Tricks of the TradeTrump's Second TermMy EconomyI've Always Wondered ...

Loading...

0:00
0% played
Support the fact-based journalism you rely on with a donation to Marketplace today. Give Now!
Stories Tagged as

Video games

Skin in the Game

The rise, fall and future of the company behind World of Warcraft

by David Brancaccio , Nic Perez and Erika Soderstrom
Oct 8, 2024
A new book by reporter Jason Schreier explores the history, successes and deep-rooted challenges of Blizzard Entertainment.
Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
Skin in the Game

Independent video game studios gain popularity in tumultuous industry environment

by Joshua Ceballos
Jul 3, 2024
Games made by small teams and solo developers are some of the best selling products in the past year.
Big game publishing companies made huge investments during the pandemic, but as player numbers have dwindled, some studios laid off thousands of developers.
Leon Neal/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
"Indie Game: The Movie"

Inside the wide world of indie video games

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
May 24, 2024
Yes, the video game industry is in turbulent times. But there's also a vast ecosystem of games built by those outside the major studios.
Courtesy BlinkWorks Media
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
"Indie Game: The Movie"

What it's like to create an indie film during the golden era of indie video games

by Ellen Rolfes
May 21, 2024
Filmmaker Lisanne Pajot reflects on how the challenges she faced making an indie film mirrored the struggles their subjects faced developing an indie game.
Ed McMillen, one of the developers of Super Meat Boy, takes a break from coding.
Courtesy BlinkWorks Media
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
"Indie Game: The Movie"

Indie games are a “heart-dominant” business

by David Brancaccio
May 14, 2024
David Brancaccio on the parallels between Super Meat Boy and Picasso’s masterpieces.
Tommy Refenes, one of the developers of Super Meat Boy.
BlinkWorks Media via IMBD
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
"Indie Game: The Movie"

Play along with us

by Ellen Rolfes
May 8, 2024
We're watching "Indie Game: The Movie" this month.
Remember what computers used to look like?
Still from "Indie Game"
Share Now on:
SHARE

Netflix looks to drive growth with games after boost from password crackdown

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Apr 18, 2024
Netflix has bought game studios and made other investments, but it's playing at a "high-stakes table" with deep-pocketed competitors.
Netflix’s booth at the Gamescom video game fair in Cologne, Germany, last year. It's putting capital into its video game operation, but faces high-powered rivals.
Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

For public good, not for profit.

Donate

Gaming furniture levels up to a more decorative aesthetic

by Matt Levin
Apr 18, 2024
Ikea is launching a new line of gaming furniture more suited for the living room than the basement. It's a sign of how gamer demographics are maturing.
Back in the day, furniture designed for gamers may have looked more like fighter pilot seats than something you'd find in a living room. Increasingly, that's changing.
Courtesy Ikea
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
Skin in the Game

How the video game Dot's Home was adapted for the stage

by David Brancaccio and Erika Soderstrom
Mar 19, 2024
"Dot's Home Live" has been performed in Detroit in an effort to share the game's housing rights story with the community.
The video game Dot's Home has been downloaded more than half a million times on phones and computers. But co-creator Christina Rosales knew that games are often played alone, and she wanted to bring the production to the “next level.”
David Brancaccio/Marketplace
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
Skin in the Game

Video game Dot's Home brings a story of housing injustice to life

by David Brancaccio and Erika Soderstrom
Mar 18, 2024
The interactive game lets players follow one family's account of disadvantage and discrimination through the generations.
"We wanted to tell a multigenerational story, because when you think about housing disadvantage, it is cumulative," says Christina Rosales, above, co-creator of Dot's Home.
David Brancaccio/Marketplace
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE