[wanderingmoose]

I'd second Designer Notes and suggest the Louis Castle episode. It is a tale of small/indie company growing and getting bought by EA. It is really interesting in terms of indie culture joining a corporate environment.

Years after the sale of Louis Castle's Westwood Studios to EA and after Westwood merged with DreamWorks Interactive to become EA Los Angeles -- and long after Mr Castle was involved w/ production -- that RTS team was one of the teams heavily involved with the "EA Spouse" situation. I'm not pointing fingers. Louis Castle wasn't involved. But having lived through the EA Spouse days at EALA, it felt like that this podcast episode was the start of the story of that RTS team, and EA Spouse was one of the major events towards the end.

Also, this may not seem like an inspiration story...but I think it is. Castle is a really good speaker and his passion, tech ability, and business sense really comes across. And it also highlights how brutal the games industry was even back in the 90's.

[opyate]

Thanks, I'll listen to that one next :)