Episodes

  • Episode 11 - Connotations of a Veteran Start-up Studio / Thomas Gravgaard.

    Episode 11 - Connotations of a Veteran Start-up Studio / Thomas Gravgaard.
    Sep 9 2025
    Thomas is a Hyper-optimist, working on multi-player turn-based technology building games that utilize possibilities of digital - board games with additional layers. To be available on mobile and web. Together with three other industry veterans, Thomas is currently building the start-up studio, Glitchfjørd Games, leaning into Scandinavian cool vibe.
    “Mobile space is stale!” - Thomas has the desire to avoid free-to-play mechanics, such as battle-pass, lootbox, etc. Instead he is considering the “friend pass”, that offers more virality options.
    Recent cases on anti-trust opening the market:
    • USA, April 2025: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/epic-apple-court-order-2025-injunction/
    • Australia, August 2025: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/australia-court-rules-partly-against-apple-google-epic-games-lawsuit-2025-08-12/

    Thomas mentions an epic “Rolemaster” pen and paper 15 hours’ session to kill a deadly Manticore. Check out the system:https://ironcrown.co.uk/rolemaster/
    Some home computers from 1980’s mentioned in this episode:
    • Sinclair ZX80 and ZX81: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX80 , https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81
    • Lambda 8300 (ZX81 clone) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_8300
    • Commodore Amiga https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Episode 10 - Chopping up your games lawyer – with Dario Rahimic

    Episode 10 - Chopping up your games lawyer – with Dario Rahimic
    May 2 2025
    In this GAME Law & Business episode I have the pleasure of talking with Dario from Chop Chop Games about gems, music and legal issues.
    Prior to the recording we agreed that Dario should prepare some games-related legal topics to discuss in the session - without telling me before. I think this format worked out quite well, and I hope you will enjoy listieng to our thoughts on questions about phone controller liability, IP paradoxes, Image Rights and AI.
    Thank you for listening. Please contact me to share your comments and ideas; LinkedIn: Robert Jønsson DAHL, Discord: video.game.lawyer, or email: roj@dahllaw.dk

    Special thanks to DAHL Law firm and Dennis from Podcaster.dk who produced this episode in Aarhus, Denmark.

    Recording, editiing, mix and publishing: Dennis G. M. Jensen /Podcaster.dk
    Composer: Henrik Phalke Møller.
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Episode 9 - Community Driven Publishing

    Episode 9 - Community Driven Publishing
    Dec 17 2024
    In this episode of GAME Law & Business, we continue our Publishing theme and sit down with Alexandar Skronski, the Head of Publishing at Ghost Ship Publishing. With tons of experience in the games industry, Alex shares his journey and insights into the world of game publishing.

    During the recording session we discovered our shared common interest for playing the piano. Alex currently enjoys playing low-fi grooves and we plan to meet up for a jam-session.

    We delve into Alex's innovative approaches to creating awareness within game communities, highlighting how he leverages the passion of both developers and players to build strong, engaged communities. We discuss the importance of supporting developers both in operation and contract-wise to secure fair and successful business for all parties.

    Finally, Alex shares his vision for the future of game publishing and community building, offering a glimpse into upcoming projects and initiatives at Ghost Ship Publishing.

    Thank you for listening. Please contact me to share your comments and ideas; LinkedIn: Robert Jønsson DAHL, Discord: video.game.lawyer, or email: roj@dahllaw.dk

    Special thanks to DAHL Law Firm and to Victor and Dennis from podcaster.dk who produced this episode.

    Photos © Christina van Soest
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    59 mins
  • Episode 8 - The Evolution of Publishing Contracts

    Episode 8 - The Evolution of Publishing Contracts
    Nov 12 2024
    Guest/Co-host: Allan Kirkeby, Senior Business Developer at EA Dania, Former CEO of Unity Studios, and hosting the IDSU podcast: https://www.idsu.dk/podcast (in Danish)

    Episode Content: In this episode we delve into the world of publishing contracts with Allan Kirkeby. We look into some key components of publishing contracts and talk about how publishing contracts have changed over time to adapt to the evolving industry landscape.

    Personal Insights: Allan enjoys listening to 80’s music, such as Depeche Mode, while cooking. He’s also an avid gamer, currently playing Spacemarine II and exploring many indie titles. Robert has an eclectic [=wide-ranging] music taste including contemporary Italian jazz, enjoying artists like Nicola Conte and Antonio Faraò. In the gaming world, he’s currently engaged with Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor.

    Quotes and References: Please note our nod to the nostalgic era of old school physical media storage, including CD-Rom, floppy disc, and cassette tape (used as data storage in the 80’s for systems like VIC-20, Commodore 64, ZX 81, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC). “Come back I can still bite you” - is a quote from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), and “One Contract to Rule Them All” is a of course a playful reference to Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

    Future Episodes Teaser: Stay tuned for the next few episodes where we continue to explore the theme of publishing from various perspectives, featuring experienced industry professionals.

