A little while ago I connected with one of the team members of ZOOM-platform. From their own site’s ‘about me’:

ZOOM’s mission is to design, create, and publish traditional and interactive entertainment with a multi-generational trans-media appeal. ZOOM’s products are distributed digitally via, ZOOM Platform, along with non-exclusive third party content from both major publishers and indies with a catalog spanning the classics to new releases.

You might know them best as ‘the’ one space to get Duke Nukem games for your PC, or maybe because they’re also dedicated to providing each and every title there completely DRM-free. Which, as we all know is rare these days.

Anyway, from chatting to a team member, I was introduced to the CEO, Jordan Freeman, who was kind enough to let me interview him about everything from working with his friend and mentor Bernie Stolar (responsible for the PlayStation and Dreamcast in the U.S.A.) to running a company like ZOOM in a world where DRM-free can be seen as a liability or risk.

We cover all manner of things, and I had such a fun time connecting with Jordan over the span of a week or so putting all of this together.

I have a full interview with some of the ZOOM team coming soon as well, but for now I really hope you all enjoy this one. I feel lucky to have been able to put all of this together, and even luckier that I’m able to share it with you.

Link as always:

https://gardinerbryant.com/the-untold-story-of-classic-games-inside-zoom-with-ceo-jordan-freeman/