Gamified

The gaming podcast you'd listen to if someone removed all the boring stuff

Xbox wants to charge you by the hour. The panel gave it a 1.75.

Oct 29, 2026

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12 min read

Xbox wants to charge you by the hour. The panel gave it a 1.75.

Steam's AI "scarlet letter," Valve's advice to clone victims, a hiring scandal that started with a LinkedIn like, and a CEO who called his own employee an idiot (15.9M views later).

Samuel Steffanina

EA killed BioWare. Was the studio already dead?

Oct 24, 2026

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12 min read

EA killed BioWare. Was the studio already dead?

BioWare's autopsy, a $1,800 Xbox voted down 4-2, Supercell's "record years," and the 2027 indie gold rush.

Samuel Steffanina

Epic’s AI bet, and AI game mashups dominate the internet | Gamified 180

Oct 16, 2026

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5 min read

Epic’s AI bet, and AI game mashups dominate the internet | Gamified 180

Plus we talk Xbox XP, browser games, and VR.

Samuel Steffanina

Oct 8, 2026

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10 min read

China grows new gaming segment to $7b | Wizards of the Coast unionizes | Gamified 179

iPhone Duo... is it for gaming? Xbox's turnaround story, China's mini-game boom, behavioral data for cheaper games?

Samuel Steffanina

Oct 2, 2026

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10 min read

Would you pay to skip your favorite game?

Gamified #178

Samuel Steffanina

Bungie comeback or a hostage video? Halo to Activision, Xbox's Ad Patent

Sep 24, 2026

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8 min read

Bungie comeback or a hostage video? Halo to Activision, Xbox's Ad Patent

plus Resident Evil movie is 10/10 and MMO's are interesting again.

Samuel Steffanina