Being the Hero

David Littman

1:23

Instant Empathy

Cliff Bleszinski

0:44

Mechanics Match Character

Stig Asmussen

0:54

No Investment in Writing

Dan Connors

1:17

Not Much Innovation

Toby Gard

2:15

Limited History of Games Allows for Innova...

Vander Caballero

0:53

Evolving Language

Clint Hocking

1:29

Character Customization

Todd Howard

0:57

Character Personalities

Alex Hutchinson

1:19

No Such Thing as Player Character

Tadhg Kelly

2:11

Boring Characters

Zoe Quinn

1:07

Sharing Consciousness with Characters and ...

Matthew Weise

1:59

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

Artists Start Dialogues

Warren Spector

2:11

Avatar Becomes "I"

Will Wright

0:50

Leave it to the Imagination

Will Wright

1:13

Taking Control of the Character

Josef Fares

0:36

Most Powerful Medium

Richard Garriott

1:24

Coining Term "Avatar"

Richard Garriott

2:07

Overcoming the Perception of Games as a So...

Trip Hawkins

1:37

Real Sense of Place

Brian Allgeier

0:53

The Plus One

Ben Judd

2:13

Sense of Accomplishment

Rob Pardo

0:49

It Depends on the Player

Rob Pardo

1:01

Character Evolution Path

Vander Caballero

0:47

Pong The Perfect Storm

Nolan Bushnell

0:49

Innovation vs. Predictability

Michael Condrey

1:47

Gender Assumptions in Mocap

Matt Boch

4:59

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

Natural Conversations

Chris Avellone

1:22

Details vs. Big Picture

Wright Bagwell

3:27

Communication

Daniel Benmergui

1:36

News Games

Ian Bogost

1:27

Understanding Social Issues

Ian Bogost

1:35

Diverse Spectrum of Games

John Carmack

1:30

Creating a Vocabulary

Jenova Chen & Kellee Santiago

1:13

Ideas are Everywhere

Michael Condrey

1:25

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

No Character Depth

Dan Connors

1:40

Exploring Limits of Love

David Cage

1:14

Playing a Female Character

Toby Gard

2:27

Money and Experimentation

Chris Hecker

0:48

Intention Doesn't Matter

Chris Hecker

0:39

Making Controls Understandable

Matt Boch

1:23

Encouraging Diversity through Education

Tracy Fullerton

2:60

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

I'm Not Going to get Wet

Clint Hocking

1:44

Omniscience

Todd Howard

0:54

Avatars

Rod Humble

1:38

Flipping Perspectives

Rod Humble

2:10

Balance of Difficulty

Raph Koster

1:03

Killing Television

Daniel James

1:9

Constraint drives Innovation

Raph Koster

1:59

Need More Culture

Ken Levine

1:31

Inhabiting a Character

Kiki Wolfkill

1:07

Broadening of Medium

Kiki Wolfkill

2:05

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

Role Playing

Chris Avellone

0:43

Character Design as Expression

Robin Hunicke

3:14

Gaming Encourages Curiosity

Robin Hunicke

1:49

Learning about Yourself through Work

Davey Wreden

2:23

Puzzles Defining the Character

Ron Gilbert

1:10

Comedy is Risky

Ron Gilbert

1:25

Stories Organize Learning

Jill Murray

1:09

Writing from the Character’s Perspective

Jill Murray

1:35

Vision and the Auteur

Ryan Payton

1:14

Innovating in Narrative Design

Ryan Payton

1:18

Evolving Winning and Losing

Ryan Payton

1:12

Endless Innovation

Ryan Payton

0:44

The Risk-Reward of Innovation in AAA Games

Ryan Payton

1:41

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

The Driving Seat of a Different World View

Tadhg Kelly

1:32

Road Rage and Avatars

Tadhg Kelly

0:52

Easter Eggs that Provide Replayability

Anna Kipnis

1:43

Creative Potential of Games

Anna Kipnis

0:51

Being Well-Rounded

Anna Kipnis

1:31

Why Do Developers Make New Fighting Games?

