From comics to controllers: Bronson Lingamfelter on digital ownership and the future of game discovery

About this episode

Bronson Lingamfelter discusses digital ownership and the future of game discovery while playing a classic video game.

Welcome to Coffee.Press.Play., brought to you by The Business of Games Podcast, powered by Xsolla. Recorded live at GDC 2026 inside the Xsolla Clubhouse, this series puts a twist on the traditional interview format: guests play a round of a classic video game against host Chris Hewish and the outcome determines whether they face an easy question or a hard one. In this first episode, Bronson Lingamfelter, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of One Earth Rising, takes on Chris in a quick bat...

People in this episode

Host: Chris Hewish

Guest: Bronson Lingamfelter

Topics covered

• digital ownership
• game discovery
• video games
• interview format
• GDC 2026

Keywords

• digital ownership
• game discovery
• video games
• GDC 2026
• interview

Sponsors

Xsolla

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: One Earth Rising

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