Empowerment Fantasy

Cliff Bleszinski

0:39

Being the Hero

David Littman

1:23

Reach Through the Glass

Peter Molyneux

1:59

Hero's Journey

Richard Garriott

1:31

What Is Appealing About Games?

John Hanke

0:33

Innovation vs. Predictability

Michael Condrey

1:47

The Word "Game"

Chris Hecker

0:50

Agency vs. Story

Ernest Adams

2:16

Story Structure

Stig Asmussen

0:17

Graphics Snob

Stig Asmussen

1:31

Fitting Story into MMOs

Jens Andersen

1:36

Eastern Storytelling

Chris Avellone

1:39

Approaches to Flow

Chris Avellone

1:37

Details vs. Big Picture

Wright Bagwell

3:27

Communication

Daniel Benmergui

1:36

Instant Empathy

Cliff Bleszinski

0:44

Story vs. System

Ian Bogost

1:32

News Games

Ian Bogost

1:27

Understanding Social Issues

Ian Bogost

1:35

People Love Patterns

Jenova Chen & Kellee Santiago

0:49

Creating a Vocabulary

Jenova Chen & Kellee Santiago

1:13

Episodic Games

Dan Connors

1:00

Purity of 8-bit

Nolan Bushnell

0:56

No Character Depth

Dan Connors

1:40

Percentage of Players Finishing a Game

David Cage

1:29

Not Much Innovation

Toby Gard

2:15

Intention Doesn't Matter

Chris Hecker

0:39

Sports Games Tell Stories

Richard Hilleman

0:21

Importance of Vision

Vander Caballero

1:02

Limited History of Games Allows for Innova...

Vander Caballero

0:53

Right Medium for my Story

Vander Caballero

1:28

Using Design Tools to Convey Emotion

Vander Caballero

1:23

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

Playing to Understand

Clint Hocking

0:55

Evolving Language

Clint Hocking

1:29

I'm Not Going to get Wet

Clint Hocking

1:44

Omniscience

Todd Howard

0:54

Cut Scenes as a Reward

Todd Howard

1:44

Character Personalities

Alex Hutchinson

1:19

Open Mode Games

David Jones

0:41

Killing Television

Daniel James

1:9

Fewer Cut Scenes in the Future

Ken Levine

1:34

Challenge of Storytelling

Rhianna Pratchett

1:30

Savvy Storytelling

Rhianna Pratchett

0:54

Stories Provide Momentum

Rhianna Pratchett

0:44

Working on a Sequel

Kiki Wolfkill

2:05

Player Participation

Kiki Wolfkill

1:04

Pervasiveness of Games

Eric Zimmerman

2:02

Comedy is Risky

Ron Gilbert

1:25

When the Game Comes Before the Story

Jill Murray

1:10

Stories Organize Learning

Jill Murray

1:09

Removing Power from Players

Jill Murray

0:43

Story vs. Game Mechanic

Don Daglow

1:38

Story Fighting Gameplay

Patrick Plourde

1:05

Don't Forget about Interactivity

Noah Falstein

0:58

No Such Thing as Player Character

Tadhg Kelly

2:11

Naturalism in Games

Tadhg Kelly

2:03

Story Emerging from Gameplay Experience

Anna Kipnis

1:59

Origin of Brutal Legend

Anna Kipnis

0:42

Creative Potential of Games

Anna Kipnis

0:51

Fighting Game Character Personality Quiz

Patrick Miller

2:30

When Tech Support Becomes Emotional Support

Zoe Quinn

1:05

Why Adaptations Fall Short

Matthew Weise

1:28

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

Husband Mode

Brianna Wu

1:49

Creating Theme Park Experiences

Bei Yang

1:10

Crafting Controlled Experiences

Bei Yang

2:03

Story vs. Interactivity

Hideo Kojima

0:53

Growing as a Hero

Hideo Kojima

0:44

Foreign Influences

Hideo Kojima

2:18

User Generated Stories

Gabriel Leydon

2:11

Emulating Comic Books

Gabriel Leydon

0:46

Not Art Yet

David Littman

1:23

Maturing Criticism

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

0:54

We Create Variables

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

1:12

Player Generates Narrative

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

2:07

Engaging the Imagination

Frank O'Connor

3:25

Stories are Coincidence

Frank O'Connor

1:34

Community Managers

Frank O'Connor

2:36

Our Citizen Kane Moment

Frank O'Connor

2:27

Unsatisfying Endings

Amir Rao

1:41

Photorealism

Jason Rohrer

1:45

Art Games

Jason Rohrer

2:44

No "Should"

Tim Schafer

0:46

Fidelity and Emotion

Glen Schofield

1:17

Setting is Priority

Harvey Smith

1:21

Player Empowerment

Warren Spector

1:12

Artists Start Dialogues

Warren Spector

2:11

Making Game Accessible

Joseph Staten

1:18

What Emotions Do You Value

Joseph Staten

1:03

Story vs. Persistent Game

Joseph Staten

1:37

Feeling like a Hero

Laralyn McWilliams

1:42

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

The End

Jordan Mechner

1:31

Dialogue

Jordan Mechner

0:35

Medium is Message

Denis Dyack

0:30

Most Powerful Medium

Richard Garriott

1:24

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

Soldiers of the Future

N’Gai Croal

2:29

Origin of Just Cause

Christofer Sundberg

1:33

Other Disciplines Affect Narractive

Leah Hoyer

2:49

Melting Pot of Games Writers

Leah Hoyer

1:54

Real Sense of Place

Brian Allgeier

0:53

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

Putting the Player in Charge of the Story

Marcin Iwinski

1:41

Games are Art for Us

Marcin Iwinski

2:26

Complexity of Open World

Marcin Iwinski

2:32

Adapting a "Holy" Book

Marcin Iwinski

2:30

Importance of Player Choice

Marcin Iwinski

1:50

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