UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious

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Joost crunches data. Laine rummages in archives. Together on UNBOXING, these two NYU professors unlock the secrets of the games business they share with their s...

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Pod Friends: Mitu Khandaker & the Future of NYC Games contributed by Lukas · Oct 31, 2025
ESA’s Global Games Report Gets Graded contributed by Lukas · Oct 17, 2025
The $55 Billion Question: Are Games Geopolitical Assets Now? contributed by Lukas · Oct 3, 2025
“Pod Friends” with Colleen Macklin contributed by Lukas · Sep 26, 2025
Back to School Pt. 2: What Our Students Are Playing contributed by Lukas · Sep 19, 2025
Zigging with Nintendo & Scrambling with Roblox contributed by Lukas · Sep 12, 2025
Back to School Pt. 1: Teaching Games in 2025 contributed by Lukas · Sep 5, 2025
UNBOXING brings you: More Game Gains and Platform Pains! contributed by Lukas · Aug 15, 2025
Roblox's Gains, Epic’s Courtroom Victory, and a Union Milestone contributed by Lukas · Aug 8, 2025
UNBOXING’s Censorship Gone Wild Week! contributed by Lukas · Aug 1, 2025
Do All Games Go to Heaven? Platforms, Power, and Preservation contributed by Lukas · Jul 25, 2025
UNBOXING Goes Professor Mode With Mid-Summer Syllabi Exchange contributed by Lukas · Jul 18, 2025
Charts, Cuts, and Change: Layoffs at Microsoft and the ESA’s Annual Report contributed by Lukas · Jul 4, 2025
Union Wins, Summer Heat, and the Reorganization of Embracer contributed by Lukas · Jun 27, 2025
Summer Game Mess and GameStop's Pokémon Pivot contributed by Lukas · Jun 20, 2025
We’re Back, Baby––And It’s For Real This Time contributed by Lukas · Jun 13, 2025
We Missed You. Have an Episode. contributed by Lukas · Jun 14, 2024
Building the creator economy part 2: Minecraft contributed by Lukas · Dec 14, 2023
UNBOXING's live reaction to the GTA6 trailer contributed by Lukas · Dec 5, 2023
OpenAI's CEO musical chairs contributed by Lukas · Nov 26, 2023
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Joost crunches data. Laine rummages in archives. Together on UNBOXING, these two NYU professors unlock the secrets of the games business they share with their students and cover the games news for insiders and newbies alike. A weekly podcast for anyone curious about why games matter in today's economy, dropping every Friday. Logo by Moira Zhang, theeverdrift.cargo.site

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