Kate Edwards
@geogrify.bsky.social
🎮32+ year Game Industry Veteran & Award-Winning Advocate
🌍Geographer & Culturalization Innovator at Geogrify
🎬CXO & CoFounder at SetJetters
🌎Former Executive Director of the IGDA & the Global Game Jam
✈️Event/Keynote Speaker, Traveler, Cosplayer, Geek
🌍Geographer & Culturalization Innovator at Geogrify
🎬CXO & CoFounder at SetJetters
🌎Former Executive Director of the IGDA & the Global Game Jam
✈️Event/Keynote Speaker, Traveler, Cosplayer, Geek
Pinned
Kate Edwards
@geogrify.bsky.social
· Jan 20
The Xbox game that made Microsoft apologize to the Saudi Arabian government
The Xbox game that made Microsoft apologize to the Saudi Arabian government
The full story behind Microsoft’s infamous recall
buff.ly
Over 20 years ago at Microsoft, I dealt with a volatile cultural issue in Kakuto Chojin that would be one of the most challenging of my career, with me going before the Saudi Arabian government to apologize for the company.
Polygon did a great job in reporting on exactly what happened and why.
Polygon did a great job in reporting on exactly what happened and why.
Heading out today to speak at the following events:
12 Nov: GamesBeat Next (SF)
14 Nov: Checkpoint Festival (Rome, but online for me)
13-16 Nov: Games Ground (Berlin)
21 Nov: Set-Jet 25 (Birmingham, UK)
Looking forward to all of them, and if you're attending, I hope to cross paths!
12 Nov: GamesBeat Next (SF)
14 Nov: Checkpoint Festival (Rome, but online for me)
13-16 Nov: Games Ground (Berlin)
21 Nov: Set-Jet 25 (Birmingham, UK)
Looking forward to all of them, and if you're attending, I hope to cross paths!
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Heading out today to speak at the following events:
12 Nov: GamesBeat Next (SF)
14 Nov: Checkpoint Festival (Rome, but online for me)
13-16 Nov: Games Ground (Berlin)
21 Nov: Set-Jet 25 (Birmingham, UK)
Looking forward to all of them, and if you're attending, I hope to cross paths!
12 Nov: GamesBeat Next (SF)
14 Nov: Checkpoint Festival (Rome, but online for me)
13-16 Nov: Games Ground (Berlin)
21 Nov: Set-Jet 25 (Birmingham, UK)
Looking forward to all of them, and if you're attending, I hope to cross paths!
Goodnight from Skopje :)
October 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Goodnight from Skopje :)
Today I'm excited to be headed to North Macedonia (for the first time) to keynote Game Dev Rev, their inaugural game industry event! And then it's off to Poznan to speak again at the always fantastic Game Industry Conference. If you'll be attending either event, I look forward to crossing paths!
October 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Today I'm excited to be headed to North Macedonia (for the first time) to keynote Game Dev Rev, their inaugural game industry event! And then it's off to Poznan to speak again at the always fantastic Game Industry Conference. If you'll be attending either event, I look forward to crossing paths!
As a long-time board member of @takethis.org, I'd like to encourage everyone to consider supporting this vital org's mission by grabbing this awesome game bundle!
🎮 Are you a dev with at least 1 game on @itch.io?
🤝 Wanna join Glitchhikers (@silverstringmedia.bsky.social), Bardic (@katescapedsgn.bsky.social), & more to support Take This & @igdafoundation.org?
Submit your game for the Indie Allies for Impact Itch bundle! tinyurl.com/iaibundle
🤝 Wanna join Glitchhikers (@silverstringmedia.bsky.social), Bardic (@katescapedsgn.bsky.social), & more to support Take This & @igdafoundation.org?
Submit your game for the Indie Allies for Impact Itch bundle! tinyurl.com/iaibundle
October 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
As a long-time board member of @takethis.org, I'd like to encourage everyone to consider supporting this vital org's mission by grabbing this awesome game bundle!
