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Playing With Inference Podcast @playingwithinference.com · 26/08/2025

Ep 18: We chat with Team Undefined, the winners of Supercell's recent AI Game Hackathon. Learn about their journey developing a project in 40 hours. The team discuss lessons in integrating AI into game dev, unique gameplay, and using models. YouTube: youtu.be/Lt0RCPdjQFE

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Playing With Inference Podcast @playingwithinference.com · 20/08/2025

Ep 17: How Supercell is supporting AI-native innovation Otto Söderlund, AI lead at Supercell, discusses his journey. We talk Supercell's AI initiatives. Otto also describes the AI Innovation Lab, which aims to explore radical ideas and support both external and internal projects.

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Playing With Inference Podcast @playingwithinference.com · 12/08/2025

Ep 16: Examples of AI-Native Games & Mechanics We follow-up last week's episode on definitions with some examples we've seen in the market and what we're looking forward to, or might see, in the near future.

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Playing With Inference Podcast @playingwithinference.com · 05/08/2025

Ep 15: What Defines an 'AI Native' Game? In this episode, we explore of what constitutes an AI native game, discuss the boundaries, debate between ML-enhanced systems vs procgen. We talk narrative control, and the what AI brings to the table. Lots here and would love to hear your definitions!

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Playing With Inference Podcast @playingwithinference.com · 29/07/2025

Episode 14: Unit Economics in AI-Native Games, feat. Josh English of Series Entertainment We get into the details of what it costs to run an AI native game's inference, how to approach the economics of it all, and techniques to manage those costs.

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Playing With Inference Podcast @playingwithinference.com · 22/07/2025

Episode 13: Current State of GenAI in Games (July 2025), with Eric Kress from Deconstructor of Fun We break down what's going on in the space in the summer of 2025. Eric breaks down the current industry challenges, and opportunities, and gives voice to the pitfalls and opportunities in the space.

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Playing With Inference Podcast @playingwithinference.com · 15/07/2025

Episode 12: Rethinking GenAI Integration in Gaming Rich shares his perspectives on the role of GenAI in the gaming sector, from genAI's potential for dev to the challenges of integrating AI into existing workflows. We also talk investment, cheat-smart design, and setting AI up for success.

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Playing With Inference Podcast @playingwithinference.com · 08/07/2025

Ep 11: Using Machine Learning to Create Emergent Fun We dive into the integration of broader machine learning within game development, w/ Jorge Val, co-founder and CEO of Latent Technology, who talks his journey from research into dev, specifically focusing on real-time physics-based animations.

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Playing With Inference Podcast @playingwithinference.com · 01/07/2025

Ep 10: GenAI Innovations in 3D Character Animation, with Viren Tellis of Uthana In this episode, we chat about the transformative potential of AI in the animation pipeline for games. Viren talks their journey from inception to current, creating the tech to generate real time animations on demand.

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Playing With Inference Podcast @playingwithinference.com · 10/06/2025

Ep 7: Exploring Player Experience with GenAI Shawn Foust of Fortis Games joins us to talk about player experiences when it comes to GenAI and how we should be experimenting. YouTube: youtu.be/6aB_h5s1Bwk Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/pla... Audio Only: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-5mjsk...

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Playing With Inference Podcast @playingwithinference.com · 03/06/2025

Ep 6: AI and Digital Improvisation in Entertainment Stephen Piron of Pickford AI joins us to talk how GenAI opens up improv-style experiences digitally in new ways. YouTube: youtu.be/y2k2b7QIVak Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/pla... Audio Only: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-wgvbj...

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Playing With Inference Podcast @playingwithinference.com · 27/05/2025

Ep 5: On-device Inference in Games with Piero Molino We talk about research and work in fine-tuning, quantization of models, and a future where inference happens on-device at game-latency speeds. Piero also shares about coming into games from a ML background and what he's learned along the way.

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