Dev Diary

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Dev Diary episodes

  • 2019 Reflections And An Eye to 2020

    A brief reflection on Dev Diary's first calendar year and an eye to 2020.

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    4 min
  • Episode 28: Rich Lambert (The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, The Elder Scrolls Online)

    Working on one of the biggest IPs in gaming, Rich Lambert has been intimately involved with The Elder Scrolls franchise for quite some time. He joins Paul for the latest entry of Dev Diary to talk about his QA beginnings and how it eventually lead to a little title called The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and eventually The Elder Scrolls Online!

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    22 min
  • Episode 27: Victoria Dollbaum (Destiny, Destiny 2, WildStar)

    First cutting her teeth in QA, Victoria Dollbaum's passion for MMOs took her into a variety of community-based roles on some of the biggest games around. Finally, though, she got an opportunity in development herself, with Wildstar and the Destiny IP being the big names. Victoria joins Paul to talk through her developing career in this new entry of Dev Diary

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    28 min
  • Episode 26: John Mamais (Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Neverwinter Nights)

    Working on some of the biggest IP in gaming, you'd think gaming was always in the lifeblood of John Mamais, but in fact his journey into the gaming industry began from a pathway into film. John currently serves as Studio Head of CD Projekt Red's Krakow studio but he joins Paul to talk about everything that came before that in the latest entry of Dev Diary.

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    23 min
  • Episode 25: Nathan Rose (Minecraft Dungeons, Scalebound, Super Lucky's Tale, Sunset Overdrive)

    From humble beginnings in the industry, Nathan Rose has been involved with some of the most prominent publishing arms in the games development scene, working with Disney, Midway and EA before ultimately finding his way to Xbox as Senior Project Manager. He talks about that role, the ebbs and flows of development, what happened to Scalebound, and a whole lot more in this new episode of Dev Diary from the halls of PAX Australia 2019!

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    27 min
  • Episode 24: Jack Attridge (Erica, Curiosity, NeverDead)

    Jack Attridge has had the bug for making games since he first played Metal Gear Solid, and from that point there was no going back. He's also not afraid to try new things in the gaming space, and in fact relishes the challenge. He joins Paul for a new Dev Diary where he talks about meeting his heroes, starting up a new studio, integrating mobile into console experiences and what's next for him and FlavourWorks.

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    1 hr 4 min
  • Episode 23: Brooke Maggs (Control, Florence, Paperbark, The Gardens Between)

    It seems as though Brooke Maggs' entire life has been surrounded by Remedy titles and now she's suddenly working there! Brooke joins Paul in this latest Dev Diary episode to talk about her time in the local gaming scene working on Florence, The Gardens Between and Paperbark as well as her narrative design studies before the international transition to Remedy to work on Control.

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    1 hr 13 min
  • Episode 22: Andrea Pessino (The Order 1886, Warcraft III, Daxter, God of War)

    A musical prodigy from a young age, to many it always looked like Andrea Pessino was headed towards the music scene until the lure of the gaming industry pulled him away. How do you manage to juggle both passions and be a major part of some of the most prolific studios we've ever seen? Paul explores all of that along with stories from development behind the likes of Warcraft III, Starcraft II, Daxter, God of War, The Order 1886, Deformers and Lone Echo and the formation of Ready at Dawn with one of the studios co-founders in Andrea.

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    2 hr 10 min
  • Episode 21: Julian Wilton (The Adventure Pals)

    Inspired by the artistry of Newgrounds, Julian Wilton has built the foundations of his game development career on tweaks and changes made to other peoples games. Now it's his turn with his work at Massive Monster. He joins Paul for this new entry of Dev Diary where he shares his journey so far, and a little insight into what might come next.

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    49 min
  • Episode 20: Davide Soliani (Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle)

    Davide Soliani might only be a familiar name to you thanks to his iconic E3 2017 appearance, but in fact he's been refining his craft at Ubisoft for quite some time. Join him, and Paul in this new Dev Diary entry where the pair discuss Davide's journey through the gaming industry so far and of course where it peaked with Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle

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    where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces and shows such as Patched, The Insider and Gamer School

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    44 min

About Dev Diary

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Dev Diary is the interview series where the host, Paul James, sits down with some of the brightest minds in the gaming industry and goes through their history, the highs, the lows and everywhere in…