Innovation vs. Predictability

Michael Condrey

1:47

Avoidance of Heroing Game Directors

Tadhg Kelly

2:16

Games That Challenge Us as Humans

Ken Wong

1:50

Medium is Message

Denis Dyack

0:30

Player is #1

Yoshinori Ono

1:17

Overcoming the Perception of Games as a So...

Trip Hawkins

1:37

Games are Art for Us

Marcin Iwinski

2:26

Working at Capcom

Ben Judd

1:57

The Word "Game"

Chris Hecker

0:50

Empowerment Fantasy

Cliff Bleszinski

0:39

Graphics Snob

Stig Asmussen

1:31

Creative Director's Role

Jens Andersen

1:25

IP vs. Licensed

Jens Andersen

1:35

Payment Models

Jens Andersen

3:37

Evolving Installments

Chris Avellone

1:27

Details vs. Big Picture

Wright Bagwell

3:27

Deliberately Clunky Controls

Wright Bagwell

3:17

Crafting New Experience

Wright Bagwell

1:6

Cinematic Experience

Daniel Benmergui

1:48

Communication

Daniel Benmergui

1:36

Instant Empathy

Cliff Bleszinski

0:44

News Games

Ian Bogost

1:27

Understanding Social Issues

Ian Bogost

1:35

Creating a Vocabulary

Jenova Chen & Kellee Santiago

1:13

Working in QA

Raphael Colantonio

0:52

Various Company Approaches

Raphael Colantonio

2:52

Challenges of a Growing Team

Michael Condrey

1:39

Attraction of Farming

Wright Bagwell

1:18

Purity of 8-bit

Nolan Bushnell

0:56

I Supply the Plumbing

John Carmack

1:07

Need a Visionary

Toby Gard

0:44

Not Much Innovation

Toby Gard

2:15

Intention Doesn't Matter

Chris Hecker

0:39

Encouraging Diversity through Education

Tracy Fullerton

2:60

Importance of Diversity

Kiki Wolfkill

1:00

Importance of Diversity in the Gaming Indu...

Siobhan Reddy

6:00

Financing Independent Games

Vander Caballero

1:36

Limited History of Games Allows for Innova...

