Playing to Understand

Clint Hocking

0:55

Commonalities Between Artforms

Ken Wong

1:59

Not Art Yet

David Littman

1:23

Photorealism

Jason Rohrer

1:45

Art Games

Jason Rohrer

2:44

Most Powerful Medium

Richard Garriott

1:24

Not Enough History

Yoshinori Ono

1:36

Overcoming the Perception of Games as a So...

Trip Hawkins

1:37

Games are Art for Us

Marcin Iwinski

2:26

Columbine Game

Rob Pardo

1:22

Sense of Accomplishment

Rob Pardo

0:49

Pong The Perfect Storm

Nolan Bushnell

0:49

Innovation vs. Predictability

Michael Condrey

1:47

What an Artist Sees

John Carmack

0:27

The Word "Game"

Chris Hecker

0:50

Empowerment Fantasy

Cliff Bleszinski

0:39

Focus Testing

Stig Asmussen

1:29

Graphics Snob

Stig Asmussen

1:31

Details vs. Big Picture

Wright Bagwell

3:27

Communication

Daniel Benmergui

1:36

Instant Empathy

Cliff Bleszinski

0:44

Emotion is Interaction

Cliff Bleszinski

0:52

News Games

Ian Bogost

1:27

Understanding Social Issues

Ian Bogost

1:35

The Elegant Design

John Carmack

1:32

Not About a Message

Jenova Chen & Kellee Santiago

1:6

Creating a Vocabulary

Jenova Chen & Kellee Santiago

1:13

Purity of 8-bit

Nolan Bushnell

0:56

Pong Love Connections

Nolan Bushnell

0:55

Challenging Educators

Nolan Bushnell

0:40

A Live Product

Dan Connors

0:59

Not Much Innovation

Toby Gard

2:15

Every Part is Art

Toby Gard

1:40

Not There Yet

Chris Hecker

0:42

Intention Doesn't Matter

Chris Hecker

0:39

Exciting Time

Chris Hecker

1:23

Making Controls Understandable

Matt Boch

1:23

Encouraging Diversity through Education

Tracy Fullerton

2:60

Conscious Game Ideology

Auriea Harvey

1:35

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

Replay and Mastery

Tracy Fullerton

3:12

Artistic Opportunity in Game Design

Auriea Harvey

2:28

Artistic Process

Auriea Harvey

3:35

Do Expectations Have to Be Fulfilled?

Auriea Harvey

1:08

Power of Sports Video Games

Richard Hilleman

0:56

Influencing Real Life

Richard Hilleman

1:34

Evolving Language

Clint Hocking

1:29

I'm Not Going to get Wet

Clint Hocking

1:44

The Clown-Nose Act

Rod Humble

0:59

Impossible to Define

Rod Humble

0:39

Character Personalities

Alex Hutchinson

1:19

Balance of Difficulty

Raph Koster

1:03

Killing Television

Daniel James

1:9

Need More Culture

Ken Levine

1:31

Built on Tension

Kiki Wolfkill

1:36

Player Participation

Kiki Wolfkill

1:04

Think Like Designers

Eric Zimmerman

2:22

Pervasiveness of Games

Eric Zimmerman

2:02

Every Game is a Language

Eric Zimmerman

7:21

Training Game Creators

Eric Zimmerman

1:16

Gaming Encourages Curiosity

Robin Hunicke

1:49

Learning about Yourself through Work

Davey Wreden

2:23

Comedy is Risky

Ron Gilbert

1:25

Stories Organize Learning

Jill Murray

1:09

Synergy Between Neuroscience and Gaming

Noah Falstein

1:32

Overlap Between Entertainment and Education

Noah Falstein

2:50

Interactivity Makes Education Sticky

Noah Falstein

1:22

Reviewing Games as Consumer Product Choices

Tadhg Kelly

2:04

Creative Potential of Games

Anna Kipnis

0:51

Being Well-Rounded

Anna Kipnis

1:31

Go Make a Game

Zoe Quinn

0:56

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

Social Issues in Games

Hideo Kojima

1:08

Foreign Influences

Hideo Kojima

2:18

Making People Smarter

Frank Lantz

1:41

How We Process Information

Frank Lantz

1:11

User Generated Stories

Gabriel Leydon

2:11

Emulating Comic Books

Gabriel Leydon

0:46

Being the Hero

David Littman

1:23

Satisfaction of Learning

Sid Meier

1:00

Reach Through the Glass

Peter Molyneux

1:59

Maturing Criticism

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

0:54

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

More than a skill test

Randy Pitchford

1:49

Violence in Games

Randy Pitchford

6:05

Expanding the Imagination

Randy Pitchford

2:20

Observing Players

Amir Rao

0:52

Unsatisfying Endings

Amir Rao

1:41

Entertainment Retires as Art

Amir Rao

0:56

Feeling Pride

Tim Schafer

0:32

Gamification

Tim Schafer

1:02

Verbs transform players

Tim Schafer

1:17

When Games Listen

Jesse Schell

2:30

Exemplary Games

Jesse Schell

2:23

Need More Systems

Harvey Smith

2:05

Consequences

Warren Spector

1:37

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

Controlling Information

Will Wright

1:43

Play vs. Storytelling

Will Wright

0:43

Failure-Success Loop

Will Wright

1:30

Reverse-Engineering Models

Will Wright

1:52

Three Ingredients

Trip Hawkins

3:36

Teaching Parents that Games Have Value

Trip Hawkins

1:00

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

Eighth Art Form

Denis Dyack

0:34

Quiet Little Revolutions

Richard Garriott

1:29

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

Player is #1

Yoshinori Ono

1:17

Learning Power of Games

Trip Hawkins

1:58

Water Cooler Talk

Vince Zampella

0:44

Soldiers of the Future

N’Gai Croal

2:29

Origin of Just Cause

Christofer Sundberg

1:33

Utilizing Fan Feedback

Leah Hoyer

1:57

Melting Pot of Games Writers

Leah Hoyer

1:54

Real Sense of Place

Brian Allgeier

0:53

The Ubisoft School of Thought

Patrice Désilets

3:25

Purpose Brings Success

Patrice Désilets

0:37

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

Why Nostalgia is Successful

Ben Judd

1:45

The Plus One

Ben Judd

2:13

Using Kinect for Experiences

Kyle Ruddick

1:56

Games as Singles

Alejandro Quan-Madrid

2:23

Game Brand vs. Auteur

Rob Pardo

1:18

What Is Appealing About Games?

John Hanke

0:33