Playing to Understand

Clint Hocking

0:55

Being the Hero

David Littman

1:23

Avatar Becomes "I"

Will Wright

0:50

Character Evolution Path

Vander Caballero

0:47

Gender Assumptions in Mocap

Matt Boch

4:59

What an Artist Sees

John Carmack

0:27

FIDELITY

Ernest Adams Stig Asmussen Nolan Bushnell John Carmack Clint Hocking Hideo Kojima Raph Koster Jordan Mechner Frank O'Connor Jason Rohrer Glen Schofield Will Wright Susan Wu

9:18

Importance of Fidelity

Ernest Adams

1:41

Graphics Snob

Stig Asmussen

1:31

Using Pixel Art

Daniel Benmergui

0:48

Instant Empathy

Cliff Bleszinski

0:44

Mechanics Match Character

Stig Asmussen

0:54

Purity of 8-bit

Nolan Bushnell

0:56

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

Gentle Narrative

Tracy Fullerton

1:07

I'm Not Going to get Wet

Clint Hocking

1:44

Character Customization

Todd Howard

0:57

Cut Scenes as a Reward

Todd Howard

1:44

Avatars

Rod Humble

1:38

Flipping Perspectives

Rod Humble

2:10

Character Personalities

Alex Hutchinson

1:19

Original MUD

Daniel James

2:18

Scenarios

Raph Koster

1:21

Constraint drives Innovation

Raph Koster

1:59

Working on a Sequel

Kiki Wolfkill

2:05

Role Playing

Chris Avellone

0:43

Character Design as Expression

Robin Hunicke

3:14

Computers the Size of Classrooms

Don Daglow

2:16

The Value of 8-bit Gaming

Don Daglow

1:35

The Driving Seat of a Different World View

Tadhg Kelly

1:32

Road Rage and Avatars

Tadhg Kelly

0:52

No Such Thing as Player Character

Tadhg Kelly

2:11

Jetpack Joyride Art and Sound

Luke Muscat

2:06

Designing the Fruit in Fruit Ninja

Luke Muscat

2:07

Boring Characters

Zoe Quinn

1:07

Sharing Consciousness with Characters and ...

Matthew Weise

1:59

Lack of Empathy in Gaming Culture

Brianna Wu

1:47

Growing as a Hero

Hideo Kojima

0:44

Most Games are Junk

Frank Lantz

1:47

Escapism

Frank Lantz

1:09

Coin Op vs. Free to Play

Gabriel Leydon

3:19

The Play Remains the Same

Sid Meier

1:02

Is it Work or Fun?

Sid Meier

0:51

Reach Through the Glass

Peter Molyneux

1:59

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

Power Comes in Many Forms

Frank O'Connor

2:07

Cultural POV Preferences

Frank O'Connor

3:31

Photorealism

Jason Rohrer

1:45

Verbs transform players

Tim Schafer

1:17

Fidelity and Emotion

Glen Schofield

1:17

Artists Start Dialogues

Warren Spector

2:11

Connecting to Real World

Will Wright

2:27

MUDs

Susan Wu

1:28

Games as Creative Outlets

Laralyn McWilliams

1:30

Designing for MMOs vs. Retail Games

Laralyn McWilliams

1:36

Beautiful Environments

Josef Fares

0:55

Coining Term "Avatar"

Richard Garriott

2:07

Sacrificing Fidelity for Immersion

Bei Yang

2:30

Learning About Loss

Clint Hocking

0:59

Our Games Have to Look Amazing

Marcin Iwinski

1:54