast, Leon Cliff, Member Relations Manager for UK Interactive Entertainment, chats with David Gowans, Head of Creative Technologies at Barclays Ventures. Leon provides a fascinating insight into the size and scale of the UK gaming industry, the role of UKIE within the industry, how gaming is more mainstream than is sometimes imagined, and how the industry has been a force for good during the Coronavirus pandemic. If you enjoy this podcast, subscribe to the Rise FinTech Podcast channel in your favourite podcast app, and be the first to hear about new episodes.

Blockchain, czyli system oparty na technologii rozproszonego rejestru (DLT), to jedna z największych innowacji w gospodarce cyfrowej, która może umożliwić głębokie zmiany w modelach biznesowych i strukturach społecznych. Pozwala przeprowadzać transakcje online szybko i bezpiecznie, z pominięciem pośredników (np. banku) i kontroli administracji publicznej, a także zawierać cyfrowe umowy (smart contracts). Mówi się, że jest to system transparentny, godny zaufania, oporny na cyberprzestępczość. Czy blockchain ma jakieś wady? W jaki sposób działają tzw. otwarte blockchainy, jak Ethereum czy Bitcoin, z których może korzystać każdy z nas? Jakie zastosowania praktyczne może mieć blockchain? W jakich branżach oprócz rynku kapitałowego, bankowości czy zakupu walut będzie można go zastosować? Odpowiedzi na te pytania udzieli prof. Włodzimierz Szpringer – ekspert w zakresie prawnych i społeczno-kulturowych problemów rozwoju informatyki. Jacek Kubiak z „I Love Crypto” w wywiadzie dla Strefy Zarządzania mówił: „Kryzys związany z pandemią koronawirusa pokazuje, że przeniesienie dokumentacji z offline do online z pomocą publicznego blockchaina może być dobrym pomysłem. Teraz większość firm ma przestój, bo nie jest możliwe np. procesowanie umów”. Z DLT w formie publicznego blockchainu korzysta już wiele międzynarodowych koroporacji, np. Microsoft (ION na Bitcoinie) czy EY (Nightfall i Baseline Protocol na Ethereum). Jak działa blockchain publiczny (zwany też otwartym) i czym się różni od prywatnego? Jak wykorzystują go duże organizacje, a jak z jego potencjału mogą skorzystać również te mniejsze? Z jakich firm warto brać przykład? Dlaczego podejście biznesu do technologii blockchain zmienia się na korzyść blockchaina publicznego? O tym podczas webinaru opowie nasz drugi gość. Rozmowę z prof. Władysławem Szpringerem oraz Jackiem Kubiakiem poprowadzi dr Katarzyna B. Wojtkiewicz. Spotkanie jest realizowane na żywo – każdy może zadawać pytania! Jacek Kubiak O bitcoinie i kryptowalutach po raz pierwszy usłyszał w 2017 r. i od tamtej pory z zainteresowaniem śledzi rozwój tej technologii przez rok hobbystycznie a od kilku lat na pełen etat, jako redaktor naczelny magazynu i bloga „I Love Crypto”. W świecie kryptowalut najbardziej interesują go realne możliwości wykorzystania otwartych blockchainów i śledzeniem zmian społecznych i biznesowych spowodowanych tą nową cyfrową rewolucją. prof. Włodzimierz Szpringer Profesor nadzwyczajny Szkoły Głównej Handlowej w Warszawie oraz Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Wykładowca i ekspert z zakresu bankowości i prawa bankowego, polityki i prawa konkurencji, prawnych i ekonomicznych zagadnień e-biznesu, prawa nowych technologii oraz ekonomicznej analizy prawa i oceny skutków regulacji. Autor ponad 200 publikacji naukowych i ekspertyz dla naczelnych organów państwa, m.in. Sejmu RP, Rządu, UOKiK i UKIE. dr Katarzyna B. Wojtkiewicz Prawnik, ekonomista, doktor ekonomii. Doświadczona menedżer pracująca na rynkach finansowych i w branży usług prawnych. Specjalistka w zakresie zarządzania danymi i procesami biznesowymi, administracji publicznej, audytów i kontroli oraz zarządzania ryzykiem. Wykłada i prowadzi badania naukowe na Uniwersytecie SWPS. Do jej obszarów badawczych należą: strategiczne znaczenie Digital ID podmiotu prawnego, strategia oraz wymiar taktyczny i prawny zarządzania informacją, zarządzanie jakością danych, Corporate Governance, Compliance, kontrola wewnętrzna, audyt. Jest zaangażowana w prace Rady Regulatorów Rynku „Legal Entity Identifier” (światowa inicjatywa zapoczątkowana przez państwa G-20), członek Rady Programowej projektu (H2020) „Eurhisfirm (A Comprehensive Data Infrastructure for Well-Informed Policymaking)”. Swoje kompetencje prawnicze wykorzystywała w procesach legislacyjnych związanych z akcesją Polski do Unii Europejskiej. Autorka i współautorka wielu publikacji z dziedziny zarządzania, administracji publicznej i prawa.

