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Why Brendan Keogh thinks the video game industry does not exist

Sure lots of people make games, but maybe we should rethink how we frame this diverse medium

May 10, 2023 4:30 PM

You might be thinking looking at the name of this episode, hang on, haven't you been making a games podcast for nearly a decade now? Well that's the title of a new book from games researcher Brendan Keogh, who has been speaking to developers all around the world about their practice and it turns out we should be thinking about games in a totally different way.

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