Joost van Dreunen
@superjoost.bsky.social
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Academic and entrepreneur with expertise in video games • Author of ONE UP • Advisor @ Makers Fund • Teaches @NYUStern • Hosts @UNBOXINGpod
Academic and entrepreneur with expertise in video games • Author of ONE UP • Advisor @ Makers Fund • Teaches @NYUStern • Hosts @UNBOXINGpod
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👻 NEW EPISODE ALERT 👻
📑The EU’s Digital (Un)Fairness Act? ⚖️ PLUS: Pod Friends returns with Mitu Khandaker on the future of games in NYC 🎮 Tune in: youtube.com/@unboxing_po...
📑The EU’s Digital (Un)Fairness Act? ⚖️ PLUS: Pod Friends returns with Mitu Khandaker on the future of games in NYC 🎮 Tune in: youtube.com/@unboxing_po...
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
👻 NEW EPISODE ALERT 👻
📑The EU’s Digital (Un)Fairness Act? ⚖️ PLUS: Pod Friends returns with Mitu Khandaker on the future of games in NYC 🎮 Tune in: youtube.com/@unboxing_po...
📑The EU’s Digital (Un)Fairness Act? ⚖️ PLUS: Pod Friends returns with Mitu Khandaker on the future of games in NYC 🎮 Tune in: youtube.com/@unboxing_po...
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In addition to @shawnlayden.bsky.social, I spoke to SOCOM creator Seth Luisi, SOCOM director, David Sears, Uncharted 2 and 3's @wildspeculation.bsky.social, former Eurogamer EIC Tom Bramwell, Kotaku's @ethangach.bsky.social, and analyst, @superjoost.bsky.social.
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Why Can’t Sony Make More Multiplayer Hits?
How the PlayStation maker lost—but still survived—gaming’s live-service struggle
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October 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
In addition to @shawnlayden.bsky.social, I spoke to SOCOM creator Seth Luisi, SOCOM director, David Sears, Uncharted 2 and 3's @wildspeculation.bsky.social, former Eurogamer EIC Tom Bramwell, Kotaku's @ethangach.bsky.social, and analyst, @superjoost.bsky.social.
www.theringer.com/2025/10/24/v...
www.theringer.com/2025/10/24/v...
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October 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
September 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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This week on @unboxingpod.bsky.social we've got @colleenmacklin.bsky.social giving us an update from the Game UX Summit + @superjoost.bsky.social on how H1B fees are America's loss but Europe's gain.
All that and more, with the least annoying game industry pod you could ever listen to...
All that and more, with the least annoying game industry pod you could ever listen to...
🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️
💸 What Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee means for games 👥 “Pod Friends” kick off w/ @colleenmacklin.bsky.social, fresh from the Game UX Summit 🪨 PLUS: Stone-skipping scandals (?!) & the benefits of regular student feedback (!!)
Watch here 👉 buff.ly/ttCbuqX
💸 What Trump’s $100K H-1B visa fee means for games 👥 “Pod Friends” kick off w/ @colleenmacklin.bsky.social, fresh from the Game UX Summit 🪨 PLUS: Stone-skipping scandals (?!) & the benefits of regular student feedback (!!)
Watch here 👉 buff.ly/ttCbuqX
September 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This week on @unboxingpod.bsky.social we've got @colleenmacklin.bsky.social giving us an update from the Game UX Summit + @superjoost.bsky.social on how H1B fees are America's loss but Europe's gain.
All that and more, with the least annoying game industry pod you could ever listen to...
All that and more, with the least annoying game industry pod you could ever listen to...
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September 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Data is the new spice
🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️
📊 Student gameplay survey results revealed. PLUS: WNBA playoffs 🏀 & Mario turns 40 🎂Tune in:
📊 Student gameplay survey results revealed. PLUS: WNBA playoffs 🏀 & Mario turns 40 🎂Tune in:
UNBOXING Podcast
The UNBOXING podcast is a weekly dose of insight into play and profit for the gaming curious. Joost crunches data. Laine rummages in archives. Together these two NYU professors unlock the secrets of…
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September 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Data is the new spice
From the kids you brought you “I don’t want to eat my dinner” comes a new classic: “Can I have ice cream?”
