This week, Nigel and Tazziii take a trip to the legal side of the video games industry with Rahul Gandhi, a game lawyer at the media and technology law firm Sheridans. We get into the journey to advising and negotiating for game companies and creators at all levels, before taking a tour around several key legal topics.
We discuss indie contracts with jakefriend, before talking about the mistakes that content creators often make when it comes to the legal side of their business. We also get into the recent high-profile video game acquisitions and what they could mean for the future of the industry.
And we almost make it to the end of the episode without mentioning the Metaverse and NFTs…but we’ll leave that discussion for a later episode!
Tweet thread from @jakefriend_dev: https://twitter.com/jakefriend_dev/status/1426227560057298952
Story x Story #88: Behind The Story With Bounthavy Suvilay (Indie Games) – https://anchor.fm/mayamada/episodes/Story-x-Story-88-Behind-The-Story-With-Bounthavy-Suvilay-Indie-Games-e1bpsj1
Legal trends for the games industry in 2022 | Opinion – https://www.gamesindustry.biz/legal-trends-for-the-games-industry-in-2022-opinion
Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry (by Jason Schreier) – https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/jason-schreier/press-reset/9781538735480
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