Jason Schreier On Breaking News, KOTOR Remake, And His New Book Press Reset - MinnMax Interview

MinnMax’s Ben Hanson interviews reporter Jason Schreier about his new book on the unsustainable aspects of the game industry called Press Reset. Jason also talks about when reporting should break the news on game reveals, his transition from Kotaku to Bloomberg as a writer, the challenges of having a large platform on Twitter, and apparently a remake of Knights of the Old Republic happening at Aspyr Media. You can unlock the podcast version of this interview and help support independent games media by supporting MinnMax on Patreon! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:55 - The downside of being known for scoops 00:02:31 - The Knights of the Old Republic rumors 00:03:17 - Does reporting “spoil” game reveals? 00:10:55 - Writing Press Reset 00:21:56 - Early ideas for a third book 00:23:00 - BioShock, Irrational, and Ken Levine 00:29:28 - Thoughts on 2K’s next BioShock 00:35:06 - How to stay in the loop with developers 00:40:05 - The impact of Schreier’s reporting 00:42:44 - The transition from