We're Moving to Patreon!

08/14/23 • 45 min

Visionaries: Gaming, Media and the Internet Explained

We have some exciting news! We're moving to Patreon. Starting Monday, August 14, you can find new content from Jacob Wolf and Mikhail Klimentov, the former editor of The Washington Post's Launcher video game vertical, on our new Patreon. Subscribe today to get exclusive content from The Jacob Wolf Report, ReaderGrev and the 'Visionaires' podcast.

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Previous Episode

Taylor Lorenz on the Difficulty of Online Harassment

If you've spent any time on the Internet, chances are, you know who Taylor Lorenz is. The blogger turned New York Times and later Washington Post reporter is arguably the most relevant journalist on the Internet — sometimes for better or worst. A fascination of the American MAGA conservative movement, Lorenz's reporting and her bombastic personality's drawn the ire of the world's richest man and Twitter owner Elon Musk, as well as former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. And when those fires start, Lorenz can sometimes fan the flames on social media, putting her at odds with her more cautious past and current employers.

You can pre-order Taylor's book "Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet" (out October 3rd) here. You can follow here on Twitter here.

Next Episode

A ‘Fallout’ and ‘Skyrim’ Dev’s Journey of Entrepreneurship and Mental Health

'Visionaries' is back and Prem and Jacob are joined by Jeff Gardiner, an award-winning game developer who worked on some of gaming's highest-grossing titles, including Fallout 3, Fallout 4, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 76.

Jeff is now on a new journey: Building a game studio and learning how to transition from full-time game development to the C suite. Jeff is the founder and CEO of Something Wicked Games, whose employees include veterans from Bethesda Game Studios, Obsidian Entertainment, Electronic Arts and Ubisoft. The studio is creating a new role-playing game Wyrdsong. In this episode, Jeff talks about the mental health difficulties of becoming an entrepreneur in gaming and the pressure of getting a game right on release day.

You can follow Jeff at @jg93.

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