    Produced in collaboration with Podcaster.dk
    Recorded by Dennis G. M. Jensen
    Editing and mix by Dennis G. M. Jensen/Podcaster.dk
    Music by Henrik Pahlke Møller
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Episode 7 - The Indie Dream

    Episode 7 - The Indie Dream
    May 31 2024
    From one-man-band to rock star.

    The creator of Necesse, Mads Skovgaard, has taken the full journey, starting 12 years ago from scratch in every sense, even building his own game engine to support his vision of a fun and interesting game experience. Getting in touch with influencers, building updates, community management, and much more until at one day reaching the front page of Steam to discover that a vast number of players are willing to invest in spending time with their friends in the emergent worlds of Necesse.

    We also talk about next steps after growing from indie to indie+ (or true independence), having a team to share your vision with, and how to develop your IP and stories in an emergent world sandbox game.

    Thank you for listening. Please contact me to share your comments and ideas; LinkedIn: Robert Jønsson DAHL, Discord: video.game.lawyer, or email: roj@dahllaw.dk
    Special thanks to DAHL and Dennis from podcaster.dk who produced this episode.




    Produced in collaboration with Podcaster.dk
    Recorded by Dennis G. M. Jensen
    Editing and mix by Dennis G. M. Jensen/Podcaster.dk
    Music by Henrik Pahlke Møller
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    48 mins
  • Episode 6 - "Cats' n Boots"

    Episode 6 - "Cats' n Boots"
    May 2 2024
    The Bjerregaard, Cindercats - First Person Boot-strapping

    I have been looking forward to sharing this story; Producer at CinderCat Games, Thea Bjerregaard talks about life as an start-up indie studio and reveals the teams passion for dark humor that will be imminent in their upcoming First Person Booter misadventure - Glum.

    We also talk about being a pick of the Danish angel investor, Three Little Pigs, getting initial funding from and working with Danish investors, being part of a large founder team and about the future of Danish Games industry.

    After the recording of this episode, the Cindercats recently raised a pre-seed round. Congratulations! Also, the Danish games industry business association "Games Denmark" has been founded.
    Exciting times ahead!

    Thanks to Podcaster.dk for kind assistance.
    Also huge thanks to DAHL law firm for supporting the podcast series.

    I really appreciate feedback in any form, preferably via LinkedIn, Discord video.game.lawyer or via email to roj@dahllaw.dk.

    Produced in collaboration with Podcaster.dk
    Recorded by Dennis G. M. Jensen
    Editing and mix by Dennis G. M. Jensen/Podcaster.dk
    Music by Henrik Pahlke Møller
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    48 mins
  • Episode 5 - “Tales of acquisition and investment”

    Episode 5 - “Tales of acquisition and investment”
    Mar 8 2024
    Quirky fun is on in this episode - but what else to expect from Niels Wetterberg, CEO of Invisible Walls. Niels recommends some games suitable for playing together with your kids; Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime and It Takes Two. And he revels to have an eclectic taste in music!

    You may discover interesting facts about how Invisible Walls was ‘just getting acquired’ by Amplifier/Embracer Group, and what has followed since.

    Niels takes us through his background from the film industry, where he was brought up with the dogma never to take a “no” personally as there is always someone that wants to give you money. We talk about strategy and military focus on the goal; Building a business on a vision rather than just creating a game project.

    Invisible Walls founders’ investment vehicle called Three Little Pigs ApS has made its first investment in the Aalborg based studio, Cindercat. Main focus is about supporting and giving back to the industry.

    Finally, we discuss the current situation in Danish games Industry that is about to organize by itself.

    Please write to me with comments and ideas via LinkedIn or mail.

    Special thanks to DAHL Law firm and Podcaster.dk.
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    48 mins
  • Episode 4 - User Generated Content

    Episode 4 - User Generated Content
    Jan 16 2024
    In this episode, I have two guests in the studio; Tim Garbos from Triband and Jakob Sillesen from Multiverse/Adventure Box. They actually met each other at SYBO sharing an office space in the early days of Subway Surfer production.

    Triband provides a level editor in What The Car? and Multiverse has the game building platform KOGAMA. Both Tim and Jakob talk about the massive amounts of content that is being produced on their platforms - with most of it being of very little value to the public; Still, they see the beauty in the creativity and expressions of their users.

    We also talk about infringing content and abusive content created by users; most of this will never get much attention as Tim and Jakob both point out that it is actually difficult to create a good game (level) that gets attention, and the majority of undesired content will quickly sink into the vast abyss of poor attempts that are soon forgotten…

    Finally, Tim and Jakob share some thoughts on the future of user generated content; Maybe we will see some labels like “hand-crafted” or “artisan” on user generated content - in opposition to (AI) machine-produced content?

    I really enjoyed the company of both Jakob and Tim, and I think it is interesting to hear different perspectives on the topic.

    As always, I want to thank you for listening. You are also invited to contact me sharing your comments and ideas; LinkedIn, Discord, email or any other means…

    Thanks to DAHL law firm, in particular Rasmus and Marcus for their research
    Special thanks to Gorm, Henrik, Dennis and Casper from Podcaster.dk who produced this episode
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    56 mins