John Linden is the CEO of Mythical Games, a game company focused on building player-owned economies with top game developers and publishers in addition to own portfolioof games (Blankos, NFL Rivals, Nitro Nation, Pudgy Penguins coming soon).

Prior to Mythical Games, John was the President of Seismic Games, developer of Marvel Strike Force and Magic the Gathering: Valor’s Reach). Prior to Seismic Games,he was a Studio Head at Activision Blizzard on the Call of Duty and Skylanders franchises.

Before the games industry, John was the Co-Founder / CTO at Adknowledge and at OpenX and built his own startups, Planet Alumni (acquired by Reunion.com) andLitmus Media (acquired by Think Partnership).
John is passionate about video games, the future of blockchain technologies and bringing emerging technologies to the mass market.

*This episode was recorded in December 2024