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Skin in the Game

A special series on what the massive video game industry can teach us about economics, business, money and careers.

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Skin in the Game

Tomorrow's tech disruptors learn how to raise their game

by David Brancaccio
Jul 17, 2023
The video game industry has a diversity problem. This Bay Area mentorship program has solutions.
"Marketplace Morning Report" host David Brancaccio speaks with mentees at Gameheads. The program aims to give students in the Bay Area the skills, connections and confidence to break into the tech industry.
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Sideshow culture gets the video game treatment

by David Brancaccio
Jul 10, 2023
Google heard about the games, "HighSidin’" and "HighSidin’: Hyphy Edition," and gave the student developers a grant.
Gameheads is a nonprofit mentoring program in Oakland, California, that teaches students how to create video games.
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This video game teaches players about gentrification

by David Brancaccio
Jul 3, 2023
At the Oakland-based nonprofit Gameheads, people go from playing video games to making them, drawing from lived experience.
From left to right, Rogelio Lara, co-creator of the "Here's Your Change" video game, chats with "Marketplace Morning Report" host David Brancaccio.
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