Gaming Decoded
"Building a better games business, together."
A B2B podcast delivering insights into the video game industry. Each episode features leaders, creators, and operators sharing actionable insights on game business strategy, monetization, studio leadership, and the future of interactive entertainment.
Why Most Live Service Games Fail (And How to Fix Them)
The games industry has a structural problem most studios refuse to name: development and publishing have been at war for decades, and players are paying the price. Host Andrea Rene sits down with Jonathan Lander to make the case that the siloed model designed for 90s physical retail has no business running a live service game in 2025 — and that the industry is roughly where pharma was when it was still figuring out what medicine actually meant.
The Games Industry Is Broken (And No One Agrees Why)
350 interviews. 173 different answers to the same question. In the first episode of Gaming Decoded, Vivrato founder Adam Boyes and host Andrea Rene dig into why the games business is broken and what it takes to fix it.