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Jamie Cheng chats with Robin Hunicke to discuss growing up in Hong Kong and moving to Canada to create games; founding Klei and releasing their first title; the ups and downs of being an independent developer; moving towards self publishing; retooling a game after premiering it to an audience; and designing difficult and deep gameplay experiences. Jamie is best known as the CEO of Klei Entertainment, makers of Don't Starve, Oxygen Not Included, Invisible Inc., Shank, Hot Lava, Mark of the Ninja, and Griftlands which is currently available in Early Access.  Are you a fan of the show? We need your help! Please take a moment to fill out this >>quick listener survey.

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Game Designer Arvi Teikari joins Robin Hunicke to discuss learning how to create games, finding helpful online communities, participating in Game Jams, the challenge of designing puzzle games, how game difficulty can affect audience response, the success of Baba is You, and what's next.

Arvi is best known for creating Baba is You and Environmental Station Alpha.

Composer Olivier Deriviere chats with Austin Wintory to discuss the complexity of interactive music systems in games, the radical evolution of tools available to composers, and working together with game directors and audio directors to give games an authentic feel. 

Olivier is best known for being the composer behind Remember Me, A Plague Tale, Alone in the Dark, the recently released Streets of Rage 4, and the upcoming Dying Light 2.

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Remedy Entertainment’s Mikael Kasurinen joins Ted to discuss his studio's approach to handling the current pandemic, his game design philosophy, creating and nurturing an overarching vision, taking risks on key design choices, and how Remedy has evolved from working on a single project to multiple productions at once.

Kasurinen is best known for being the Game Director behind Remedy Entertainment’s Control and Quantum Break as well as the lead designer for Battlefield 4 and Alan Wake.

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Robin Walker joins host Ted Price to discuss bringing back the Half-Life series with Half-Life: Alyx, the importance of audio in games and especially VR, and how Valve culture and COVID-19 have affected work on Alyx and future projects.

Walker is best known for being a Valve game designer working on the recently released Half-Life: Alyx, Half-Life 2, the Team Fortress franchise, and Dota 2.

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Marty O’Donnell joins Austin Wintory on the Game Maker’s Notebook to discuss his early career before video games, his pioneering work as an Audio Director, and his collaboration with Sir Paul McCartney.

O’Donnell is a composer, audio director, and a Co-Founder of Highwire Games. He is best known for his work on Halo series, Destiny, Myth, and the debut title by Highwire Games, Golem.

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Emily Greer sits down with Robin Hunicke during D.I.C.E. Summit to discuss her new start up Double Loop Games, her experience co-founding Kongregate, her understanding of how people purchase and how they play, and how to develop marketplaces that benefit both developers and players.

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Fresh off his #DICE2020 keynote, Tim Sweeney joins Ted on the show to discuss the idea of an “open metaverse” for players, where we are in recreating digital humans across games and film, how Epic Games makes key decisions and their studio culture, and the importance of awareness regarding digital privacy.

Tim Sweeney is the CEO and Founder of Epic Games and is best known for creating the Unreal Engine.

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Ted and Phil Spencer discuss the importance of being accessible to fans, what lies ahead for Xbox and Project xCloud, thoughts on monetization, the importance of sharing with outside hardware and software developers, and the steps Microsoft has taken to help gamers with disabilities.

Spencer is the executive VP of Gaming at Microsoft and head of the Xbox brand, leading the global creative and engineering teams.

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Stig Asmussen sits down with Ted Price to talk about his journey from drawing art to game development, owning failures while sharing successes with the team, sharing their mutual experiences working on existing IP, and discussing what it's like being a part of Star Wars canon.

Asmussen is a Game Director at Respawn Entertainment. He is known for his work on Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and the God of War series.

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