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• Mustafa Basar (Ex-Riot Games) on Games, AI and Rockets that Never Launch 02.07.2026 1год 47хв

  Mustafa joins hosts Nikolai Blinov and Maxim Buranbaev for a wide-ranging, unscripted conversation that starts with remote work isolation and drifts into AI token economics, whether Anthropic and OpenAI are becoming the new "landlords," gaming as an art form, Web3 regulation, and building things that may never launch.-- 00:54 Podcast Monetization, Therapy and Remote Work03:52 Games and Project Management06:44 The rocket Mustafa and Nikolai built together20:45 Riot Games26:41 AI is not efficient?32:12 Developers to be Replaced by Product Managers?35:32 The History Repeats37:41 New Landlords and Peasant in AI Era41:59 Mustafa on Growing Monopoly of Anthropic and OpenAI44:44 How Mustafa Ended up at Riot Games51:49 Create Your Own Game54:22 Games to Have So Many Lives59:12 Social Aspect in Games01:03:51 The Threat of AI to Humanity in Art and Games01:22:36 Mustafa on Web301:38:16 Trust as the Main Currency through History01:43:33 Time as Most Valuable Currency01:45:37 Question to the Next Guest-- Nikolai Blinov: nikolai@blinov.toMaxim Buranbaev: buranbaevma@gmail.com