The video game industry is at a crossroads

By Noah Caldwell,

Scott Detrow, Vincent Acovino

Published April 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM EDT

In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners behind the news and explains how we do our journalism. Here, Vincent Acovino talks about the state of the gaming industry and his recent reporting on the annual Game Developers Conference, for this week's Reporter's Notebook.

Noah Caldwell

Scott Detrow

Scott Detrow is the weekend host of All Things Considered, and a co-host of the Consider This podcast. In this role Detrow contributes to the weekday All Things Considered broadcasts, and regularly hosts NPR's live special coverage of major news stories.

Vincent Acovino

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