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I learned a long time ago that there is an important difference between saying something and communicating something. You can stand in front of a room, deliver every slide exactly as you intended, answer the questions you expected,

I have spent a significant part of my career mentoring people in the video game industry, from individuals trying to take the next step in their careers to founders attempting to build companies around their first games. I have also been

One of the more interesting patterns I have observed throughout my career is that people rarely talk about support functions until something has gone wrong. Designers discuss game mechanics, producers debate schedules, engineers focus

There are few moments in game development that are more exciting than when a prototype finally starts to work. After weeks or months of experimentation, the mechanics begin to feel satisfying, the controls become intuitive, and players

Every game studio goes through difficult periods.

There are few words in our industry that make people more uncomfortable than networking.

One of the biggest misconceptions people have about leadership is that becoming a leader means becoming the person with all the answers. It is an easy assumption to make because many organizations unintentionally reinforce it.