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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Our guest on making Octodad stand out in a crowded field of #videogames🎮

The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Our guest on Octodad at the dawn of fumblecore and being proto-#friendslop. Full ep has a shoutout to Human Fall Flat! 🕹️

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Founder/CEO of Young Horses @ptibz.younghorses.com joined us to explain succeeding w/o greenlights! Student project Octodad went on to IGF fame & solid sales, followed by the charming 🐛Bug Snax. We talk knowing when to ship #videogames & the art of fumblecore - this week! Link below.

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

When we talked to our next #gamedev guest he was holding a coffee, a phone, pen, cap, tchotchke, donut, flower, and a d20. How⁉️Find out tomorrow on The Fourth Curtain podcast!

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

A year ago using AI in #gamedev was mostly speculative. What a difference a year makes! 🎮

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

The Fourth Curtain, the podcast history of #videogames, is back for a 2025 retrospective as we gird our loins for Season 4 next year! Switches, success🏆ratios and gamedev AI - oh my! Spotify - bit.ly/492g10S www.podfollow.com/thefourthcurtain

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Tomorrow we have a new episode of The Fourth Curtain podcast! Our intrepid hosts reflect on a topsy-turvy year in #videogames🎮#AI and much more. Listen up!

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IGDA DC @igdadc.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

To sum up our year, @igda.org, how about our biggest District Arcade ever? 500+ attendees and 35 locally-made games. Game developers in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia: we host at least two in-person meetups every month. Come hang out!

A photo of the crowd from our annual District Arcade. This year we held it at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in D.C., a much bigger space than we've been at before, and it was PACKED. 35 locally made video games and there were times when you couldn't walk across the huge space for all the people there. Exciting stuff.

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Christoph is another guest of ours with too many big #videogames to fit in an image!🎮podfollow.com/thefourthcurtain

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Our guest on Sam Houser's vision of an open world for #GTA!

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

VP Amazon Games Christoph Hartmann is our guest. At BMG he helped launch GTA then co-found 2K Games and publish NBA 2K, Civ, Bioshock. We discuss the upcoming #videogame 👑 King of Meat, a fresh take on how AI can help gamedev and more - this week! t.co/cHXgJ0kf8d

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Tomorrow's guest on The Fourth Curtain podcast is a #baller joy-riding river Captain! podfollow.com/thefourthcurtain

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Thrilled to speak with Trip Hawkins, founder/CEO Electronic Arts (EA), Digital Chocolate and more. From early football strategy to💥WWIII sim, he made a company of electronic artists and legendary #videogames. Calming Steve Jobs, hacking consoles and many Firsts - this week! youtu.be/jCMldF7hRNg

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Our guests built Sucker Punch into a prolific creator of💥hit #videogames, which are not only ghostly but sly and infamous as well!

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

It's a one-two move w/ Sucker Punch's Chris Zimmerman and Brian Fleming. Now shipping 👻 Ghost of Yotei, they tell us about leaving Microsoft for Sony & becoming a #videogame powerhouse. Tales of exact pitches & being great not good - this week! youtu.be/ZOj4nXXhB00

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Thursday we return with a BOOM! A very timely episode about a very big👻#videogame on The Fourth Curtain podcast. podfollow.com/thefourthcurtain

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

David Gardner joins us this week w/ tales of the early days of #videogames. A teenage tech prodigy, he was employee #11 @EA, ran Atari and is now running London Venture Partners. We talk Hawkins distortion fields, Atari sandwiches and when EA was hip 🔥- this week! youtu.be/gzVG9Vu-TYU

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Tomorrow's guest on The Fourth Curtain podcast was a teenage prodigy and renowned sandwich-maker! 🥪

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

This week's guest is another one with more big #videogames than we can fit on an image! Here are a couple of standouts. 🌟

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

But how will you know how our hosts reflected 🤔on this episode? Right here! bit.ly/4fCeAct

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Our guest is Feargus Urquhart, founder/CEO of Obsidian, premier maker of videogame RPGs. From test and prod of huge titles like Baldur's Gate to Outer Worlds. We discuss snatching victory 🏆 from the jaws of defeat w/ Pillars of Eternity, and when a feature is real - this week! youtu.be/pqB7asfzVuQ

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Tomorrow's guest on The Fourth Curtain podcast is veteran of many huge #videogames, whose only fear is in his name!😶

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Who could be tomorrow's #gamedevs of mystery? Is there a clue in that sentence?🔎

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

This week's guest made a splash with Spellbreak (which lives on) before getting called up to⚔️Warcraft! podfollow.com/thefourthcur...

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

We return from break with an "enchanting" episode with Seth Sivak, VP Development for World of Warcraft at Blizzard. We discuss being an Imagineer, the three components of creative 🔥 decisions and "always be pitching" - this week! youtu.be/TlRTvtthwNI

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Tomorrow we return from break with a banger episode full of #videogame spells,☘️luck and Warcraft! Not to be missed.

