October 31, 2025

🫂 Pod Friends: Mitu Khandaker & the Future of NYC Games

This week on UNBOXING, Laine and Joost trade Halloween costume fun for policy talk, unpacking the EU’s proposed Digital Fairness Act and some of the industry responses. Then, Pod Friends rises from the grave with Mitu Khandaker, Associate Director of NYU Tandon’s new Game Design Future Lab, a city-backed incubator helping NYC game startups grow sustainably. Mitu breaks down what makes New York City’s game scene unique, what “founder resilience” really means, and why NYC game startups deserve more than the Silicon Valley playbook. Tune in!