Playing to Understand

Clint Hocking

0:55

Empowerment Fantasy

Cliff Bleszinski

0:39

Instant Empathy

Cliff Bleszinski

0:44

I'm Not Going to get Wet

Clint Hocking

1:44

Character Personalities

Alex Hutchinson

1:19

The Driving Seat of a Different World View

Tadhg Kelly

1:32

No Such Thing as Player Character

Tadhg Kelly

2:11

Growing as a Hero

Hideo Kojima

0:44

Escapism

Frank Lantz

1:09

Reach Through the Glass

Peter Molyneux

1:59

Choice and Consequence

Warren Spector

0:57

Artists Start Dialogues

Warren Spector

2:11

Avatar Becomes "I"

Will Wright

0:50

Leave it to the Imagination

Will Wright

1:13

Hero's Journey

Richard Garriott

1:31

Real Sense of Place

Brian Allgeier

0:53

What Is Appealing About Games?

John Hanke

0:33

Character Evolution Path

Vander Caballero

0:47

Game vs. Sport

Richard Hilleman

1:38

Innovation vs. Predictability

Michael Condrey

1:47

Gender Assumptions in Mocap

Matt Boch

4:59

The Word "Game"

Chris Hecker

0:50

Graphics Snob

Stig Asmussen

1:31

Details vs. Big Picture

Wright Bagwell

3:27

Communication

Daniel Benmergui

1:36

Story vs. System

Ian Bogost

1:32

News Games

Ian Bogost

1:27

Understanding Social Issues

Ian Bogost

1:35

Mechanics Match Character

Stig Asmussen

0:54

Creating a Vocabulary

Jenova Chen & Kellee Santiago

1:13

Purity of 8-bit

Nolan Bushnell

0:56

First Person vs. Third Person

John Carmack

2:16

No Investment in Writing

Dan Connors

1:17

Exploring Limits of Love

David Cage

1:14

Playing a Female Character

Toby Gard

2:27

Not Much Innovation

Toby Gard

2:15

Intention Doesn't Matter

Chris Hecker

0:39

Sports Games Tell Stories

Richard Hilleman

0:21

Limited History of Games Allows for Innova...

Vander Caballero

0:53

Right Medium for my Story

Vander Caballero

1:28

Using Conventions in Niche Games

Brendon Chung

1:35

Impoverished Critical Language

N’Gai Croal

2:16

Reviews vs Criticism

N’Gai Croal

3:21

Power of Sports Video Games

Richard Hilleman

0:56

Camera Mechanics

Richard Hilleman

2:15

Influencing Real Life

Richard Hilleman

1:34

Evolving Language

Clint Hocking

1:29

Character Customization

Todd Howard

0:57

Edge of the World

Todd Howard

1:57

Avatars

Rod Humble

1:38

Flipping Perspectives

Rod Humble

2:10

Players as Celebrities

David Jones

0:55

Killing Television

Daniel James

1:9

Constraint drives Innovation

Raph Koster

1:59

Start with Player Experience

Ken Levine

1:14

Different Fantasies

Ken Levine

1:43

Types of Characters

Rhianna Pratchett

2:52

Player Participation

Kiki Wolfkill

1:04

Pervasiveness of Games

Eric Zimmerman

2:02

Role Playing

Chris Avellone

0:43

Character Design as Expression

Robin Hunicke

3:14

Comedy is Risky

Ron Gilbert

1:25

Removing Power from Players

Jill Murray

0:43

Visually Directing the Player

Patrick Plourde

4:56

Road Rage and Avatars

Tadhg Kelly

0:52

Creative Potential of Games

Anna Kipnis

0:51

Why Do Developers Make New Fighting Games?

Patrick Miller

2:00

Bringing in New Fighting Game Players

Patrick Miller

1:33

Boring Characters

Zoe Quinn

1:07

Why Adaptations Fall Short

Matthew Weise

1:28

Sharing Consciousness with Characters and ...

Matthew Weise

1:59

What is Your Art Trying to Achieve

Ken Wong

0:52

Games That Challenge Us as Humans

Ken Wong

1:50

Commonalities Between Artforms

Ken Wong

1:59

Lack of Empathy in Gaming Culture

Brianna Wu

1:47

Foreign Influences

Hideo Kojima

2:18

Most Games are Junk

Frank Lantz

1:47

User Generated Stories

Gabriel Leydon

2:11

Emulating Comic Books

Gabriel Leydon

0:46

Cheaters

David Littman

2:29

Sports Games Teach

David Littman

0:52

Sports Genre

David Littman

0:19

Not Art Yet

David Littman

1:23

Maturing Criticism

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

0:54

Secondary characters

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

2:14

Third Person Perspective

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

0:46

Player Generates Narrative

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

2:07

Engaging the Imagination

Frank O'Connor

3:25

Community Managers

Frank O'Connor

2:36

Expressing Power

Frank O'Connor

3:05

Our Citizen Kane Moment

Frank O'Connor

2:27

Cultural POV Preferences

Frank O'Connor

3:31

Unsatisfying Endings

Amir Rao

1:41

Photorealism

Jason Rohrer

1:45

Art Games

Jason Rohrer

2:44

Verbs transform players

Tim Schafer

1:17

Player Empowerment

Warren Spector

1:12

Making Game Accessible

Joseph Staten

1:18

What Emotions Do You Value

Joseph Staten

1:03

MUDs

Susan Wu

1:28

Games as Creative Outlets

Laralyn McWilliams

1:30

Feeling like a Hero

Laralyn McWilliams

1:42

Being Part of a Game World

Josef Fares

0:25

Taking Control of the Character

Josef Fares

0:36

Game Director with a Film Background

Josef Fares

0:42

Is There One True Path?

Steve Gaynor

1:08

Dialogue

Jordan Mechner

0:35

Medium is Message

Denis Dyack

0:30

Most Powerful Medium

Richard Garriott

1:24

Coining Term "Avatar"

Richard Garriott

2:07

Hard to Sell Stories

Richard Garriott

1:24

Being Bound to Game Development

Keiji Inafune

0:40

Ultimate Play Tool

Yoshinori Ono

1:10

Player is #1

Yoshinori Ono

1:17

Not Enough History

Yoshinori Ono

1:36

Overcoming the Perception of Games as a So...

Trip Hawkins

1:37

Water Cooler Talk

Vince Zampella

0:44

Learning About Loss

Clint Hocking

0:59

Soldiers of the Future

N’Gai Croal

2:29

Beautiful Worlds to Blow Up

Christofer Sundberg

0:38

Origin of Just Cause

Christofer Sundberg

1:33

Melting Pot of Games Writers

Leah Hoyer

1:54

A Heightened Version of Reality

Leah Hoyer

1:40

Driven by Emotion Over Technology

Brian Allgeier

0:28

International Language of Fun

Patrice Désilets

0:58

Why Sequels are Successful

Marcin Iwinski

5:17

The Flawed Logic of Copy Protection

Marcin Iwinski

4:38

Games are Art for Us

Marcin Iwinski

2:26

Why Nostalgia is Successful

Ben Judd

1:45

The Plus One

Ben Judd

2:13

Columbine Game

Rob Pardo

1:22

Sense of Accomplishment

Rob Pardo

0:49

It Depends on the Player

Rob Pardo

1:01

Game Brand vs. Auteur

Rob Pardo

1:18