Video Game Security Should Be Simple for Developers

Video games continue to explode in popularity, while the number of potential attack vectors increase as well. In this The New Stack Makers podcast host Alex Williams, publisher and founder of TNS and co-host Bharat Bhat, marketing lead, developer relations, for Okta, cover why and how video game platforms and connections should be more secure with guest Okta Senior Developer Advocate Nick Gamb. The gaming industry has often served as a showcase for some of industry’s greatest programming talents. As a case in point, John Carmack’s C++ code underpinning “Doom” is considered one of historical greats of programming not just for gaming but for software in general. For Gamb, while growing up, playing “Quake” and “Doom” before studying the code for these games served as his entry point into the software industry, as he noted how these games helped to “revolutionize gaming with first-person shooters (FPS).