We are two SEGA alums who love talking about the past, present and future of games and the industry that makes them. Each week we explore a gaming topic, often mixing in our perspectives from our time at Big Blue and beyond. Some weeks we’ll have a guest, usually someone whose career has crossed ours, and talk about their own experiences and perspectives.

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SEGA and PlayStation’s Glory Days

We sit down with Klay Vorlick to explore the cross-cultural complexities of game development and publishing. Klay shares stories from his time at SEGA and Sony, diving into what it was like helping bring Japanese titles like Panzer Dragoon Orta and Skies of Arcadia to Western audiences. We talk about the surprising challenges of working with Japanese developers while based in the US, what it means to be Japanese-speaking in an American office, and how principles of design can clash across territories. Plus: what player behavior research really looks like behind the scenes.