GamesQuest 10: Google Stadia's Business Plan
Google Stadia will bring us closer to the inevitable game streaming future. But what’s Google’s business model? Could it be that players are not the target audience at all?
Read MoreGamesQuest 9: 2018 Video Game Trends
In this year’s first episode of GamesQuest I take a look back at the most interesting developments in gaming of 2018: loot boxes, new game stores and game streaming.
Read MoreGamesQuest 8: Dealing with Toxic Player Behavior
I'm afraid of playing with strangers online and the chance of people shouting at me. So what can game developers do in-game to deal with toxic behavior and create a friendly space for players?
Read MoreGamers Digest - Mobile Ads face Obstacle Feedback in a Taboo Launch Aftermath
Gamers Digest presents online gems that I've come across on my constant internet quest.
This time it features the topics of disability and mental health, the emotional roller coaster of a game launch, obstacles for not-for-profit organizations, mobile ad optimizations, and how to deal with community feedback.
Read MoreGamesQuest 7: Early Access Pros and Cons
Steam's Early Access program got a lot of bad press but also some stand out success stories. Some people swear by it while others stay away from it - players and developers. So five years after its inception, what are the advantages and disadvantages of releasing a game before it's even finished?
Read MoreGamers Digest - Transparent Union Addiction Stories
Inspired by The Sunday Papers from Rock, Paper, Shotgun and a tweet from Christoph Lurz, I'm starting digest posts focusing on the gaming industry.
Hopefully this digest is useful to some people who are interested in the bigger picture when it comes to games but don't spend as much time on gaming websites as I do.
Read MoreGamesQuest 6: Are game subscriptions bad for gamers?
More thoughts about game subscriptions. What do they mean for gamers? Do you save money or spend more in the long run? For the providers that is the point, isn't it? And does the subscription model favor a specific style of games?
Read MoreGamesQuest 5: Virginia
It's been a while but thanks to Philip I can finally publish a new GamesQuest episode. He is talking about Virginia and why you should play it..
Read MoreGamesQuest 4: Game Subscriptions
Is Microsoft's offering of 1st party titles with Game Pass a game changer? Will we see other platforms starting their own subscriptions? And could Valve's newest acquisition be connected?
My first but probably not last episode about game subscriptions and what impact it might have on the industry.
GamesQuest 3: Introducing Philip and Backlogs
GamesQuest has a new co-host: Philip Drobar, who will join me on my quest to talk about video games. In the future he will produce his own episodes on this channel but today we talk about our backlogs and the top spots on our list of shame.
Read MoreGamesQuest 2: Personal Gaming History
This is episode 2 of the GamesQuest podcast. Join me on a walk down memory lane as I talk about my personal gaming history: from Game & Watch to current gen consoles.
Read MoreFacebook Outrage for all the Wrong Reasons
A lot of the outrage surrounding Facebook and the Cambridge Analytica controversy is based on a misunderstanding of what really happened and how online ads actually work.
Read MoreGamesQuest podcast
I've started a new podcast which I call GamesQuest and it is entirely dedicated to video games. The basic idea is to talk about general topics around video games and more about the industry as a whole instead of just covering single games and news. In the first episode I'm questioning side quests as a game mechanic in open world action RPGs and pondering what would work better for me. Give it a listen, I hope you like it!
Read MoreLoot boxes are a moral choice
The gaming industry must figure out what kind of industry it wants to be. Currently it seems that many companies are okay with just some people having fun on the backs of others who suffer.
Read MoreGame Soundtrack of 2015
Video games feature great music. Here are my favorite soundtracks from games I played in 2015. Tomb Raider, Uncharted, Rocket League, Ori and the Blind Forest and more...
Read MorePulp Fiction (German)
In the very first episode of the matt2314 podcast we revisit the all time classic movie Pulp Fiction.
German language episode!
Host
Matt Bauer @matt2314
Guests
Paul Lanzerstorfer @Lanzelot13
Alexander Doppler @biesenkoenig
Links
Rodriguez interviews Tarentino Vol. 1
Rodriguez interviews Tarentino Vol. 2