Brandon Pero 4/21/26 Brandon Pero 4/21/26

What I Believe Really Causes Layoffs in the Video Game Industry

I believe executives in video games have a lot of misconceptions about what causes the mass layoffs we’ve seen. In recent news, the face of this has been Jack Buser of Google Cloud gaming. In this post, I talk about if AI is really the silver bullet to address layoffs.

Brandon Pero 3/27/26 Brandon Pero 3/27/26

The Games I’ve Played the Most

It’s fascinating the number of hours that are poured into games simply because of their genre and not their quality. As a case study, here are my most-played games and why so few of them I actually think are good games.

Brandon Pero 5/7/25 Brandon Pero 5/7/25

My Video Game Pet Peeves

Video games are for everybody. Things that some people love are hated by others. This leaves no right or wrong way to make a game. It’s all about the audience you’re after. Here, I outline some of the pet peeves that define which video game audiences I’m a part of.

Brandon Pero 3/17/25 Brandon Pero 3/17/25

The Video Games Job Market

The video game job market has not been spared the wrath of the recent tech industry troubles.

Brandon Pero 10/9/24 Brandon Pero 10/9/24

The Open-World Conundrum

I felt like talking about open worlds today based on a conversation I had with some friends. There are so many issues to solve with open-world games, and it seems like an impossible beam to balance on.