Season 2 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 2 Episodes
Season 2 consists of 10 audio-only episodes broadcasting weekly on Tuesdays starting March 3, 2025.
| # | Guest | Title | Date | Topics (tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joanie Kraut | Powering Up Game Dev by Making Space for All | March 3, 2026 | C-level roles, eSports, self-expression, allyship and inclusivity, game development communities, networking, WIGI, conferences and GDC |
| 2 | Adanna Nedd | TBD | March 10, 2026 | Narrative design and game writing, game economies, generations of gaming, self-expression, companionship, games research |
| 3 | Steve Bromley | TBD | March 17, 2026 | Games user research, playtesting, cross-disciplinary collaboration, product strategy, games education |
| 4 | Cristina Amaya | TBD | March 21, 2026 | Game events as a career, growing up as a gamer, creating game communities, surviving game layoffs |
| 5 | Tim Cullings | TBD | March 28, 2026 | Indie game development, games education, running game conventions and conferences, career transitions and networking |
| 6 | TBD | March 31, 2026 | TBD | |
| 7 | TBD | April 7, 2026 | TBD | |
| 8 | TBD | April 14, 2026 | TBD | |
| 9 | TBD | April 21, 2026 | TBD | |
| 10 | TBD | April 28, 2026 | TBD |
Season 2 Trailers Coming Soon
