Mark Essen, also known as 'messhof' sits down and talks about his short but so far illustrious career as a game designer. From his high school days to his rise as the art world's favorite game developer.

A Conversation with Mark Essen

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Chairman of the Independent Games Festival and former editor of Offworld talks to us about his long, of and on relationship with games, as well as his plans for IGF and beyond.

A Conversation with Brandon Boyer

Producer Jeremy Pope talks about his rise in game industry, working on projects as big as GTA III: Vice City, and as small as the tower defense game, Ninja Town.

A Conversation with Jeremy Pope

Steve Gaynor sits down to talk about making an expansion to the Bioshock franchise, narrative and player agency, and the games he comes back to.

A Conversation with Steve Gaynor

Andy Nealen describes his long path to game development, architecture, physics, Chess, and his award winning game Osmos.

A Conversation with Andy Nealen

Simon Ferrari talks about why he studies games, newsgames, skill, and the joys of Halo

A Conversation with Mark Essen

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