Welcome to Push to Talk
Push to Talk is an irregular column about marketing, games, and books.
Iâm Ryan K. Rigney. I work at Andreessen Horowitz as a Marketing Partner focused on a16z speedrun.
Previously I led marketing for the D.I.C.E. Awards âonline game of the yearâ finalist Omega Strikers. Prior to that, I led global comms for several of the worldâs most popular video games, including League of Legends, PUBG, and Apex Legends.
I often interview artists, like the developer of one of my favorite indie games:
Sometimes I write about people doing interesting work on the fringes, like this interview with the worldâs greatest Super Mario 64 speedrunner:
Occasionally I commit unsolicited acts of journalism, like this reported feature about one of 2025âs most celebrated YouTube videos:
And every once in a while Iâll publish a weird, long essay about books and media and marketing:
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