Season 1 of the Enduring Play podcast features conversations with 10 game development experts that informed the writing of The Game Development Strategy Guide: Crafting Modern Video Games That Thrive, Cheryl Platz’s second book from Rosenfeld Media. The conversations are wide-ranging, and cover everything from how to cope with the unstable games industry and techniques for interdisciplinary collaboration and usability testing to the evolving role of artificial intelligence in video game development. Context is provided to help newer listeners follow along, and the podcast is generally PG-13 for strong language and some adult themes.
Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 consists of 10 audio-only episodes broadcasting weekly on Tuesdays starting August 19, 2025.
- People, Process, and Players: Human-Centered Production with Yesenia Cisneros (Enduring Play S1 E10)
- Using UX Strategy to Put Players First with Celia Hodent, PhD (Enduring Play E1 S1)
- Safe and Thriving Gaming Communities with Carlos Figueiredo (Enduring Play S1 E2)
- Creative Strategy for Thriving Teams with Amy Kalson (Enduring Play S1 E3)
- The Global Heartbeat of Music Games with David Ventura (Enduring Play S1 E4)
- Ludonarrative Harmony for Narrative Designers with Whitney Beltrán (Enduring Play S1 E5)
- Growing and Shepherding Thriving Design Culture in Games with Eric Kabisch (Enduring Play S1 E6)
- Engineering for Scalable, Sustainable Games with Caerie Houchins (Enduring Play S1 E7)
- The Methodical Magic of Systems Design with Joe “joemag” Magdalena (Enduring Play S1 E8)
- Doing More with Less for Video Game Art and UI/UX with Tamara Knoss (Enduring Play Season 1 Episode 9)