Sacred Symbols+, Episode 455 | The Myth of the Modern Audience with Marek Tyminski (Video) (Patreon)

The Myth of the Modern Audience with Marek Tyminski | Sacred Symbols+, Episode 455

Please welcome CI Games' founder and CEO Marek Tyminski to Sacred Symbols+. If you've not heard of CI Games before, they're a two decade-plus veteran studio headquartered out of Poland, with a workforce dispersed throughout Europe. Though they're perhaps best-known by many for their long-running Sniper: Ghost Warrior franchise, it's their popular action-RPG Lords of the Fallen that brought Marek himself to my (Colin's) attention. In an industry consumed by culture warring, CI Games has instead decided to embrace a different course of action, eschewing what they refer to as "the myth of the modern audience," opting to make games they think actual enthusiasts will enjoy. The results have helped their game, but potentially complicated their image, and either way, I knew I needed to talk to the leader of a studio that's boldly taking on gaming's prevailing cultural forces.