29: Coin Ops & Sweat Shops

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29: Coin Ops & Sweat Shops

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56 minutes

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Oct 12, 2013

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Mike Vinikour joins GOG this week for a fascinating talk about the dirty underbelly of how video games are really made and interesting career paths. Audio gets wonky for a few minutes at the end but it fixes fast so power through!

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Oct 12, 2013

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