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Hosted by People Make Games · leisure · EN-GB · 28 episodes
Chris Bratt interviews interesting people from around the games media about how they do their work. Support this show on Patreon!
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Games Press is hosted by People Make Games. The show has published 28 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 28: Danny O'Dwyer (Founder of Noclip)" (16 October 2026, 98 minutes), "Episode 27: Chris Tapsell (Editor-in-chief of Eurogamer)" (28 May 2026, 60 minutes), and "Episode 26: Keza MacDonald (Author of Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun)" (9 March 2026, 45 minutes).
The Games Press publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 62 minutes across 28 episodes.
Booking probability for The Games Press is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Games Press requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Games Press's contact route on record: public web form.
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People Make Games hosts The Games Press, a leisure show with 28 episodes published.
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Another repeat guest on The Games Press this episode, as I catch up with Danny O'Dwyer following a surprise announcement that he's mostly done with visiting video game studios to film his documentaries in the style...
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<p>Chris Tapsell is the new editor-in-chief of Eurogamer, having first started at the site back in 2016 when the two of us worked there together.</p><p>In the years since then, Chris and I have spent many evenings...
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<p>Keza MacDonald is the video games editor for The Guardian and most recently, she's also the author of 'Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun', a deep dive into the rich, creative history...
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<p>Maddy Myers & Zoë Hannah just launched Mothership, a brand new site all about games, gender and identity. Their initial pitch promises a different kind of gaming publication "for her, them, and yes, him too", which...
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<p>Wesley Yin-Poole is in charge of the news desk over at IGN and has been reporting on the games industry for almost two decades at this point.<br/><br/>He's also been a mentor of mine ever since our days working...
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<p>Jason Schreier is a games reporter for Bloomberg, best known for his extensive reporting on the volatile reality of AAA game development.<br/><br/>On today's episode we'll be talking about his latest book, Play Nice...
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<p>Nicole Carpenter has been reporting on the games industry at Polygon for the last five years, where she's perhaps best known for her coverage of unions and the increasingly vital role they're playing in shaping the...
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<p>Grant Stoner is a freelance reporter who specializes in covering accessibility and disability across the games industry in his work.<br/><br/>Among other work, he writes a monthly column for IGN where he recently...
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<p>Sarah Parvini was a games reporter at the LA Times until just a few months ago, having been among those who were hit by a staggering round of layoffs at the paper earlier this year. In fact, the publication is meant...
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<p>Chelsea Reed Miller is a video editor for IGN and a spokesperson for the IGN Creators Guild, a brand spanking new union that's been officially recognized by IGN's parent company just a couple of months...
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<p>Quintin Smith is one third of People Make Games, although hopefully you already knew that. Outside of his work with us, he's also known as the co-founder of board games behemoth Shut Up & Sit Down and now, as of just...
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<p>Stephen Totilo has been a games journalist for two decades now, making him one of the most experienced people in the field. His career spans a stint at MTV News as its first ever games reporter, nine years as...
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<p>Nathan Grayson and Riley MacLeod have just launched a brand new, worker-owned games publication called Aftermath, along with some other ex-Kotaku staff you'll recognise. As in, today, right now! Chris grabbed them...
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<p>Nathan Grayson and Riley MacLeod have just launched a brand new, worker-owned games publication called Aftermath, along with some other ex-Kotaku staff you'll recognise. As in, today, right now! Chris grabbed them...
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<p>Patricia Hernandez is now the former Editor-in-Chief of Kotaku, having been fired from the position just a few days ago. In today's episode we're going to be talking to her about what's happened and digging into the...
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<p>Rebekah Valentine is a Senior Reporter at IGN and an instrumental figure in the site's latest ambitions to establish itself as a true home for longform video games reporting. She's also just been on the ground at...
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<p>2 Player Productions is a documentary crew that's been embedded with Double Fine Productions for more than a decade now, having first come onboard in order to follow the development of Broken Age and create the...
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<p>Tyler McVicker has been utterly obsessed with Valve for more than a decade now, having reported on almost every scrap of news, speculation and datamined morsel to come out of this famously secretive company at the...
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<p>Sam Greer is a freelance games critic, having previously worked for Glass House Games and GamesMaster magazine. More recently, she worked with People Make Games (that's us!) on an incredible video about the lack of...
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<p>Hirun Cryer first got his break in the games media writing guides over at USGamer. And guides content, dear listeners, is perhaps one of the most overlooked part of this entire job. Frequently responsible for the...
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journalist and author of Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play, The Guardian
games reporter, Bloomberg
legal professional specializing in financial services, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory compliance, Kotaku
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