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Game Production Alchemist

Rob Sandberg

Prepare to encounter unconventional perspectives on game production, LiveOps, leadership and transmutation.

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Latest Issues

I Have Never Seen a Small Team Escape the Producer’s Job By Refusing To Hire One

  • Production is a set of activities, not a job title, and small indie teams are already doing them badly

    • Why rejecting Agile ceremony left a generation of small teams with no way to make decisions

    • The four jobs to hand out by name...

7 days ago
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I Read Every Word of Steam’s AI Disclosure Policy So You Don’t Have To

  • What actually triggers a Steam AI disclosure, and what does not

    • Why the share of new releases carrying that disclosure went from one in ten to one in three

    • The grey zone between AI assisted and AI generated that trips up honest...

13 days ago
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The biggest objection I get to Monte Carlo is the one the data says is wrong

  • Why producers reject Monte Carlo forecasting for big, complex projects

    • What 5,094 IT projects reveal about size and cost overrun

    • Why the smallest projects carry the fattest tail of risk

    • How forecasting from flow data captur...

21 days ago
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I’m 60, I Lead on AI Adoption, and My Industry Still Treats Me as the Liability

  • Older game developers use generative AI more actively than younger colleagues, per GDC’s 2026 State of the Game Industry survey

    • A federal case against Workday’s hiring software just survived a motion to dismiss on age discrimination...
a month ago
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Your Agentic Developers Are Shipping Context Orphans and Your Studio Does Not Know It

  • Agentic coding creates a second artefact: the session. Almost nobody saves it.

  • When a developer leaves, the reasoning leaves with them. The code stays, but the why doesn’t.

  • Game studios are especially exposed: high t...

a month ago
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    Seasoned game producer with 30 years in the field. I blend insight with fun, mentor teams, and champion agile, efficient game production. Focused on player experience, I build consensus and value adaptability in this ever-evolving industry.

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