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What Is a Game Engine? - DTNS WEEKEND

Daily Tech News Show

Tom Merritt

Technology, News

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

IT Manager Matthew Stevens (aka GadgetVirtuoso) talks to us about how game engines work. What is a game engine and why is it needed?

 

Guest: Matthew Stevens (aka GadgetVirtuoso) IT Manager at a mobile game studio for a decade


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Welcome to A Daily Tech News show Weekend Edition. I'm Tom Merritt, and this time we are answering a question.

1:20.6

We've gotten from a few people about what a game engine is. If you've heard about Unity or other game engines, you may have a kind of a concept.

1:29.2

You may have an idea. But Matthew Stevens agreed to come on and explain it to us. Matthew,

1:35.6

thanks for joining us. Absolutely. Happy to be here. Tell the folks a little bit about your experience

1:41.9

in the gaming world and development and where you come from.

1:45.5

Sure. So more than a decade, I worked at a mobile game studio. It was based in Dallas

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