Vander Caballero

0:53

Right Medium for my Story

Vander Caballero

1:28

Seeing Connections

Brendon Chung

1:30

The Pros and Cons of Working Alone

Brendon Chung

1:19

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

Not Adding but Defining

Clint Hocking

1:26

I'm Not Going to get Wet

Clint Hocking

1:44

Similar to Architects

Rod Humble

1:28

Character Personalities

Alex Hutchinson

1:19

Cultural Divisions

Alex Hutchinson

1:12

Pulling from Personal Experience

Brendon Chung

1:13

Defining AAA Games

Alex Hutchinson

1:07

Killing Television

Daniel James

1:9

Auteurship is Branding

Ken Levine

0:48

Writing More Recognized

Rhianna Pratchett

1:14

Player Participation

Kiki Wolfkill

1:04

Pervasiveness of Games

Eric Zimmerman

2:02

Origin of Independent Games

Eric Zimmerman

1:28

Putting Your Life into the Work

Davey Wreden

1:58

Learning about Yourself through Work

Davey Wreden

2:23

Comedy is Risky

Ron Gilbert

1:25

Removing Power from Players

Jill Murray

0:43

Making Games for Over 40 Years

Don Daglow

1:18

Vision and Metrics

Don Daglow

2:17

Power Dynamics in Game Development

David Helgason

1:07

The Relative Health of the Game Industry

David Helgason

3:11

Streamlining Workflows for Collaboration

David Helgason

2:56

Making a Franchise Personal

Patrick Plourde

2:05

Vision and the Auteur

Ryan Payton

1:14

The Legacy of Lucasarts

Noah Falstein

2:12

Don't Forget about Interactivity

Noah Falstein

0:58

Design Your Life like a Game Designer

Noah Falstein

2:48

Exercising Your Brain with Game Jams

Kayla Kinnunen

1:58

Challenges of Working on Big Teams

Kayla Kinnunen

1:31

Treat Writer's Block with a Game Jam

Anna Kipnis

2:44

Creative Potential of Games

Anna Kipnis

0:51

Being Well-Rounded

Anna Kipnis

1:31

Game Design in Australia

Luke Muscat

2:07

The Alt Game Space

Zoe Quinn

2:26

VR 20 Years Ago

Warren Robinett

2:10

Creating Atari Games Alone

Warren Robinett

0:54

Why Adaptations Fall Short

Matthew Weise

1:28

What is Your Art Trying to Achieve

Ken Wong

0:52

Role of the Art Director

Ken Wong

2:12

Commonalities Between Artforms

Ken Wong

1:59

The Value of a Public Persona

Brianna Wu

1:03

It's Hard to be in the Game Industry

Brianna Wu

2:04

Customers as Guests

Bei Yang

1:32

Foreign Influences

Hideo Kojima

2:18

Free to Play Model

Gabriel Leydon

2:34

User Generated Stories

Gabriel Leydon

2:11

Graphics Get Boring

Gabriel Leydon

4:18

Emulating Comic Books

Gabriel Leydon

0:46

Sports Genre

David Littman

0:19

Being the Hero

David Littman

1:23

Not Art Yet

David Littman

1:23

Reach Through the Glass

Peter Molyneux

1:59

Maturing Criticism

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

0:54

Engaging the Imagination

Frank O'Connor

3:25

Community Managers

Frank O'Connor

2:36

Personalities Behind Games

Frank O'Connor

2:13

Our Citizen Kane Moment

Frank O'Connor

2:27

Compromise

Amir Rao

0:53

Being a Level Designer

Amir Rao

1:58

AAA vs. Indie

Amir Rao

1:24

Unsatisfying Endings

Amir Rao

1:41

No Game Design Document

Amir Rao

1:10

Photorealism

Jason Rohrer

1:45

Art Games

Jason Rohrer

2:44

Independent Scene

Jason Rohrer

0:59

Looking Glass Studios

Harvey Smith

2:15

Choice and Consequence

Warren Spector

0:57

Player Empowerment

Warren Spector

1:12

Artists Start Dialogues

Warren Spector

2:11

What Emotions Do You Value

Joseph Staten

1:03

Designers Need to Cross-pollinate

Laralyn McWilliams

1:15

Three Ingredients

Trip Hawkins

3:36

Taking Control of the Character

Josef Fares

0:36

Game Director with a Film Background

Josef Fares

0:42

Schools of Thought in Game Design

Steve Gaynor

2:05

Is There One True Path?

Steve Gaynor

1:08

Games About Games

Steve Gaynor

2:38

Dialogue

Jordan Mechner

0:35

Most Powerful Medium

Richard Garriott

1:24

Hard to Sell Stories

Richard Garriott

1:24

Hero's Journey

Richard Garriott

1:31

Being Bound to Game Development

Keiji Inafune

0:40

Ultimate Play Tool

Yoshinori Ono

1:10

Not Enough History

Yoshinori Ono

1:36

Learning Power of Games

Trip Hawkins

1:58

Water Cooler Talk

Vince Zampella

0:44

Compromising with Your Publisher

Vince Zampella

0:50

Soldiers of the Future

N’Gai Croal

2:29

Origin of Games Development in Sweden

Christofer Sundberg

0:57

Be Careful Who You Go Into Business With

Christofer Sundberg

1:43

Origin of Just Cause

Christofer Sundberg

1:33

Melting Pot of Games Writers

Leah Hoyer

1:54

Measuring Success

Leah Hoyer

2:49

Real Sense of Place

Brian Allgeier

0:53

Pros and Cons of Going Independent

Brian Allgeier

1:24

Driven by Emotion Over Technology

Brian Allgeier

0:28

There's Always an Auteur

Patrice Désilets

1:22

The Ubisoft School of Thought

Patrice Désilets

3:25

International Language of Fun

Patrice Désilets

0:58

GIRLS LEVEL UP

Laila Shabir

8:37

Why Sequels are Successful

Marcin Iwinski

5:17

The Flawed Logic of Copy Protection

Marcin Iwinski

4:38

Why Nostalgia is Successful

Ben Judd

1:45

What Makes a Game Great?

Ben Judd

1:43

Vision Comes from One Person

Ben Judd

1:11

The Plus One

Ben Judd

2:13

Games Industry East vs. West

Ben Judd

2:58

Connecting with Gaming Platforms

Graham Smith

1:08

Popular Games Are Compelling

Martzi Campos

1:45

Columbine Game

Rob Pardo

1:22

Sense of Accomplishment

Rob Pardo

0:49

It Depends on the Player

Rob Pardo

1:01

What Is Appealing About Games?

John Hanke

0:33

Healthy Fragmentation in the Games Industry

John Hanke

1:20