Patrick Miller

2:00

The Sin of an Unbalanced Fighting Game

Patrick Miller

0:38

Investment in a Character Comes from Narra...

Patrick Miller

1:07

Fighting Game Character Personality Quiz

Patrick Miller

2:30

Character Control in a Fighting Game

Patrick Miller

1:24

Go Make a Game

Zoe Quinn

0:56

Limitations of Giving People What They Want

Warren Robinett

0:13

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

Opportunity for Different Types of VR

Bei Yang

2:52

Metaphors of Human Existence

Brianna Wu

1:04

Leading the Way in Character Design Diversity

Brianna Wu

1:27

Lack of Empathy in Gaming Culture

Brianna Wu

1:47

Growing as a Hero

Hideo Kojima

0:44

Social Issues in Games

Hideo Kojima

1:08

Foreign Influences

Hideo Kojima

2:18

Expanding Expression

Hideo Kojima

1:22

Making People Smarter

Frank Lantz

1:41

Most Games are Junk

Frank Lantz

1:47

Escapism

Frank Lantz

1:09

User Generated Stories

Gabriel Leydon

2:11

Emulating Comic Books

Gabriel Leydon

0:46

Not Art Yet

David Littman

1:23

Satisfaction of Learning

Sid Meier

1:00

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

Problem Solving

Amir Rao

1:31

Unsatisfying Endings

Amir Rao

1:41

Photorealism

Jason Rohrer

1:45

Art Games

Jason Rohrer

2:44

Feeling Pride

Tim Schafer

0:32

Gamification

Tim Schafer

1:02

Verbs transform players

Tim Schafer

1:17

Exemplary Games

Jesse Schell

2:23

Consequences

Warren Spector

1:37

Choice and Consequence

Warren Spector

0:57

Player Empowerment

Warren Spector

1:12

What Emotions Do You Value

Joseph Staten

1:03

Creating own Mythology

Will Wright

1:14

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

Less Violence

Susan Wu

1:19

Games as Creative Outlets

Laralyn McWilliams

1:30

Three Ingredients

Trip Hawkins

3:36

Teaching Parents that Games Have Value

Trip Hawkins

1:00

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

Hard to Sell Stories

Richard Garriott

1:24

Hero's Journey

Richard Garriott

1:31

Making Innovative Japanese Games

Keiji Inafune

0:51

Creating Charismatic Characters

Keiji Inafune

0:52

Bored of Perfect Characters

Keiji Inafune

0:47

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

Pac-Man's Motivation

Toru Iwatani

1:08

Learning Power of Games

Trip Hawkins

1:58

Water Cooler Talk

Vince Zampella

0:44

Learning About Loss

Clint Hocking

0:59

Soldiers of the Future

N’Gai Croal

2:29

Over Innovating

Christofer Sundberg

2:50

Origin of Just Cause

Christofer Sundberg

1:33

Successful Innovation Comes from a Need, n...

Leah Hoyer

3:25

Melting Pot of Games Writers

Leah Hoyer

1:54

Importance of Strong Characters

Leah Hoyer

3:29

Importance of a Character's Weaknesses

Leah Hoyer

2:42

A Heightened Version of Reality

Leah Hoyer

1:40

Mascots Maturing with their Audience

Brian Allgeier

1:02

Innovation Comes from Experimentation

Brian Allgeier

0:44

Driven by Emotion Over Technology

Brian Allgeier

0:28

A Character's Purpose

Brian Allgeier

0:57

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

Defying Expectations

Graham Smith

0:48

Columbine Game

Rob Pardo

1:22

Game Brand vs. Auteur

Rob Pardo

1:18

What Is Appealing About Games?

John Hanke

0:33

Building a Game for the Outside World

John Hanke

1:06