How AI Is Changing Game Production: Three Industry Leaders Discuss What’s Coming

At the Global Games Show 2025 in Abu Dhabi, three executives with backgrounds spanning game data platforms, distributed computing infrastructure, and AI game tooling sat down to discuss what artificial intelligence is actually doing to game production — not in theory, but in practice. Omar Ghanem is founder and CEO of GAM3S.GG, a platform that … Read more

Weaving Asian Stories in D&D: How to Move Beyond Exotic and Mysterious

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This panel brings together five Asian game designers and storytellers to discuss how D&D and other tabletop RPGs have historically portrayed Asian cultures, why those portrayals cause harm, and what players and designers can do differently. Moderator Daniel Kwan, co-host of the Asians Represent podcast and a Chinese Canadian designer based in Toronto, is joined … Read more

India’s Esports Leaders Discuss the Industry’s Next Chapter

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In April 2025, four figures from India’s gaming and esports industry gathered at what appears to be a business conference to discuss where the sector is heading. The panel includes Wamsi Krishna, founder of The Esports Club; Anurak Kurana, founder and CEO of New Gen Gaming; VJS, a legal professional working in gaming policy; and … Read more

What Does It Actually Take to Make a Board Game? Four Designers Discuss

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At CONvergence 2025, the Talking Cardboard channel hosted a 45-minute panel with four working tabletop game designers: Jeremy and his collaborators from Sophisticated Cardboard, the studio behind horror game Stifling Dark; Liz, a designer and former public school teacher whose games include Night Witches and Queen of Spies; Adam, a former Fantasy Flight and Asmodee … Read more