Branching Narratives: Jeff Green on '90s PC Gaming Magazines, Getting Older in the Games Industry, and GFW Radio Memories

This week's it the Black Dragon's turn to share his long journey through the games industry.

Podcast by Kat Bailey, Editor in Chief

Updated on 5 August 2020

In Episode 7 of Branching Narratives, it's Jeff Green's turn to be interviewed as he shares how he got into the games industry; thoughts on why GFW Radio was so successful, and his perspective on getting older in the games industry [Download Link Here].

I asked Jeff to do this episode because there's nothing I love more than hearing veteran media types swap stories, and because he was a firsthand witness to a genuinely interesting era in gaming history. He was there as online overtook print; as strategy games and flight sims gave way to shooters, and as the gaming industry went from being the purview of kids and hobbyists to a legitimate pop culture force. If you find any of this as interesting as I do, you're in for a great episode.

You can listen to more episodes of Branching Narratives here. Subscription info is below. Just one more episode to go! Thanks to everyone for listening over the past couple months.

About the Show

Branching Narratives is hosted by veteran gaming personality Jeff Green, who in the course of his long career has served as Editor-in-Chief of Computer Gaming World, hosted the popular podcast GFW Radio, and co-founded the gaming consultancy Min/Max.

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Kat Bailey

Editor in Chief

Kat Bailey is a former freelance writer and contributor to publications including 1UP, IGN, GameSpot, GamesRadar, and EGM. Her fondest memories as a journalist are at GamePro, where she hosted RolePlayer's Realm and had legal access to the term "Protip." She is USgamer's resident mecha enthusiast, Pokemon Master, and Minnesota Vikings nut (skol).

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