<![CDATA[Mid-Age Tech]]>A podcast by middle-aged geeks about common sense and traditional relationships in the age of the war on the internet.

]]>https://riverside.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:51:05 GMTThu, 02 Jul 2026 13:28:44 GMT60Nikolai Blinov and Maxim Buranbaev<p>A podcast by middle-aged geeks about common sense and traditional relationships in the age of the war on the internet. </p>episodicNikolai Blinov and Maxim Buranbaevblinovnp@gmail.comno<![CDATA[Mustafa Basar (Ex-Riot Games) on Games, AI and Rockets that Never Launch]]>Mustafa joins hosts Nikolai Blinov and Maxim Buranbaev for a wide-ranging, unscripted conversation that starts with remote work isolation and drifts into AI token economics, whether Anthropic and OpenAI are becoming the new "landlords," gaming as an art form, Web3 regulation, and building things that may never launch.

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00:54 Podcast Monetization, Therapy and Remote Work

03:52 Games and Project Management

06:44 The rocket Mustafa and Nikolai built together

20:45 Riot Games

26:41 AI is not efficient?

32:12 Developers to be Replaced by Product Managers?

35:32 The History Repeats

37:41 New Landlords and Peasant in AI Era

41:59 Mustafa on Growing Monopoly of Anthropic and OpenAI

44:44 How Mustafa Ended up at Riot Games

51:49 Create Your Own Game

54:22 Games to Have So Many Lives

59:12 Social Aspect in Games

01:03:51 The Threat of AI to Humanity in Art and Games

01:22:36 Mustafa on Web3

01:38:16 Trust as the Main Currency through History

01:43:33 Time as Most Valuable Currency

01:45:37 Question to the Next Guest

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Nikolai Blinov: nikolai@blinov.to
Maxim Buranbaev: buranbaevma@gmail.com

]]>37bb8d59-e51d-4ca2-8d2c-28416c5a65e7Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:40:25 GMT<p>Mustafa joins hosts Nikolai Blinov and Maxim Buranbaev for a wide-ranging, unscripted conversation that starts with remote work isolation and drifts into AI token economics, whether Anthropic and OpenAI are becoming the new "landlords," gaming as an art form, Web3 regulation, and building things that may never launch.</p><p></p><p>-- <br />00:54 Podcast Monetization, Therapy and Remote Work</p><p>03:52 Games and Project Management</p><p>06:44 The rocket Mustafa and Nikolai built together</p><p>20:45 Riot Games</p><p>26:41 AI is not efficient?</p><p>32:12 Developers to be Replaced by Product Managers?</p><p>35:32 The History Repeats</p><p>37:41 New Landlords and Peasant in AI Era</p><p>41:59 Mustafa on Growing Monopoly of Anthropic and OpenAI</p><p>44:44 How Mustafa Ended up at Riot Games</p><p>51:49 Create Your Own Game</p><p>54:22 Games to Have So Many Lives</p><p>59:12 Social Aspect in Games</p><p>01:03:51 The Threat of AI to Humanity in Art and Games</p><p>01:22:36 Mustafa on Web3</p><p>01:38:16 Trust as the Main Currency through History</p><p>01:43:33 Time as Most Valuable Currency</p><p>01:45:37 Question to the Next Guest<br /></p><p>-- <br />Nikolai Blinov: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:nikolai@blinov.to" target="_blank"><b>nikolai@blinov.to<br /></b></a>Maxim Buranbaev: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:buranbaevma@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b>buranbaevma@gmail.com</b></a></p>no01:47:4011Mustafa Basar (Ex-Riot Games) on Games, AI and Rockets that Never Launchfull