Elisabeth Moss talks about her new film The Invisible Man, a 21st century reboot of the HG Wells story. Told from the victim’s point of view, Elisabeth plays Cecilia who fears for her safety after escaping an abusive relationship. But when she discovers her ex has killed himself, she fears something far worse: that he’s not dead and has found a way to make himself invisible. Booker winning novelist Aravind Adiga on his latest novel Amnesty, a novel set Sydney, Australia over 24 hours that follows Danny, an illegal immigrant, who gets unwittingly involved in a murder. Twenty years ago this month, the video game The Sims was launched and went on to become one of the most successful games to date with millions of players worldwide. Games critic Jordan Erica Webber, and Dr Jo Twist, CEO of Ukie, discuss the ground-breaking impact of The Sims and how the games industry has changed in the last two decades. Presenter: Stig Abell Producer: Hilary Dunn

"You're going to get cancelled off the back of this!" - Sam Jordan, Shay, Sam, and UKIE’s CEO Jo Twist and Insight and Innovation Manager Luke Hebblethwaite talk about the UK Games Industry Census, a collaboration between the University of Sheffield (led by Dr Mark Taylor), the University of Leeds, and UKIE, with support from the Arts & Humanities Research Council. The 60-page report, using data from 3,200 UK games industry workers, suggests that the games industry is – compared to national averages – overwhelmingly young, white, male, middle class, queer, and experiencing anxiety and/or depression. We delve into these findings and more, theorise on the reasons behind them, and discuss what can be done to learn more and improve the industry. Links: https://ukie.org.uk/UK-games-industry-census-2020 https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-02-03-the-uk-games-industry-is-still-overwhelming-young-white-and-male https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51364212 https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-02-04-survey-details-how-male-dominated-the-uk-games-industry-still-is https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/ukie-census-reports-that-31-of-the-uk-games-industry-has-depression-or-anxiety/ This week’s snack was: limited-edition Crosstown Doughnuts! You can get your own in Brick Lane. Join the conversation at https://glasshouse.games Send your thoughts to community@glasshouse.games Follow @GHGshow on Twitter and Instagram

Kamijace brings on, for the very first time, KaijuCat! For Black History Month, they begin by talking about their experiences with video games, black characters, and representation. Plus, they tackle two stories! One exploring the census taken in the UK based around the demographics of people who work in the gaming industry. And Cliff Bleszinski's weird "go off I guess" rant on Instagram about the failure of Lawbreakers, due to Wokeness. Also, did Kamijace forget that this is Episode 79? Not 78? Yes, very much so. You can find KaijuCat on twitter: https://twitter.com/kaiju_cat Find KaijuCat on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPWCMvYXJ78i-X-x8xvb2NQ Discord: https://discord.gg/z7kxHyN Website: www.wkcooldown.com Twitter: @Kamijacegaming / @WkCooldown Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWklyCldwn/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wkcooldown/ Support the podcast: https://anchor.fm/wkcooldown/support HumblePartner 10% OFF Grim Dawn: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/grim-dawn?partner=kamijacegaming --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wkcooldown/message

Hit play for the podcast interview below. MGIF is also available on iTunes or with whatever podcast software you use. Just search for "Making Games Is Fun" and hit subscribe. We start 2020 with an absolute STONKER of a pod with George Osborn. George is head of communications at UKIE, but he’s much more than that - he’s an ambassador for the charity Special Effect, the founder of Gamerbake, a well of industry knowledge and a great talker.We look at George’s life growing up with games and how he got into the industry - as per for the pod. We try to get to the bottom of his Football Manager and Rocket League addictions, before getting down to discussing a variety of industry topics and getting a good insight into the landscape of the games industry.My thanks to George for his time and for providing such an entertaining start to the new season of Making Games Is Fun. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!You can find George at @georgeosborn

My guest today is Dr. Jo Twist OBE. As the CEO of UKIE, the games trade body, Jo works tirelessly to ensure that the UK is a place where videogame developers can thrive. We talk about moving from Hong Kong to Scotland, how she was prescribed her first videogame by an optician, the ubiquity and charm of Game & Watch, the wonders of online communities, her work with Special Effect and why vidoegames can create such powerful social connections. Other Buggers Efforts.

