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Behind the Line Radio - Ep 045: EA and Visceral

Hello Enthusiacs! This time Nick and Jeff discuss the shutdown of Visceral by EA in detail in their usual unusual way. As more background information of what happened comes out, it seems the "no more single player" initial reaction was more than a little off the mark. How bad were things going at Visceral, anyway?

Behind the Line Radio - Ep 044: User Acquisition

Hello Enthusiacs!

Today we welcome Warren to BTL Radio to discuss the crossroads between marketing and analytics that is User Acquisition, including exactly what is it, what role does it serve, and how does it work.

Point Streak - Episode 70, Wrestling Games

Jeff, Greg, and Nick grapple with the subject of pro-wrestling games.  Outro music The Let Down by Rumor Has It.

The Real Hero Talk - Hero Bytes Ep. 5.5

On this episode, Vernon and Greg go into new trailers for Justice League, Black Panther, and Star Wars Episode VIII.  Minor spoilers and major speculation!

Behind the Line Radio - Ep 043: Community Toxicity

Hello Enthusiacs!

The topic of toxicity in gaming is going to be with us for a while. There are a few levels that this can be approached from, and today we start our conversation off talking about how a particular game community can go toxic, and how good community management can reduce the toxicity. Chris comes back as a follow on to the last episode as we start off with the recent news from Jeff Kaplan having attempted to address the impact of community toxicity on Overwatch developers, and their comfort interacting with the players.

Point Streak - Episode 69, Personal Top 5 Games

A crack team of Enthusiacs each expound on their personal top 5 games of all time.  Outro music The Let Down by Rumor Has It.

The Real Hero Talk - Hero Bytes Ep. 5

On this episode, Vernon and Greg get into James Cameron yet again, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Star Wars Episode IX, and Hellboy.  Also, user questions!  This podcast is published uncut and with minor spoilers for Suicide Squad and the Lego Movie.

Behind the Line Radio - Ep 042: Personality as Product 2, PewDiePie and Bodega

Hello Enthusiacs! Another day, another Youtube controversy. This week we welcome community expert Chris back to join our sequel discussion to managing Personality as a product. From PewDiePie, to former Googlers putting themselves in front for a tone deaf headline for their company Bodega, we wade back in and dig deeper into the implications of these events.

Point Streak - Episode 68, Half-Life

Jeff, Tony and, of course, Gman, discuss the Half-Life franchise.  Outro music The Let Down by Rumor Has It.

Behind the Line Radio - Ep 041: Games as a Service

Hello Enthusiastics! This week we whole David to Behind the Line Radio to discuss where games as a service came from. David discusses the infrastructure that online games need to have in place and need to maintain to work. So, if you've ever wondered why a game server goes down, or what games have issues at launch, David has the answers.

P.S. If anyone is curious about the Foamy the Squirrel video we reference, you can see it at iLL WiLL PrEss's Youtube channel as "Game Devs : Foamy The Squirrel"