GOOD GAME CLUB PODCAST As a direct extension of their successful 2024 book, Gaming for Good,
Jude Ower MBE (CEO of Playmob) and Mathias Gredal Nørvig (CEO of SYBO, the studio behind Subway Surfers) launched the Good Game Club Podcast. Matt Broughton found out more…
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att: Please tell us how you both originally meet? Mathias: We met at GDC 2018 through a friend who knew we had a shared interest in social impact. After
attending Jude’s Playnice dinner at GDC 2019 which was in conjunction with UNEP, I joined the founding team for Playing for the Planet. We stayed in touch, and when Jude interviewed me for ‘Gaming for Good,’ I suggested co-authoring the book, which was published in 2024.
Matt: At what point did the idea of a podcast come into being and what is its purpose? Jude: After the book launch, we realized the landscape was evolving too fast for print. We chose a podcast in order to have in-depth expert guest conversations and to create a live, growing archive. Tencent joined as our Founding Strategic Partner in 2025. We launched our first episode with Bastian Bergmann at Davos in January 2026 - a global stage for world leaders focused on social change. Our purpose is to inspire and galvanise audiences through thought-provoking and insightful conversations and accelerate understanding of gaming as a positive aspect of modern-day culture and learning. Since launch we also signed the Dubai Films and Games Commission as a Headline Partner as we will
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base the podcast’s home in Dubai, giving a truly global outlook of East meets West.
Matt: Why is ‘Gaming for Good’ such an important initiative for you both? Jude: I’ve championed this space for two decades. From my first educational games startup at Abertay University, I saw how games
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