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Hey, it’s Joseph Kim. Please consider joining the GameMakers community!

I write about current and relevant topics in the F2P games industry that have a significant impact and can be key sources of competitive advantage.

Further, as the CEO of an early-stage F2P games studio, I may report on some of our studio’s progress and learnings from time to time.

Business Strategy

• The Warning | Game Companies Face Structural Transition in 2021

• Four Growth Paradigms: Zynga, Applovin, Skillz, and Jam City (Part 1)

• Four Growth Paradigms: Zynga, Applovin, Skillz, and Jam City (Part 2)

• On Structural Advantage

• The Future of PC Gaming

GameMaker Interviews

• The Economy of the Metaverse | Interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney

• Trip Hawkins on The New High Score | Past and Future of Video Games

• Product Management at Riot Games | Paul Bellezza

Industry Topics

• How To Be A Great Games Company CEO!

• What Makes A Great Tech Leader or CTO!

• To Axie Infinity & Beyond! | Infinite Optimism for Sustainability

• Games Industry in “Crisis”: Biggest Risk & Opportunity in 2022 and Beyond!

• State of Mobile Ad Revenue | Future and 2021 Retro

• Key Challenges to Blockchain Gaming

• IDFA Loss: Real Data, Real Talk, No 💩

• Is the Future of Games Instant?

Product Philosophy

• How to Be A Great PM

• 0 to 1 vs. 1 to N Product Management

• PM Planning & Prioritization in Game Development

• Bill Walsh | Don’t Make Enemies

• How To Make Difficult Decisions

Game Design

• Designing for Emotion

• Cultural Relevancy: Miley Cyrus and the Power of Super Fandom

LILA Games: A Startup Games Studio Story

• Why India is the Future of F2P Game Development

• More coming soon…

Some housekeeping...

Because the game studio business involves so many different disciplines from design, development, art, publishing, marketing, etc., in some cases different newsletter topics may not pertain to your interests.

To help you better filter content, I’ll start each newsletter with the intended audience in mind e.g., “To All”, or “To Designers”, or “To Marketers”, etc.

Finally, please do check out the YouTube channel and podcast, links below:

• GameMakers YouTube

• GameMakers podcast

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