Month: April 2020

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What’s up people? Dave and the Wiz are back again this week to discuss shop mishaps, casual game optimization, and answer your questions in a BRAND NEW SEGMENT!

1:40 – “Another 2020 Moment”

4:00 – Wizner’s Turnip Market Tracker

13:40 – The Team GFB Radio Woodworking Safety Minute

21:50 – Dave’s TFT Simulator

31:25 – !!!NEW SEGMENT!!! Ask The Wiz!

32:10 – Q1) Who do you quarantine with?

36:10 – Q2) What’s the Board Game Situation?

39:45 – Q3) How do you separate work and home life now?

45:00 – Q4) Oatmeal Chocolate Chip or Regular Chocolate Chip?

45:55 – Q5) What are you excited to do once lockdown is over?

49:00 – Q6) How can passionate fans give helpful feedback?

54:15 – Email: Colton talks about breaking into the industry

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This week, Team GFB is excited to present to you the thrilling conclusion of Mike Bilder’s origin story.  Tune in as Dave and Mike talk about navigating the pitfalls of a post-NFL-license sports division at Midway and terrifying shoe-devouring CFOs!

2:30 “The No-Fun League” – The NFL and the leadup to Blitz: The League
14:20 “We need more scumbags” – Dave Lang joins the ragtag Blitz team
23:20 “Any Given Sunday: The Video Game” – Developing the story mode of Blitz: The League
29:10 “Smash cut to October of 2005” – Blitz: The League is released
38:10 “It’s clear Midway is going down the toilet” – Departing the company
41:40 “I wanted to stay in Chicago” – Mike joins Jellyvision
47:15 “We reached out to our good friends at Iron Galaxy” – Collaboration on You Don’t Know Jack
51:40 “This is not sustainable” – Self-Publishing, Facebook, and Mobile
56:30 “Fire TV only had one remote” – The idea of phone-as-controller leading to the Party Pack

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Greetings from the Team GFB Bunker, where everything is fine and nothing is wrong at all in the world. This week, Dave talks to Mike Bilder of Jackbox Games.

2:00 Mike Bilder introduces himself and Jackbox Games

5:40 Mike and Dave talk about retro games and gaming with kids

11:05 Mike’s time at Purdue (College Years), his change from EE to CS

15:00 First job at Motorola, getting into Midway

19:00 Getting into Midway, Sports Station Cabinet

22:05 interviewing for Midway

25:05 Mike Bilder says you should always make a demo if you want to get into games (all caps with a clap in each space)

28:00 Tangent about Motorola internal competition that happens during 2 weeks notice (and that’s where he met his wife)

31:25 First day at Midway

35:25 “And that’s when all of coin op was shuttered”

41:10 The Money Matches Era

46:15 Crunching on Blitz 2002

50:00 Transitioning to leadership

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It’s an brief update on Quarantine status from the bois, then they get to answering some emails. The emails cover a wide range of topics, from parenting tips to the nitty-gritty details of how IG handles some of its port work, there’s truly something in here for everyone.

We’re also happy to say the GFB Discord is up and running, and some true CCGs have already filled its ranks. You may join them here.