Making Mo-cap Magic, and Going Inside an Esports Team (Ep. 48)

The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Jason Concepcion talk to stuntwomen and voice actors Maggie Macdonald and America Young about their work in video games including 'Halo 5,' the 'Dead Space,' 'Uncharted,' and 'Saints Row' series, and the newly released 'Agents of Mayhem,' as well as how working in video games compares to big-budget movies, the advancement of video-game motion-capture technology, the most challenging stunts they've had to perform, and fighting while looking like Lara Croft (1:30). Then Ben and Jason bring on Kyle "Beef" Bautista, general manager of compLexity Gaming, to discuss his team's involvement in a new TBS 'Dota 2' documentary, attempting to qualify for The International 2017, the economics of esports, managing interpersonal issues and turnover on team rosters, and the future of esports statistical analysis, coaching, and corporate partnerships (55:30). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Making Mo-cap Magic, and Going Inside an Esports Team (Ep. 48) is an episode from Achievement Oriented by Achievement Oriented & The Ringer.

This episode is 81:15 long.

This episode was published on Aug 25, 2017.

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