GameMakers

Your Discord Is Lying to You. Watch What Players Build.

Pedro Esparza's community validation loop, and how to tell real demand from loud requests before you spend a year building the wrong thing.

Oct 22 • Joseph Kim

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ONE PROMPT. FULL BUILD. BULL SHIT.

AI will change how games get made. The hype about it is doing real damage.

Oct 20 • Joseph Kim

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September 2026

PR for Gaming Studios

Your Game Isn't Missing From the Charts. It's Missing From the Citations.

Sep 1 • Joseph Kim

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August 2026

The Paradox of AI ROI

The AI ROI Is Here. Your Organization Is Throttling It.

Aug 28 • Joseph Kim

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Pixels & Profits: The Gaming Stocks Are Gone. The Analysis Isn’t.

Pixels & Profits is now its own publication. What happened, and where to follow it — free.

Aug 17 • Joseph Kim

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July 2026

The Most Important Number in Unity’s D2C Launch Is Zero

Unity just made direct-to-consumer payments free. I asked VP of Product Steve Ganem why — and the real answer is about data, not payments.

Jul 14 • Joseph Kim

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June 2026

So This Is How The Metaverse Dies

Why Epic’s Fortnite metaverse was doomed from the start.

Jun 23 • Ted Park

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🎙️ The Most Valuable Asset in Games Isn't Your Game

It's the direct relationship with your players — the one channel that gets cheaper the stronger it gets. Tebex's Liam Wiltshire on why D2C is about…

Jun 16 • Joseph Kim

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March 2026

The Last 20% Is Worth $100 Million

AI is making it cheaper to build games that fail. Ran Mo, CEO of Proxima and the creator of Suck Up!, explains why.

Mar 31 • Joseph Kim

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GDC 2026: Relationships Are the Last Moat in Gaming

How the Product LiveOps Growth Symposium Reveals What Actually Survives the AI Supercycle

Mar 10 • Joseph Kim

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February 2026

The Gaming Industry Isn't in a Downturn. It's Losing Its Moat.

What the GDC State of the Industry report actually says — when you read between the lines

Feb 17 • Joseph Kim

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Trends That Will Define Gaming in 2026 (And 1 Nobody Wants to Talk About)

What I learned (and held back) from a panel on the future of gaming.

Feb 10 • Joseph Kim

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