On Saturday, @setjetters.bsky.social was honored to be at the Old Royal Naval College to help them celebrate their 100th anniversary as a filming location. We also participated in the successful @guinnessworldrecords.com attempt for the Largest gathering of people dressed as film and TV characters!
October 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
On Saturday, @setjetters.bsky.social was honored to be at the Old Royal Naval College to help them celebrate their 100th anniversary as a filming location. We also participated in the successful @guinnessworldrecords.com attempt for the Largest gathering of people dressed as film and TV characters!
For some fun listening, check out this ~75 minute podcast session where we cover a LOT of topics from my 30+ years in the game industry!
If you’re building a game for a global audience, then I highly recommend having a listen. :)
🎧 Watch or listen here: phokou.com/podcasts/30-...
If you’re building a game for a global audience, then I highly recommend having a listen. :)
🎧 Watch or listen here: phokou.com/podcasts/30-...
30+ Years Vet Reveals the #1 Mistake Studios Make Going Global | Kate Edwards - The Gaming Playbook
30+ year games industry legend Kate Edwards joins Harry Phokou on The Gaming Playbook to explore culturalization in gaming, global release pitfalls, and why every studio needs to think beyond localiza...
phokou.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
For some fun listening, check out this ~75 minute podcast session where we cover a LOT of topics from my 30+ years in the game industry!
If you’re building a game for a global audience, then I highly recommend having a listen. :)
🎧 Watch or listen here: phokou.com/podcasts/30-...
If you’re building a game for a global audience, then I highly recommend having a listen. :)
🎧 Watch or listen here: phokou.com/podcasts/30-...
It's DLC day! If you're an Indiana Jones fan and a fan of the #IndianaJones and the Great Circle game from the amazing folks at Machine Games, the "Order of the Giants" DLC is available now on your favorite platform :) Sadly, I won't have any time to play it before I depart on 13 Sept - so enjoy it!
September 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It's DLC day! If you're an Indiana Jones fan and a fan of the #IndianaJones and the Great Circle game from the amazing folks at Machine Games, the "Order of the Giants" DLC is available now on your favorite platform :) Sadly, I won't have any time to play it before I depart on 13 Sept - so enjoy it!
Over the weekend, I hit a milestone of working on 300 games over my career! Thank you to all my colleagues over the years who included me in your creative journeys!
It started with Flight Simulator 5.0 in 1993, but after 28 years, I'm STILL working on Age of Empires (hence this tribute art)!
It started with Flight Simulator 5.0 in 1993, but after 28 years, I'm STILL working on Age of Empires (hence this tribute art)!
August 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Over the weekend, I hit a milestone of working on 300 games over my career! Thank you to all my colleagues over the years who included me in your creative journeys!
It started with Flight Simulator 5.0 in 1993, but after 28 years, I'm STILL working on Age of Empires (hence this tribute art)!
It started with Flight Simulator 5.0 in 1993, but after 28 years, I'm STILL working on Age of Empires (hence this tribute art)!
Reposted by Kate Edwards
Longest-running diversity panel at @officialgdc.bsky.social #1ReasonToBe is looking for panelists for 2026
We are looking for underrepresented women in video games living in the U.S., or from abroad, who normally attend GDC, due to the challenges of entering the country
forms.gle/QWSK8wPjLu5t...
We are looking for underrepresented women in video games living in the U.S., or from abroad, who normally attend GDC, due to the challenges of entering the country
forms.gle/QWSK8wPjLu5t...
August 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Longest-running diversity panel at @officialgdc.bsky.social #1ReasonToBe is looking for panelists for 2026
We are looking for underrepresented women in video games living in the U.S., or from abroad, who normally attend GDC, due to the challenges of entering the country
forms.gle/QWSK8wPjLu5t...
We are looking for underrepresented women in video games living in the U.S., or from abroad, who normally attend GDC, due to the challenges of entering the country
forms.gle/QWSK8wPjLu5t...
devcom & gamescom! I will be in Cologne 17-22 August and speaking once again at Devcom! I'm scheduling meetings and it's getting busy as usual. Please reach out ASAP to discuss game #culturalization, @setjetters.bsky.social, my event speaking (ask early!), and/or just to catch up!
