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Game|Life Podcast: Why Penn Jillette’s Getting Into Videogames


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At the DICE Summit this week, I got the chance to talk with Penn Jillette, one half of Penn & Teller, and Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, following their keynote presentation. The pair are working together on a new version, with some virtual reality elements, of the classic Desert Bus. Their session at DICE focused on how game developers can use principles of magic in their designs.

 
After a few minutes of conversation, I realized I wanted to share the whole session with everyone. So on this episode of the Game|Life Podcast, it’s the whole interview. To call it “wide-ranging” might undersell it a bit. Here’s some of what you can expect:
 

  • Desert Bus
  • Hillary Clinton
  • Janet Reno
  • Virtual Reality, Shakespeare, and politics
  • The Music Man
  • The time Penn met Notch
  • The Residents
  • Guarding magical secrets
  • The Internet as world-peace engine
  • Fake lottery tickets
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    And more. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did, and thanks to Jillette and Pitchford for joining in.

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