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David Perry

Legendary video game developer and entrepreneur; founded Shiny Entertainment (Earthworm Jim, Aladdin); co-founded Gaikai, which Sony acquired for $380M in 2012

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Jul 23, 2026

My First Overnight Success

My First Overnight Success

From “Terrible Games” to Industry Legend: Building a $380M Exit | David Perry

Jul 23 · 1h 7m

Michael SawitzHOST

40:23

It was a learning experience for you, but it was entertainment and education for the consumer.

David PerryGUEST

40:29

Yeah, so the idea was just to make it.

David PerryGUEST

40:34

It was called David Perry on Game Design, and it was a brainstorming thing.

David PerryGUEST

40:38

So what happened was I used to present to students quite a lot, and I had this sort of breakthrough moment, which has actually inspired what I'm working on right now.

David PerryGUEST

40:48

I was once in a class of students who were all making games.

David PerryGUEST

40:54

And I said to them, I want you to invent a weapon never been seen in a video game before.

David PerryGUEST

41:01

And I had given everyone a paper and a pencil.

11 MINS LATER

Lillian Victoria NgHOST

51:56

they ever try to approach you to be like, hey, let us acquire a company or they just...