"Wait, I Know You" Podcast Season Two, Episode Twenty Four - Nick Rounds chats with Rodrigo Aguilar, a game developer he used to work with at Zynga. These days, Rodrigo is working at Netflix Games as an Executive Producer, but has charted an unconventional course through working at Electronic Arts, Zynga, Kixeye, Humble Bundle, and being an indie dev. Nick and Rodrigo also chat about classic games, classic toys, and how Rodrigo broke into the games industry.
(00:00) Cold Open
(01:28) Intro
(02:29) Making time to play games
(04:00) Video Game Origin Story
(13:13) Breaking into the Games Industry
(25:44) Working for EA / Maxis
(35:06) Working for Zynga
(45:57) Prisma Wave Indie Dev
(55:41) Kixeye / Humble Bundle
(1:07:08) Outro
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Intro/Outro Bump - Alizeh Winter "Sister Cities" https://youtu.be/66sR1vPtL2k
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