From Contracts to Controllers: A Lawyers perspective into the Game Industry | Play List S2 E5 - Cam Rogers

Cam Rogers didn't set out to make games. An entertainment lawyer who cut his teeth at the South Australian Film Corporation, he found his way into the industry through relationships rather than resumes. That path eventually led him to producer on Pro Jank Footy, an NBA Jam-style AFL video game built with animator Dave Ashby, and put him behind Umbrella Entertainment's first move into games publishing.

In this episode of Play List, we sit down with Cam to unpack what it actually looks like when someone with a legal and film background crosses over into games, and how he's come to define his own role as a "law-ducer." The conversation covers the practical realities of game contracts and deal-making, and why marketing a game is a completely different beast to marketing a film. Cam also gets into what draws him to indie games over AAA titles, the "biggest game of shame" he never managed to finish, and his take on the fast-moving world of brain rot content, including the legal grey areas around IP protection when games and memes collide.

Watch the full episode with Cam and find other episodes from the Play List Podcast on our YouTube and on your podcast platform. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6uBIm_iUsE&t=10s