A ‘Fallout’ and ‘Skyrim’ Dev’s Journey of Entrepreneurship and Mental Health

Visionaries: Gaming, Media and the Internet Explained

Aug 18 2023 • 1 hr 25 mins

'Visionaries' is back and Prem and Jacob are joined by Jeff Gardiner, an award-winning game developer who worked on some of gaming's highest-grossing titles, including Fallout 3, Fallout 4, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 76.

Jeff is now on a new journey: Building a game studio and learning how to transition from full-time game development to the C suite. Jeff is the founder and CEO of Something Wicked Games, whose employees include veterans from Bethesda Game Studios, Obsidian Entertainment, Electronic Arts and Ubisoft. The studio is creating a new role-playing game Wyrdsong. In this episode, Jeff talks about the mental health difficulties of becoming an entrepreneur in gaming and the pressure of getting a game right on release day.

You can follow Jeff at @jg93.

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