Manhunt 2 became one of only two games to be denied an age rating by the BBFC when it attempted to release in 2007. Denying it an age rating for "sustained and cumulative casual sadism" amongst other reasons, it led to a notable court case between Take Two and the BBFC in what's been called the video games industry's Lady Chatterley's lover moment. But what precisely led to the initial decision to deny the game an age rating? And why, in the end, was Manhunt 2 able to receive a rating nearly a year later after lengthy back and forth in the courts? Vincent Scheurer, a long serving video game lawyer and current COO at Payload Studios, attended the court case. He explained the ins and outs of the case to us in the Ukie studio to help us answer those questions and much more. ———- You can listen to the 30 Years of Play podcast on Soundcloud, Acast, iTunes and Spotify. Make sure to subscribe and leave a five star rating if you've enjoyed the show. You can check out the 30 Years of Play blog for more content about he past, present and future of the UK interactive entertainment industry at www.30yearsofplay.uk. And you can keep up with us on Twitter @30YearsOfPlay and via our social media hashtag #30YearsOfPlay.

CLUBBY BOY'S CLUBCAST 029 The Wake Up Call - Rich Medina & Dj Matpat LIVE at Liberty Club 12/28/18 I met Rich a few years back & had the initial idea to do a party together that would bring different scenes of Philadelphia music heads together under one roof. Fast forward to today, we are about to do our 3rd Liberty Club (3/22/19) and have got nothing but positive feedback from everyone who has set foot in the Ukie. This recording is the first two hours of our 2nd party, I think it really sets the vibe of how we want LC to feel from the time you take a step in our space. In addition to the music, a good friend of mine Kyle-eats cooks some brand nu specialty dishes every party. Come early, stay late. Hope to see u at the Ukie :) DJ MATPAT 00 - 57 RICH MEDINA 57 - END www.CLUBBYBOY.com bit.ly/RICHCBY bit.ly/CBMATPATIG bit.ly/CBMATPATSC bit.ly/CBMATPATFB

Episode 2! Jamie Sefton from Yorkshire & Northern England games network Game Republic catches up with Dr Jo Twist OBE, CEO of UK games industry body Ukie at Gamescom 2018 in Cologne, Germany. Jo talks about the role of Ukie, her career in the creative industries (including naming the best DLC ever), the current state of the UK games industry, receiving an OBE, Brexit, diversity and her favourite ever games. Thanks to Autodesk for supporting the podcast - for more information on the Game Republic network, hit the website: www.gamerepublic.net All music is (c)2018 Jamie Sefton

This is your final chance to win an Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet! You can find the giveaway at [https://gleam.io/ECuNE/esports-roundtable-tablet-giveaway](Meanwhile, our Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet giveaway is still live! Grab your chance to win it while you can over at https://gleam.io/ECuNE/esports-roundtable-tablet-giveaway) We break down the second Nationals Esports Tournament, diversity in esports/gaming and more in our second live Roundtable! Please leave a rating and review and send your feedback or questions to: Twitter: @esroundtablepod FB: @esportsroundtablepodcast LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/joehillslfg/ Website: www.lookingforgrouplfg.com/podcast

Recorded at EGX Rezzed 2017, James is joined by some of the experts and mentors who offered advice at the first of this year's GamesIndustry.biz Careers Fairs. Failbetter's Hannah Flynn, Creative Assembly's Pawel Wojs, UKIE's Sophie Densham and Ant Workshop's Tony Gowland discuss the various potential paths to a career in the games industry. Along the way, they touch upon the importance of an impressive portfolio, the value of experience, the need for dedication and the perils of working for free. As always, you can find more news, insight and analysis at www.gamesindustry.biz, and you can learn more about the careers available  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can watching other people play video games ever go mainstream? We've got a special edition this week: sports business reporter Joe Hall takes the reins to look into the UK's flourishing eSports industry. Joe is at the Gfinity esports Arena for the launch of a new white paper on esports. He's joined by Jo Twist, the chief executive of UK games trade body Ukie, Spike Laurie, the UK co-MD of esports organisation ESL, and David Yarnton, a non-exec director on the board of esports events giant Gfinity. They talk about why the UK is behind the likes of Korea, how the industry can become as popular as "traditional" sports - and what fans can learn about leadership from the sport's professional players.

Ian Dunt, Editor of Politics.co.uk, and Jo Twist, CEO of UKIE, join Paul Blanchard to discuss the latest media stories. Jon Snow has been criticised for recording a candid and emotive piece to camera about the Gaza conflict - do TV reporters have a duty to appear impartial at all times? Sky has increased its investment in Jaunt, a start-up that lets broadcasters film in 360 degrees and play it back through 3D goggles - in ten years, will we all be watching TV through headsets? Associated Press has announced some of its simple finance stories will now be written entirely by computer programs - in the future, will all our news be written by 'robots', and what are the implications?

