I just don’t think I have that many more emails left in me.
Joost van Dreunen
@superjoost.bsky.social
Subscribe: superjoost.substack.com (over 14,000 subs!) Academic and entrepreneur with expertise in video games • Author of ONE UP • Advisor @ Makers Fund • Teaches @NYUStern • Hosts @UNBOXINGpod
Madrid issues first statement after Spain beats Argentina in the 2026 World Cup.
shoutout to all my Dutchies staying up past their bedtime to watch the game 🇳🇱⚽️
Some of us out here doing live interviews at midnight about the #GTA6 launch that’s happening literal months from now. ❤️🕹️ #eatplaylove
took him long enough but Messi finally beat my record of world cup goals scored.
shoutout to the electric company asking me if I want to pay my monthly bill 8 days early. appreciate you.
I have put together the numbers for video games on Kickstarter last year and the blog post is going over them. Short summary as a thread medium.com/icopartners/...
Kickstarter & Video Games in 2025
After a few years of hiatus, I am bringing back the review of the numbers for video games on Kickstarter. Last year, I did a talk at GDC…
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taking the rest of the year off. #startuplife #riseandgrind
Happy mandatory OS device update to all those who celebrate
What happens to ecosystem diversity and #platform match quality after a platform introduces paid #discovery tools (e.g., Apple's search result ads)? @kai-zzzzzz.bsky.social and co-authors share insights from #Goodreads introduction of paid book giveaways. platformpapers.substack.com/p/the-price-...
The Price of Platform Participation
Goodreads’ introduction of paid giveaways reveals how charging for discovery affects ecosystem diversity and match quality.
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👻 NEW EPISODE ALERT 👻 📑The EU’s Digital (Un)Fairness Act? ⚖️ PLUS: Pod Friends returns with Mitu Khandaker on the future of games in NYC 🎮 Tune in: youtube.com/@unboxing_po...
In addition to @shawnlayden.bsky.social, I spoke to SOCOM creator Seth Luisi, SOCOM director, David Sears, Uncharted 2 and 3's @wildspeculation.bsky.social, former Eurogamer EIC Tom Bramwell, Kotaku's @ethangach.bsky.social, and analyst, @superjoost.bsky.social. www.theringer.com/2025/10/24/v...
Why Can’t Sony Make More Multiplayer Hits?
How the PlayStation maker lost—but still survived—gaming’s live-service struggle
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i will not be taking any questions. #ghostofyotei
This week on @unboxingpod.bsky.social we've got @colleenmacklin.bsky.social giving us an update from the Game UX Summit + @superjoost.bsky.social on how H1B fees are America's loss but Europe's gain. All that and more, with the least annoying game industry pod you could ever listen to...
UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious@unboxingpod.bsky.social · 10mo ago🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ 💸 What Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee means for games 👥 “Pod Friends” kick off w/ @colleenmacklin.bsky.social, fresh from the Game UX Summit 🪨 PLUS: Stone-skipping scandals (?!) & the benefits of regular student feedback (!!) Watch here 👉 buff.ly/ttCbuqX
From the kids you brought you “I don’t want to eat my dinner” comes a new classic: “Can I have ice cream?”
Also this is the podcast where I discovered @superjoost.bsky.social is trained in martial arts
UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious@unboxingpod.bsky.social · last yr.📢 NEW PODCAST DROP 📢 📚Laine & Joost go full professor mode with a mid-summer syllabi swap 💳 PLUS: buy now, pay later comes to gaming 🎬 and Nintendo announces casting choices for live-action Zelda movie. Listen in:
Zohran Mamdani only won because more people wanted him to be mayor than the other candidates.
Fascinating graph in the NY Times today. Apparently, 9% of parents wished bicycles had never been invented. Source: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
Me and @superjoost.bsky.social got a remaster! Our first new episode in over a year drops tomorrow
UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious@unboxingpod.bsky.social · last yr.tomorrow morning....it's happening
Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows
Dr Andrew McInnes@drbeard79.bsky.social · last yr.“Some of y’all cant handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows.”