Going to GDC 2025 and Running Our First 10k Together

Janet and Isaiah take a drive up to San Francisco to go to the 2025 Game Developers Conference (GDC), attend the Game Developer Awards, take a look at some Xbox indie games, and attend some amazing talks put on by industry friends and veterans  (GAMES). Then they talk about doing their first race of the year with the 2025 L.A. Chinatown Firecracker 10k, how prepared they were, and what their next running goals are (NOT GAMES).


Poll of the Show:
https://gamesandnotgames.com/poll

Timestamps:

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:18 Catching Up
• 02:20 Games / GANG Gaming Time Capsule (Update)
• 08:21 GDC 2025
• 01:10:43 Not Games / LA Chinatown Firecracker 10k
• 01:55:32 Poll of the Show
• 02:03:45 Outro

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Creators and Guests

Host

Isaiah Smith

Making and breaking things online | web + game dev | co-host @GamesAndNot | dev @PhotomodeApp & @PenToPixels | 📧 [e-mail]

Host

Janet Garcia

Host & Video Game Consultant 💫| Head of @PenToPixels 🖊 | @MinnMaxShow cohort ↘↗| @IndieCouncil_ cohost👩🏽‍⚖️| @GamesAndNot cohost🎮 | 📧[e-mail]

What is The Gangcast?

Janet Garcia and Isaiah Smith talk Games and Not Games every week. The Games section includes topics like what we've been playing, co-op adventures, opinions on the industry etc. and the Not Games section includes lighthearted conversations and debates, events we attend together, movies, shows, and more.