[Special] James and Gary are joined by special guest Dr Jo Twist, CEO of UK games industry trade body UKIE. The three of them discuss the introduction of PEGI (Pan European Game Information) ratings system, which become legally enforceable in the UK today (Monday, July 30th, 2012). We ask Dr Twist what PEGI means for the industry and for gamers, how it will help protect underage gamers from inappropriate content, how listeners can help raise awareness and more. You can find out more about PEGI and UKIE at AskAboutGames.com. Dr Jo Twist can be found on Twitter at @Doctoe. www.gameburst.co.ukpod@gameburst.co.uktwitter.com/gameburstfacebook.com/gameburst 

Rocksmith UK release hit by trademark dispute, Angry Birds playgrounds to be built in the UK, Ubisoft defends its position on DRM for PC games, Sky to launch Now TV service on consoles, GAME collapses into administration, UKIE to track all PC game sales downloads and tax breaks granted to the video game industry in the UK.Running time: 00:05:39

BAFTA GAME Award nominees announced, Frozen Synapse talk details revealed, GAME Group culls 46 jobs from its head office, UKIE pushes for legalisation of crowd funding in the UK, Rocksteady Studios bemoans the collapse of the UK video game industry and David Braben reveals education package for Raspberry Pi computer. Running time: 00:06:45

Angry Bird developer promotes removal of DRM, Ubisoft shuts down authentication servers for PC games for maintenance, GAME Group renegotiates its position with its lenders, Splash Damage take on Ninja Theory staffer, and BAFTA hosts Games Question Time. Running time: 00:05:24

Ofcom slaps wrists of ITV over Arma II footage in documentary, Pink and White 3DS consoles go on sale at 20 GBP mark up price, Lego Minecraft being developed, GAME mistakenly takes PC games off of its website, UKIE launches digital sales tracking of PC games and sells off its interests in GfK Chart Track. Finally Gamestop pulls out from its UK brick and mortar store presence.Running time: 06:12

GAME Group denies being hacked, 41 percent of UK developers emigrate to North America, Codemasters whistle blower shares the dirt on poor working practices and UKIE announces debate on piracy prevention in the wake of the SOPA and PIPA bill protests. Running time: 00:04:58

ASDA selling Wii consoles for 89 GBP, BBFC pours scorn over Modern Warfare 3 London Underground outcry, Best Buy shuts down UK stores, Good Old Games MD lashes out at DRM and UKIE creates new sub-group to increase growth in UK video game community. Running time: 00:06:44

Two Worlds II delayed again, David Braben promises Elite 4, EuroGamer Expo 2011 tickets released, GAME offers pre-orders for Pre-owned games and UKIE bemoans the lack of merger with TIGA.Running time: 00:04:18

11 year old boy runs up 1000 GBP bill with XBL marketplace, Codemasters do not see the need for 3D in DiRT 3, BAFTA GAME award nominees announced, Scottish Affairs Committee report on video game industry in Scotland welcomed by UKIE, UK retailers call for sub 300 GBP price point for the NGP console by Sony, Europe the cash cow for EA, Xperia network supplies in the UK named and new developer appears in Dundee.  Running time: 00:07:05

GAME gets Bulletstorm Epic Edition exclusive, Rock Steady Games boasts about Batman Arkham City features, Funcom denies Secret World release date, Two Worlds II stock wrecked, 3DS heading to MCM Expo Midlands, DICE cancel Battlefield 1943, Enslaves fails to sell, Martyn Brown leaves Team 17, UKIE and TIGA in talks to pool resources.Running time: 00:07:31

Super fast broadband across UK by 2015, UK console install base passes 30 million mark, Panorama takes on video game addiction, Amazon UK enters second hand game market and ITV come under fire for trying to create reactionary programme about video game addiction and link to violence.

Championship Manager rebuilt for iPhone but PC vesion on indefinate hold, Lord of the Rings Online free edition gets delayed in Europe, Rare wanted a controller for Kinect, Tesco sells off Halo Reach at cost price, Future Publishing starts selling PC Zone memorabilia for charity, PAX may be coming to Europe, Skills Review kicks off in the New Year, ELSPA changes to UKIE, Jedward rumoured to head Nintendo marketing campaign and Wayne Rooney still backed by EA.

Vapour ware game from old comes back on the iPhone, Medal of Honor developers discuss players taking on the role of the Taliban, Golden Classic Pro Controller to be released alongside GoldenEye 007, Machinarium has piracy amnesty extended, Realtime Worlds denies wanting to sell off APB despite redundantcies, Gamecom threatened with closure due to land lord leasing issuings, ELSPA to become UKIE in September and downloadable game chart to be established for PC games.