Empowerment Fantasy

Cliff Bleszinski

0:39

Communication

Daniel Benmergui

1:36

Humor in Games

Rhianna Pratchett

1:41

Our Citizen Kane Moment

Frank O'Connor

2:27

Art Games

Jason Rohrer

2:44

Chemical Reward for Completion

Susan Wu

0:42

Why Nostalgia is Successful

Ben Judd

1:45

Sense of Accomplishment

Rob Pardo

0:49

Innovation vs. Predictability

Michael Condrey

1:47

The Word "Game"

Chris Hecker

0:50

Number Crunchers

Ernest Adams

1:18

Graphics Snob

Stig Asmussen

1:31

Details vs. Big Picture

Wright Bagwell

3:27

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

Purity of 8-bit

Nolan Bushnell

0:56

Not Much Innovation

Toby Gard

2:15

Every Part is Art

Toby Gard

1:40

Wide Range of Emotions

Chris Hecker

1:7

Intention Doesn't Matter

Chris Hecker

0:39

Power Fantasy is Easy

Chris Hecker

1:2

Absence of Closure in Games

Vander Caballero

0:35

Getting More Out of a Game

Vander Caballero

1:00

Limited History of Games Allows for Innova...

Vander Caballero

0:53

Right Medium for my Story

Vander Caballero

1:28

Creating a Frictionless Experience

Brendon Chung

1:20

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

Unique Experiences

Auriea Harvey

1:28

Playing to Understand

Clint Hocking

0:55

Evolving Language

Clint Hocking

1:29

I'm Not Going to get Wet

Clint Hocking

1:44

Character Personalities

Alex Hutchinson

1:19

Killing Television

Daniel James

1:9

Start with Player Experience

Ken Levine

1:14

Art Evokes Emotion

Kiki Wolfkill

1:18

Player Participation

Kiki Wolfkill

1:04

Pervasiveness of Games

Eric Zimmerman

2:02

Games as Pleasure and Desire

Eric Zimmerman

3:32

Character Design as Expression

Robin Hunicke

3:14

Binary Choice Evoking Emotional Response

Davey Wreden

0:27

Putting Your Life into the Work

Davey Wreden

1:58

Phases of Emotion

Davey Wreden

1:17

Comedy is Risky

Ron Gilbert

1:25

Why Am I Playing This Game?

Marie-Eve Vignola

1:51

Vision and Metrics

Don Daglow

2:17

The Proximity to Danger

Patrick Plourde

1:37

Communicating Emotion with Art Style

Patrick Plourde

0:25

Puzzles are a Strange Beast

Noah Falstein

2:33

Procedurally Generated Dialogue

Anna Kipnis

2:07

Creative Potential of Games

Anna Kipnis

0:51

When Tech Support Becomes Emotional Support

Zoe Quinn

1:05

Using Game Mechanics to Describe Depression

Zoe Quinn

0:56

Games Beginning as a Bad Joke

Zoe Quinn

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

Creating Theme Park Experiences

Bei Yang

1:10

Crafting Controlled Experiences

Bei Yang

2:03

Emotional Mechanics of Gameplay

Brianna Wu

1:35

Social Issues in Games

Hideo Kojima

1:08

Foreign Influences

Hideo Kojima

2:18

Most Games are Junk

Frank Lantz

1:47

Games vs. Groups

Gabriel Leydon

2:14

User Generated Stories

Gabriel Leydon

2:11

Making Connections

Gabriel Leydon

4:14

Emulating Comic Books

Gabriel Leydon

0:46

Being the Hero

David Littman

1:23

Not Art Yet

David Littman

1:23

Connecting to the Player

Sid Meier

0:50

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

Unsatisfying Endings

Amir Rao

1:41

Photorealism

Jason Rohrer

1:45

Addiction vs. Engagement

Jason Rohrer

1:13

Feeling Pride

Tim Schafer

0:32

Gamification

Tim Schafer

1:02

Disciplined Writing

Tim Schafer

0:37

Emotions

Jesse Schell

1:30

Fidelity and Emotion

Glen Schofield

1:17

Gamification and Game Play

Harvey Smith

2:42

Intimate Subject Matter

Harvey Smith

2:24

Choice and Consequence

Warren Spector

0:57

Player Empowerment

Warren Spector

1:12

Artists Start Dialogues

Warren Spector

2:11

Failure-Success Loop

Will Wright

1:30

MUDs

Susan Wu

1:28

Bonding Through Adversity

Susan Wu

0:44

Fallen in Love in MMO

Susan Wu

0:32

Living in the World of Autosave

Laralyn McWilliams

1:11

Taking Control of the Character

Josef Fares

0:36

Interactive Storytelling

Josef Fares

0:40

How Do You Value Your Time?

Josef Fares

0:54

Game Director with a Film Background

Josef Fares

0:42

Value of Variability

Steve Gaynor

2:34

Is There One True Path?

Steve Gaynor

1:08

Creating Incentives

Steve Papoutsis

1:50

Creating Fear

Steve Papoutsis

2:14

The End

Jordan Mechner

1:31

Dialogue

Jordan Mechner

0:35

Medium is Message

Denis Dyack

0:30

Aspiring goal

Denis Dyack

0:43

Most Powerful Medium

Richard Garriott

1:24

Personally-inspiring Game

Richard Garriott

2:05

Hard to Sell Stories

Richard Garriott

1:24

Hero's Journey

Richard Garriott

1:31

Presenting Challenges to Solve

Keiji Inafune

0:48

Competing and Winning Against Yourself

Keiji Inafune

0:49

Being Bound to Game Development

Keiji Inafune

0:40

Ultimate Play Tool

Yoshinori Ono

1:10

Player is #1

Yoshinori Ono

1:17

Emotions

Yoshinori Ono

1:16

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

Melting Pot of Games Writers

Leah Hoyer

1:54

Importance of a Character's Weaknesses

Leah Hoyer

2:42

Real Sense of Place

Brian Allgeier

0:53

Driven by Emotion Over Technology

Brian Allgeier

0:28

Creating Tension

Brian Allgeier

1:06

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

The Plus One

Ben Judd

2:13

The Cure for Loneliness

Ben Judd

1:15

Friction Creates the Best Products

Ben Judd

3:14

Good Humor is Unexpected

Graham Smith

1:21

Emotional Response Equals Success

Graham Smith

1:59

Beyond Structure

Graham Smith

0:53

Volunteer to Struggle

Peter Brinson

2:06

Columbine Game

Rob Pardo

1:22

It Depends on the Player

Rob Pardo

1:01

Game Brand vs. Auteur

Rob Pardo

1:18

What Is Appealing About Games?

John Hanke

0:33