Writing
Notes from the field.
An occasional, unhurried blog about community, creators, and games. New pieces show up when they're ready to be read, not before. Mostly talking about presentations and podcasts I've had the honour of being invited to.
Jul 18, 2025
Podcast · ~90 min
Talk · DE
Behind the Screens E114 — community management, unpacked (in German)
A long-form German-language podcast conversation about what community management actually is inside a AAA studio, where it fails, and how it quietly wins.
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Jun 30, 2025
Watch · ~45 min
Talk
Cyberpunk, cannelloni, and community management — on The Geek Recipe
A very informal Slitherine Games conversation over cannelloni about Cyberpunk 2077, the shape of community work at a AAA studio, and why the best industry chats still happen around a kitchen table.
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Jun 26, 2025
Panel · no recording
Talk
Cutting through the noise: how to communicate and market your game
A Game Access '25 panel on how to actually get a game seen — from community and press to events and awards — with no fluff and no recording.
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May 28, 2025
Watch · ~60 min
Talk
The future of play: how gaming shapes digital culture across generations
A re:publica 25 panel on why games are no longer a subculture — and what that means for the people building the rooms players show up in.
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Nov 1, 2024
Podcast · audio only
Talk
The Community Lounge — on writing the Pocket Mentor and breaking into community
A Feature Upvote podcast conversation about why I wrote The Pocket Mentor for Game Community Management — and the honest, unglamorous advice I'd give anyone trying to break into this job.
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Jun 27, 2024
Talk · no recording
Talk
The value of an international community — and how to manage it
A Game Access '24 talk on what actually changes when your community goes global — habits, preferences, and the neighbours who somehow play nothing like each other.
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Jan 15, 2024
Podcast · audio only
Talk · DE
Im Spielekeller — CD PROJEKT RED, community management & mental health (in German)
A German-language conversation on Im Spielekeller about life inside a AAA studio, the emotional load of community work, and how to keep doing it without losing yourself in it.
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Jul 17, 2023
Watch · ~45 min
Talk
Where to find your chooms — building a community from scratch at Digital Dragons
A Digital Dragons talk on the unglamorous first year of a game's community — where to actually find the people who'll care, how to talk to them, and what to protect them from once they arrive.
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Mar 8, 2022
Watch · ~20 min
Talk
Womenize! Inspiring Stories — an interview on community, care, and CD PROJEKT RED
A conversation with Booster Space about the shape of a community career, what it takes to hold a room the size of Cyberpunk 2077's, and the advice I wish I'd had earlier.
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Mar 15, 2021
Podcast · audio only
Talk · DE
Cyberpunk 2077 — a talk on Gaming-Grounds (in German)
A German-language deep-dive on Cyberpunk 2077 and the community work behind a launch of that scale — from a podcast that isn't running anymore, but whose audio is still online.
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Nov 1, 2020
Watch · ~55 min
Talk · DE
Game Starter: a community management panel (in German)
A Gamecity Hamburg panel with four community professionals on what the job actually looks like — the moderation, the on-call, the joy, the drama.
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Jan 10, 2020
Watch · ~55 min
Talk · DE
Project management for game studios — an Indie Outpost lecture (in German)
A German-language Indie Outpost lecture on how small studios can run projects without collapsing under their own ambition — timelines, scope, and the very human parts of shipping a game.
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