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TWiG #372: Death at an Xbox Funeral & Balling Out Ball’s State of Gaming
Xbox is at a strategic inflection point. The question now is why, how, and what comes next. We break down the massive Xbox leadership shakeup, what i…
12 hours ago
400,000 Wishlists in a Month: Dead as Disco's Steam(ing) Playbook
Dead as Disco went from 50,000 Steam wishlists to over 400,000 in less than a month, with over a million unique demo players and a 98% Overwhelmingly…
4 days, 12 hours ago
UA Monthly #1: Meta’s New Playbook, Reddit Ads, & the State of UA
Meta’s apparent comeback runs headfirst into shifting UA economics, rising creative costs, and new pressure from platforms like Reddit, forcing marke…
1 week ago
TWIG #371: Clash Royale's Death Spiral, Blizzard's Comeback, and Why AI Hype is Killing Games
We recap the Clash Royale creator controversy and CEO apology, dig into what’s broken with evolutions, heroes, and pay-to-win, and debate whether str…
1 week, 1 day ago
322. Female-First as a Moat: Dorian's Business of Fandom UGC with founder Julia Palatovska
User-generated content (UGC) isn’t “make anything.” It’s “make something that someone cares about.” In this Deconstructor of Fun conversation, Julia …
1 week, 4 days ago
TWiG #370: Supercell’s Annual Letter, Reading Between the KPIs
Supercell’s annual CEO blog post reads equal parts culture memo and a recruiting pitch. We break down what is behind the PR spin before zooming into …
2 weeks, 1 day ago
321. Art Directing in the AI Era with SciPlay's Peter Franco
The evolution of art direction, the integration of AI in creative processes, and the balance between creativity and business acumen. That's on the me…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
TWiG #369: Genie 3 Explodes, Game Stores Die, & High Guard Stumbles
Mobile publishing isn’t dead, it’s mutating!
In this TWIG episode, we break down how Ares Interactive is trying to resurrect Glu with a $70M Series A…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Shooter Monthly #4: The World's Biggest Shooter May Surprise & The Thing Highguard Needs to Learn
The question nobody in the West wants to answer honestly: the biggest shooters in the world are not the ones you argue about on Twitter.This episode …
3 weeks, 2 days ago
320. State of Mobile 2026: The 9 Trends That Matter
Sensor Tower Report 2026 breakdown with Jonathan Briskman. We unpack the biggest mobile app trends 2026 and mobile gaming trends 2026.
We discuss mon…
3 weeks, 4 days ago