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Gamecraft

Gamecraft

By: Mitch Lasky / Blake Robbins
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Gamecraft is a limited series about the modern history of the video game business. Beginning in the early 1990's, the video game business began a radical transformation from a console and PC packaged goods business into the highly complex, online, multi-platform business it is today. Game industry legend Mitch Lasky and game investor Blake Robbins go on a thematic tour of the last 30 years of gaming, exploring the origins of free-to-play, platform-based publishing, casual & mobile gaming, forever games, user-generated content, consoles, virtual reality, and in-game economies across the eight episodes of Season 1. In Season 2, Mitch and Blake are back with a new series analyzing the state of the video game business in 2024. They start with a macro view of the current business, before looking at some hot topics in gaming: the rise of powerful independent game studios, emerging markets for games around the world, how innovations in artificial intelligence will change game creation, and the renewed importance of intellectual property in the game business.2023 Economics Personal Finance Science Fiction
Episodes
  • QF Update: World Cup Consumer Guide (Ep. 36)

    QF Update: World Cup Consumer Guide (Ep. 36)
    Jul 9 2026

    The "Second Tournament" begins with 4 tasty quarter-final matches. Mitch and Blake break down the Round of 32 and Round of 16, rate their recommendations from last episode, and then dive into the quarter-finals and trace the paths of the 8 teams competing for the Jules Rimet trophy.

    Then they look back at the trends they identified in the last episode, and talk about what changed in the knockout stage so far, particularly the officiating. They discuss the Balogan affair and what it says about FIFA, and briefly analyze the USMNT's embarrassing melt-down against Belgium.

    They conclude with some overall thoughts about the tournament.
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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • R32 Update: World Cup Consumer Guide

    R32 Update: World Cup Consumer Guide
    Jun 28 2026

    Mitch and Blake look back at the group stage and talk about the main themes from the tournament so far.

    They review their picks for matches to watch from the last episode and what they got right and wrong.

    Then they turn to the knockout stage and break down the road to the quarter-finals for each of the 8 mini-brackets, before walking through their picks for what to watch in the Round of 32.
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • World Cup Consumer Guide (Ep. 34)

    World Cup Consumer Guide (Ep. 34)
    Jun 12 2026

    Football nerds unite! Mitch & Blake are back with a special episode on the 2026 FIFA World Cup. In this episode they provide a very opinionated "Consumer Guide" to the most watchable matches of the Group Stage of the tournament.

    Show Notes:

    Mitch's previous World Cup Consumer Guide blog on Medium

    AFCON final controversy (Morocco v. Senegal)

    Brazil v. Morocco (6/13) A-

    Ecuador v. Ivory Coast (6/14) B+

    Netherlands v. Japan (6/14) B+

    France v. Senegal (6/16) A-

    England v. Croatia (6/17) A-

    Mexico v. South Korea (6/18) B+

    Argentina v. Austria (6/22) B+

    Japan v. Sweden (6/25) B+

    USA v. Türkiye (6/25) B+

    Norway v. France (6/26) A-

    Uruguay v. Spain (6/26) A

    Colombia v. Portugal (6/27) B+
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    1 hr and 24 mins
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