From floppy disks to the AI era: Garry Edwards on the industry's biggest shift yet

About this episode

In this episode, Ed Lin interviews Garry Edwards about the significant shifts in the video game industry from floppy disks to the AI era.

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 our Xsolla host and the outcome determines whether they face an easy question or a hard one. In this episode, host Ed Lin sits down with Garry Edwards, Head of Business Development at Mindera — a global software services company ...

People in this episode

Host: Ed Lin

Guest: Garry Edwards

Topics covered

• video game industry
• AI
• business development
• classic video games
• interview format

Keywords

• Garry Edwards
• Ed Lin
• video games
• AI era
• business development
• GDC 2026
• Mindera

Sponsors

Xsolla

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mindera

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