Tag Archives: kynetyk
Behind the Line Radio – Ep 044: User Acquisition
Hello Enthusiacs! Today we welcome Warren to BTL Radio to discuss the crossroads between marketing and analytics that is User Acquisition, including exactly what is it, what role it serves, and it works. Download this episode (right click and
Behind the Line: The problems with “The Algorithm”
I don’t usually want to get political in these pieces, but I was already planning to follow up the last article on this topic, then Twitter just walked right into the target area on their own. So yeah, that’ll come
BTL Radio Podcast – Ep 043: Community Toxicity
Hello Enthusiacs! The topic of toxicity in gaming is going to be with us for a while. There are a few levels that this can be approached from, and today we start our conversation off talking about how a particular
Behind the Line: Why the Algorithm?
So “the algorithm” has become a topic lately. This is what Steam refers to when talking about trying to direct you to the best games for you, and to bury the garbage. This is what Google talks about when trying
BTL Radio Podcast – Ep 042: Personality as Product 2, PewDiePie and Bodega
Hello Enthusiacs! Another day, another Youtube controversy. This week we welcome community expert Chris back to join our sequel discussion to managing personality as a product. From PewDiePie, to former Googlers putting themselves up front for a tone deaf headline
BTL Radio Podcast – Ep 041: Games as a Service
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,
Behind the Line: Video Games in the Olympics
The IOC has weighed in on the idea of E-Sports being included in the Olympics… Let me tell you why I don’t care. “Non Violent” The chairman, Thomas Bach, is not interested in promoting violent games, stating that they
BTL Radio Podcast – EP Ep 040: Eclipse Adventure, and NEWS
Hello Enthusiacs! After an unintended hiatus, Behind the Line Radio is back! Kynetyk details his adventure to see there solar eclipse in totality, and then he and Baron Fang discuss recent headlines including a piece from Polygon about crunch that
BTL Radio Podcast – EP 039: Analytics part 2
Hello Enthusiacs. This week we return to the topic of Analytics. Last time in episode 37 we discussed a lot of terms and definitions, technical considerations and so forth. This week we dig more into the effect that this can
Behind the Line: Pokemon Go Festival Troubles
A Pokemon Go Festival, eh? Looks like Gaming has its own version of the Fyre festival, but NOWHERE NEAR that bad. Fair or not, this is a neat little microcosm of what Pokemon Go is in general. The Event Pokemon Go