#ddc2025
#ddc2025
August 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
devcom & gamescom! I will be in Cologne 17-22 August and speaking once again at Devcom! I'm scheduling meetings and it's getting busy as usual. Please reach out ASAP to discuss game #culturalization, @setjetters.bsky.social, my event speaking (ask early!), and/or just to catch up!
#ddc2025
#ddc2025
If you are heading to San Diego Comic-Con next week or know someone who is, check out the game dev-related sessions that Jonelle and I are hosting as usual during the event! Feel free to share, especially with people looking to work in the game industry. If you'll be on site, I hope to see you!
July 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If you are heading to San Diego Comic-Con next week or know someone who is, check out the game dev-related sessions that Jonelle and I are hosting as usual during the event! Feel free to share, especially with people looking to work in the game industry. If you'll be on site, I hope to see you!
Happy to be back home after a great, relatively brief (for me) trip to speak at the Morocco Gaming Expo and Develop Brighton! Such great feedback on the talks, and excellent networking.
So now it's home for a busy week before heading to so. Calif. for San Diego Comic-Con!
So now it's home for a busy week before heading to so. Calif. for San Diego Comic-Con!
July 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Happy to be back home after a great, relatively brief (for me) trip to speak at the Morocco Gaming Expo and Develop Brighton! Such great feedback on the talks, and excellent networking.
So now it's home for a busy week before heading to so. Calif. for San Diego Comic-Con!
So now it's home for a busy week before heading to so. Calif. for San Diego Comic-Con!
Reposted by Kate Edwards
Podcast Clip: Game Industry Unionization with Kate Edwards 🎮
An award-winning game industry veteran, Kate Edwards chats with us in this podcast clip about the State of the Game Industry and Unionization 📣: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMAb... @geogrify.bsky.social #GameDev #IndieDevs
An award-winning game industry veteran, Kate Edwards chats with us in this podcast clip about the State of the Game Industry and Unionization 📣: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMAb... @geogrify.bsky.social #GameDev #IndieDevs
Podcast Clip: Discussing Game Industry Unionization, Layoffs, and more with Kate Edwards
YouTube video by Events for Gamers
www.youtube.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Podcast Clip: Game Industry Unionization with Kate Edwards 🎮
An award-winning game industry veteran, Kate Edwards chats with us in this podcast clip about the State of the Game Industry and Unionization 📣: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMAb... @geogrify.bsky.social #GameDev #IndieDevs
An award-winning game industry veteran, Kate Edwards chats with us in this podcast clip about the State of the Game Industry and Unionization 📣: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMAb... @geogrify.bsky.social #GameDev #IndieDevs
Check out this fun podcast interview I did with @eventsforgamers.bsky.social! :)
This month's podcast episode is with Kate Edwards, an award-winning game industry veteran! 📣
We chat about Geogrify, SetJetters, game industry networking and unionization, and many other businesses and adventures by Kate @geogrify.bsky.social.
Episode linked below! #GameDev #IndieDev #Podcast
We chat about Geogrify, SetJetters, game industry networking and unionization, and many other businesses and adventures by Kate @geogrify.bsky.social.
Episode linked below! #GameDev #IndieDev #Podcast
July 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Check out this fun podcast interview I did with @eventsforgamers.bsky.social! :)
Today I’m heading out to speak at the Morocco Gaming Expo and then Develop:Brighton. I’ll be giving a culturalization lecture in Morocco and then moderating the keynote session at Develop on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, as well as presenting at the awards! And delivering an online lecture :)
June 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Today I’m heading out to speak at the Morocco Gaming Expo and then Develop:Brighton. I’ll be giving a culturalization lecture in Morocco and then moderating the keynote session at Develop on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, as well as presenting at the awards! And delivering an online lecture :)
Reposted by Kate Edwards
SetJetters is so excited to have a partnership with Martha's Vineyard to help them celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Jaws! We've added a bunch of scenes from the film to collect and replicate, and even a Jaws collectors badge to complete 🙂
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/m...
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/m...
