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Irrational Behavior 8: Immigrants and Natives

by Jonathan Downin in Games399 days ago

We finally get Chris Remo’s first take on the Irrational Behavior podcast, and it’s as good as ever. This one kicks-off with Ken Levine talking a bit about the beginning of Irrational Games and how the development culture is different from the bigger studio he came from. The focus then moves on to the hiring process at the studio. Chris bypassed the traditional interview hiring method, so he gets a couple of guys in to discuss their interviews, and how they go about finding talent these days. The lessons of game design and the value...

Gamers with Jobs

GWJ Conference Call Episode 217

by Jon Cole in Games428 days ago

With Julian at the helm of this week’s Conference Call and guests Ken Levine and Justin McElroy helping fill out the cast, you’re guarenteed an excellent episode of Gamers with Jobs. Justin jumps in first with his experience playing Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. He seems to agree with the widely held opinion that Brotherhood captures much of the same magic as AC2 while managing to build upon it through more story-related sidequests, complex mechanics, and multiplayer. Julian seems very anxious to talk about Epic Mickey, so Allen...

Gamers with Jobs

GWJ Conference Call Episode 200

by Jon Cole in Games547 days ago

Shawn opens up the 200th show by giving a little bit of overview to the format, namely that the first half will be comprised of an interview with Ken Levine about Project Icarus and the second half will be taken from their live conference call at GenCon. Julian starts the interview off by asking why Irrational would revisit the Bioshock franchise, with Ken’s response that Bioshock Infinite would be almost completely different from Bioshock. He makes it clear that the connections between the two games are almost spiritual, with Julian pointing...

Irrational Interviews

Introducing Irrational Interviews

by Jonathan Downin in Games589 days ago

Shawn Elliott and the Irrational crew are back with a new podcast series. Their other podcast, Irrational Behavior, is a monthly podcast, and this looks to be on a similar release schedule. This podcast will focus on interviews with game development luminaries. The inaugural episode features fellow Boston area developer, Todd Howard from Bethesda Softworks. Shawn, Ken and Todd spend the time talking about their history and approaches to game design. Ken and Todd have shared their game design ideas over the years and that history provides for some...

Irrational Behavior

Irrational Behavior Episode 3: How We Got Here

by Jonathan Downin in Games711 days ago

Episode 3 is a short one, but it is exactly the kind of episode that people like us want to hear. I focuses on the people of Irrational and their respective paths into game development. Get ready for a lot of stories about bad jobs. Hearing so many stories of transitions from game retail to game development shows how much things have changed in the past 10 years. Ken Levine has a strong presence on this one and it is cool to hear his experience. As apposed to previous episodes, this one is strait forward and not overladen with different segmented...

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