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Hosted by Jake Simpson · leisure · EN · 12 episodes
Long time Video Game Developer Veteran Jake Simpson talks with various friends and colleagues about their years in Game Dev. Each installment is an hour long conversation with the unsung heroes of Video Game development; people who are not household names, but are still at where the rubber meets the road, when it comes to making games.Each interviewee describes their career, talking about the companies they have worked at, the games they’ve worked on, telling stories and giving previously unseen or heard background to some legendary games. And Jake himself lobs in comments and some stories of his own!
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Signup to Generate a PitchLong time Video Game Developer Veteran Jake Simpson talks with various friends and colleagues about their years in Game Dev. Each installment is an hour long conversation with the unsung heroes of Video Game development; people who are not household names, but are still at where the rubber meets the road, when it comes to making games.
GameDev Unsung Heroes is hosted by Jake Simpson. The show has published 12 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Alyssa Finley Regales!" (8 March 2026, 65 minutes), "Caryn Vaino has stuff to say!" (8 March 2026, 53 minutes), and "Chris Busse talking Production." (8 March 2026, 63 minutes).
GameDev Unsung Heroes publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 63 minutes across 12 episodes.
Booking probability for GameDev Unsung Heroes is 23%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. GameDev Unsung Heroes requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. GameDev Unsung Heroes's contact route on record: public web form.
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Jake Simpson hosts GameDev Unsung Heroes, a leisure show with 12 episodes published.
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Episode #12
<p>Alyssa Finley is another one of those names that most won't have heard of - unless you are actively in the industry, in which case you definitely will have -, but she's more than made her presence felt in the games...
Episode #11
<p>Caryn Vaino, aka HellChick, from Quake Clans back in the day, is now a UI expert. She's worked on some big titles over her time as a developer - Wolfenstein, Call of Duty, Quake IV, Monday night Combat are just a few...
Episode #10
<p>The producer behind oh so many hits of the early 2000's - Spiderman, for Activision, being one highlight. He's done so many interesting things, and he's not stopping now!<br> Chris' resume reads like a list of games...
Episode #9
<p>Dave Taylor, the legend of the mad game developer of Santa Monica, a man who marches to the beat of his own drum, who's work includes Doom and Quake - a seminal indie who has seen it all come and go, and yet still...
Episode #8
<p>DJ has been around games for sometime, and worked on some big titles as a VFX artist, and chances are, you've seen his work somewhere.</p> <p>DJ has been involved in games like Halo, a bunch of the Call of Duty...
Episode #7
<p>Lee has had quite the career at Epic, and was the original designer of Fortnite! He has a lot to say about his career, and interesting listening it most certainly is.<br> Lee has been around a bit, and some of the...
Episode #6
<p>Matt Pritchard, late of Ensemble and Valve, has had a varied career, with lots of ups and downs, and work on some major titles - Counter strike 2, Portal 2, Brothers in Arms, Left for Dead, and of course, almost all...
Episode #5
<p>Mike Arkin, producer and studio runner, describes working for Ellen, the career of an indie, and how RTS games on console ARE possible!<br> Mike is another veteran of Game Development, and he's got quite the...
Episode #4
<p>Simon Cooke, originally of Your Sinclair magazine, show runner for XFest and now of Google, talks about how he came to be a developer, his life in Seattle, and good hangover cures.<br> Simon is one of those...
Episode #3
<p>Tom Forsyth, graphics, chip designer and VR supremo, talks about his life, his journey in the UK and then to the US, and even mentions he lived in the same town as our interviewer!<br> Tom's been around a bit, from...
Episode #2
<p>Industry legend that is Tony Barnes chats about his life in games, how he came to start, where he's been and where he's going. And wherever it is, it's going to be pretty fast, given the kinds of car this man...
Episode #1
<p>Les Ellis, ex journo and now producer extraordinaire, talks his career. Starting out in the British UK games magazine scene, and graduating to producer, and then studio runner for JAW, Les has come a long way. He's...
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