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

An encore episode in recognition of the PlayStation recently turning 25! That means it's antique. Here's the great Jason Rubin talking about building Naughty Dog, a multi-megahit #videogame studio. youtu.be/gesrOvuT5uE

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Episode 30 - All Right the First Time with Crash Bandicoot's Jason Rubin

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

As our guest notes, Capture the Flag ⛳️is a hugely popular game type on both playgrounds and in #videogames which is often done poorly in the latter. Nearly every major sport in human history is a version of CTF - curious!

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Our guest is Mac Reynolds, CEO/co-founder Night Street Games making Last Flag. As manager of Imagine Dragons, he learned to find magic🧙 in the grind & now applies that to #videogames. We talk Eagle Scouts, learning to advocate & CTF - this week! youtu.be/9DzkafNdDsY

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Tomorrow's guest never worked on #GTA but is absolutely a rockstar!🎤podfollow.com/thefourthcurtain

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

As painful as the current multi-year #VideogameLayoffBloodbath is, it has happened before!🩸

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

What would the classic #videogame The Oregon Trail be without dysentery!💩 youtu.be/bVpYhDOmyHo

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Our guest is the paragon of an educational #videogame going massively mainstream, Philip Bouchard. Starting in mainframes he created The Oregon Trail 🐎 a worldwide hit & cultural touchstone on Apple II. We talk Apple getting kickstarted & science for fun/profit this week! youtu.be/bVpYhDOmyHo

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Tomorrow's guest is someone you want with your party 🌵if your goal is survival in #videogames! podfollow.com/thefourthcurtain

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Our guest this week is Adam Boyes, co-CEO of Iron Galaxy and now founder of Vivrato. From Killer Instinct to The Last of Us Part I, he’s helped bring major #videogames to life. We discuss putting in raunchy 😮 stuff, nemawashi and his magic deck of challenges, this week! youtu.be/W7Z3o1dIJU8

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Knowing who will scream - very handy when making horror #videogames!💀 podfollow.com/thefourthcurtain

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Our guest is founder/CEO of Behavior Interactive Remi Racine. Famous for the smash Dead By Daylight, his studio began w/ Jersey Devil & led to the Canadian #gamedev Hall of Fame. We talk curious superpowers, getting paid and what to remind your team - this week!⚰️ youtu.be/iQDZ2hiPgaQ

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Tomorrow's guest has an unusual #videogame superpower, and is just waiting for the sunrise!🌞

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Guest Nolan North brings your favorite #videogame characters to life w/ his voice! From Uncharted's Nathan Drake to scores of others, he is a top talent in the industry. We discuss the freedom of prep & being broke but happy😃- this week! youtu.be/1GBkPRZMVLI

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Our guest on how to make a #videogame with a complex franchise like Harry Potter!

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Our guest John Blackburn was a founder & CEO of Avalanche Software, makers of many #videogames on many platforms, like Hogwarts Legacy & Disney Infinity. Tales of when games paid royalties, how to talk to execs & being true but not canon - this week! youtu.be/T-SveU15qZw

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

What's in a name? In the case of Dreamhaven a sanctuary for #videogame dev! 📛

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Our guest's #videogames are too numerous and impactful to fit in one post! Haven't played @sunderfolk.com yet but if @shutupshow.bsky.social are right, it should be a banger! 💥

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Blizzard's Mike Morhaime on starting a #videogame. Makes me think of Jason Jones playing a bunch of Warcraft II and just wanting to get to the action before @Bungie made Myth. ⚔️

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Guest Michael Morhaime was President and CEO of Blizzard during the glory years of shipping Warcraft, Starcraft, WoW, Diablo! Now CEO Dreamhaven he's won an Emmy and is in the AIAS Hall of Fame. We talk red tape & how many $B #videogame 🎮 franchises you need on your resume - this week!

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Tomorrow's guest is no meteorologist, but his #videogames hit the industry like a...🌨️

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Our guest Bing Gordon has had a long successful run in #videogames and tech. From marketing lead to Chief Creative Officer at EA, he helped shape NASCAR, The Sims and other huge titles. We discuss pitching, two beer strategies and Speilberg's smoke test - this week! youtu.be/8UTM3rwhoeM

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Tomorrow's guest got off the leash long enough to form a beer🍻strategy and observe the Spielberg smoke test! #videogames

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The Fourth Curtain podcast @thefourthcurtain.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Guest @k2theswift.bsky.social made a demo into the smash Portal. Once Head of Creative for @Xbox Games Publishing, did level design Left 4 Dead & was Design Director for Battlefront II. We talk how to pitch, IP on Mars and whether the cake🥮is a lie - this week! youtu.be/9hY0ANpLtvI #videogames

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