Epic Games

We go deep behind the "epic" story of a plucky game developer
from Cary, North Carolina (by way of Potomac, Maryland) which,
after bootstrapping for its first 22 years, has quietly morphed
into an $18b juggernaut that may become the most important
technology company for the next evolution of the internet. And oh
yeah, its founder, CEO and controlling shareholder? He cares more
about land conservation than he does about money, he's beholden
to no one and has the firepower of China's biggest internet giant
behind him, and he's willing to stare down Apple, Google and
anyone else who doesn't support his vision of an open and
equal-opportunity internet future in a fight to the death. You'll
want to buckle your seats for this one!! 





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Links:


MTV Cribs, "Tim Sweeney Edition":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRGUKMKadJ8



Carve Outs:


Ben's "3 part carve out": 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bErPsq5kPzE - original
video demo of Unreal Engine for filmmaking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUnxzVOs3rk - Feb 2020,
video on "The Volume"

https://ascmag.com/articles/the-mandalorian



David 

Asimov's Foundation Series:
 https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Asimovs-Foundation-Foundations-Prelude/dp/B01EFDEMS8





Sources: (available on Journal at
 https://usejournal.com/app/space/journal:space:project/7efa6d43-a601-4784-8e36-1edda2b1b451
)