August 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
From the kids you brought you “I don’t want to eat my dinner” comes a new classic: “Can I have ice cream?”
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Also this is the podcast where I discovered @superjoost.bsky.social is trained in martial arts
📢 NEW PODCAST DROP 📢
📚Laine & Joost go full professor mode with a mid-summer syllabi swap 💳 PLUS: buy now, pay later comes to gaming 🎬 and Nintendo announces casting choices for live-action Zelda movie. Listen in:
📚Laine & Joost go full professor mode with a mid-summer syllabi swap 💳 PLUS: buy now, pay later comes to gaming 🎬 and Nintendo announces casting choices for live-action Zelda movie. Listen in:
UNBOXING: Play and Profit for the Gaming Curious
Podcast · Laine Nooney, Joost van Dreunen · Joost crunches data. Laine rummages in archives. Together on UNBOXING, these two NYU professors unlock the secrets of the games business they share with…
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July 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Also this is the podcast where I discovered @superjoost.bsky.social is trained in martial arts
IYKYK
Only the true pod-heads know
June 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
IYKYK
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Zohran Mamdani only won because more people wanted him to be mayor than the other candidates.
June 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Zohran Mamdani only won because more people wanted him to be mayor than the other candidates.
Fascinating graph in the NY Times today. Apparently, 9% of parents wished bicycles had never been invented.
Source: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
Source: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
June 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Fascinating graph in the NY Times today. Apparently, 9% of parents wished bicycles had never been invented.
Source: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
Source: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
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Me and @superjoost.bsky.social got a remaster! Our first new episode in over a year drops tomorrow
June 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Me and @superjoost.bsky.social got a remaster! Our first new episode in over a year drops tomorrow
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Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows
June 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows
The next round of expert testimony in Wolfire v Valve could set a legal precedent—not just for Valve, but for every platform that enforces pricing and content uniformity.
If you’re watching platform strategy, this is one to study.
open.substack.com/pub/superjoo...
If you’re watching platform strategy, this is one to study.
open.substack.com/pub/superjoo...
May 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
The next round of expert testimony in Wolfire v Valve could set a legal precedent—not just for Valve, but for every platform that enforces pricing and content uniformity.
If you’re watching platform strategy, this is one to study.
open.substack.com/pub/superjoo...
If you’re watching platform strategy, this is one to study.
open.substack.com/pub/superjoo...
ClaveCON over so soon!
May 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
ClaveCON over so soon!
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ClaveCON looks lit
May 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
ClaveCON looks lit
ChatGPT is cool and all, but have you tried manually downloading your receipts every month?
April 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
ChatGPT is cool and all, but have you tried manually downloading your receipts every month?
Pre-2025: "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
2025: Just death now.
2025: Just death now.
April 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Pre-2025: "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
2025: Just death now.
2025: Just death now.
My AI says I wrote "an exceptionally coherent analysis of industry transformation through multiple complementary lenses" and I'm starting to see the Freudian undertones in this entire effort.
March 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
My AI says I wrote "an exceptionally coherent analysis of industry transformation through multiple complementary lenses" and I'm starting to see the Freudian undertones in this entire effort.
As someone with a graduate degree, I would very much like everyone to cool their expectations re: "PhD-level" AI agents.
PhDs are some of the dumbest people I know.
PhDs are some of the dumbest people I know.
March 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
As someone with a graduate degree, I would very much like everyone to cool their expectations re: "PhD-level" AI agents.
PhDs are some of the dumbest people I know.
PhDs are some of the dumbest people I know.
For someone claiming to know something about games, I am absolute trash at chess
March 20, 2025 at 5:51 AM
For someone claiming to know something about games, I am absolute trash at chess
