A Different Person in Every Game

Tacos and Tech Podcast by Neal Bloom

Sep 9, 202629:51Technology

Cody Germain spent seven years at Riot - leading competitive games on League of Legends, with the Valorant and Legends of Runeterra launches in between - then moved to San Diego in 2022 for Psyonix and Epic. Now he’s co-...

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