Hello Enthusiastics! This week we whole David to Behind the Line Radio to discuss where games as a service came from. David discusses the infrastructure that online games need to have in place and need to maintain to work. So, if you’ve ever wondered why a game server goes down, or what games have issues at launch, David has the answers.

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P.S. If anyone is curious about the Foamy the Squirrel video we reference, you can see it here:

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Behind the Line Radio is a podcast companion to the Behind the Line article series by Kynetyk, a a veteran of the games industry. We discuss news and aspects of the video games industry from an inside the industry perspective for audiences outside of the industry. If there is a topic you would like to hear us discuss, please write in to kynetyk@enthusiacs.com or follow @kynetykknows

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