Amity Homecoming: How Martha's Vineyard is marking 50 years of ‘Jaws'
This year marks the 50th anniversary of “Jaws” — a movie that revolutionized summer blockbusters, ushered in a new era of film and helped to put one of New England’s gems, Martha’s Vineyard, into the ...
www.nbcboston.com
June 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
SetJetters is so excited to have a partnership with Martha's Vineyard to help them celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Jaws! We've added a bunch of scenes from the film to collect and replicate, and even a Jaws collectors badge to complete 🙂
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/m...
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/m...
Before I flew out of JFK yesterday, I visited the amazing TWA Hotel! As someone born in 1965, the hotel’s aesthetic resonates deeply with my early childhood! And of course, it's also been a prime filming location, as found in @setjetters.bsky.social :)
June 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Before I flew out of JFK yesterday, I visited the amazing TWA Hotel! As someone born in 1965, the hotel’s aesthetic resonates deeply with my early childhood! And of course, it's also been a prime filming location, as found in @setjetters.bsky.social :)
Never a dull travel moment, but I'm heading to NYC tomorrow to speak on Saturday (and back home Sunday) at the @egdcollective.bsky.social's Waffle Games event once again! This student-run event is so well done and I'm happy to be able to support their efforts!
www.egdcollective.org/wafflegames2...
www.egdcollective.org/wafflegames2...
WAFFLE GAMES 8.0 | EGD Collective
Attend EGD's FREE gaming convention and conference: virtual and in-person in NYC June 14th-15th, 2025 celebrating collegiate esports, game development and more.
www.egdcollective.org
June 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Never a dull travel moment, but I'm heading to NYC tomorrow to speak on Saturday (and back home Sunday) at the @egdcollective.bsky.social's Waffle Games event once again! This student-run event is so well done and I'm happy to be able to support their efforts!
www.egdcollective.org/wafflegames2...
www.egdcollective.org/wafflegames2...
Cleaning out my wallet after a long trip through 8 countries 🙂 Yes, I still carry some hard currency wherever I go because you never know when you might need it. The latest addition to my collection is Bulgaria, third down on the right!
June 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Cleaning out my wallet after a long trip through 8 countries 🙂 Yes, I still carry some hard currency wherever I go because you never know when you might need it. The latest addition to my collection is Bulgaria, third down on the right!
Congratulations to all the Machine Games team for their Game of the Year award at @nordicgame.com for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle!! And this follows a great keynote panel we did this morning about making the game! I can’t thank the team enough for including me in the celebration on stage!
May 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Congratulations to all the Machine Games team for their Game of the Year award at @nordicgame.com for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle!! And this follows a great keynote panel we did this morning about making the game! I can’t thank the team enough for including me in the celebration on stage!
Heading out tomorrow on a 4-week trip to speak at various events, including Digital Dragons, @nordicgame.com, @echobasecon.bsky.social, and Dev.Play/DevTalk! Going to be a busy but fun month ahead!
May 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Heading out tomorrow on a 4-week trip to speak at various events, including Digital Dragons, @nordicgame.com, @echobasecon.bsky.social, and Dev.Play/DevTalk! Going to be a busy but fun month ahead!
Reposted by Kate Edwards
Pretty awesome to see #SetJetters being highlighted so prominently by the Motion Picture Association! The tremendous amount of ongoing hard work and bootstrapping, and the endless networking with so many key partners, is really accelerating our momentum. :)
www.motionpictures.org/2025/05/aven...
www.motionpictures.org/2025/05/aven...
Avengers, Assemble the Goonies! How SetJetters Connects Movie Fans to Their Favorite Film & TV Locations
SetJetters, a mobile app that connects movie-lovers to thousands of film locations from over 900 movies across 47 countries and 600 cities.
www.motionpictures.org
May 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Pretty awesome to see #SetJetters being highlighted so prominently by the Motion Picture Association! The tremendous amount of ongoing hard work and bootstrapping, and the endless networking with so many key partners, is really accelerating our momentum. :)
www.motionpictures.org/2025/05/aven...
www.motionpictures.org/2025/05/aven...
Reposted by Kate Edwards
May 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM