Episode 25 - Ata Sergey Nowak

I Play, Therefore I Am

09-10-2023 • 1 Std. 48 Min.

Boris Johnson hasn’t played Suzerain, otherwise he would have been a better prime minister. This is only one thing you will learn from this podcast with Ata Sergey Nowak, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Torpor Games. Other things include: how the formation of Torpor Games depended on a lottery ticket, why Ata advises you not to take advice, and what advantages it has to be born “in the middle”.

Where to find Ata and Suzerain: Twitter, LinkedIn, Torpor Games, Discord, Reddit


Mentioned people from the games industry: Chris Wright, George Ziets

Mentioned Media: Suzerain, Metropolis, Hidden Agenda, The Conformist, Sun Tzu - The Art of War, Total War, Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince, Bernard Cornwll - The Last Kingdom, Life is beautiful, Good Bye Lenin!, Il Conformista, Daodejing – Laozi, Project Reality (Squad mod), Crusader Kings III, Squad, The Witcher 3, Fallout, Disco Elysium

Mentioned Companies: Torpor Games, Factory Berlin, Games for Change, Cologne Game Lab, Fellow Traveller, Obsidian Entertainment

Find out more about Berlin's games industry at gamescapital.berlin.