S3E016 – Grecian Familial Beginnings

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