Today on The Examined Game, I'm talking with Mark Darrah, who spent over two decades at BioWare. Mark was part of the studio's early days as it took a huge risk on the original Baldur's Gate. He then helped shepherd the studio through a series of hits, including Knights of…
Richard Lemarchand — co-lead game designer on the Uncharted trilogy at Naughty Dog explains the huge amount of pressure he and the team were under to make a stand out follow up to the original Uncharted game, and the unconventional approach they took to pulling it off. Richard is a…
Today on The Examined Game, I’m talking with Cole Medeiros, who was tasked with working alongside ConcernedApe (Eric Barone), the creator of Stardew Valley, to turn one of the most beloved video games of all time into a board game. We talk about the ups and downs, challenges and pressure…
Today on The Examined Game, I’m talking with Cole Medeiros, who was tasked with working alongside ConcernedApe (Eric Barone), the creator of Stardew Valley, to turn one of the most beloved video games of all time into a board game. We talk about the ups and downs, challenges and pressure…
I spent the last six months interrogating the world's greatest video game developers under the name The Examined Game. Join me today to hear more about my journey. Support us on Patreon Now: https://www.patreon.com/c/TheExaminedGame Featuring Josh Sawyer (Fallout: New Vegas), Doug Cockle (The Witcher), Edmund McMillen (The Binding of Isaac),…
Edmund McMillen has a long history of both satisfying and frustrating his fans, usually for the same reason: he makes insanely moreish video games that people can't get enough of. And with that comes a lot of opinions. So today, I'm talking with Edmund McMillen about The Binding of Isaac,…
Full Interview Here: https://youtu.be/LcfHl22lwyM?si=okMgegxU5MNrgJ7A Nothing determines the path a child will take better than a parent showing love and support for their kids interest. In the case of Stephen Kick Studio Head and founder of @Nightdivestudios , he developed a passion for gaming at an early age when his Dad…
Doug Cockle, the voice of Geralt from The Witcher video games, believes that underneath Geralt’s cold exterior is a man who feels things deeply. So today I’m talking to Doug to discuss the beating heart beneath one of video games’ greatest protagonists: how Doug came to find Geralt’s voice, what…
Today I'm talking with Nate Purkeypile, the former Bethesda artist behind some of the studio's most iconic environments. Nate is a 22 year game industry veteran who worked on Fallout 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4, Fallout 76 and Starfield during his time at Bethesda Game Studios. He was Lead Artist on…
Today I'm talking with Nate Purkeypile, the former Bethesda artist behind some of the studio's most iconic environments. Nate is a 22 year game industry veteran who worked on Fallout 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4, Fallout 76 and Starfield during his time at Bethesda Game Studios. He was Lead Artist on…
Today I'm talking with Nate Purkeypile, the former Bethesda artist behind some of the studio's most iconic environments. Nate is a 22 year game industry veteran who worked on Fallout 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4, Fallout 76 and Starfield during his time at Bethesda Game Studios. He was Lead Artist on…
FULL INTERVIEW: https://youtu.be/Cbw8iy9o3qY?si=zihumtmJraWnhofV Today I'm talking with Nate Purkeypile, the former Bethesda artist behind some of the studio's most iconic environments. We talk about his dream location for a Fallout game and his excitement for the Fallout 3 remaster, how it will allow players to experience his environments how he…
Today I'm talking with Nate Purkeypile, the Bethesda artist behind some of the studio's most iconic environments. Nate is a 22 year game industry veteran who worked on Fallout 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4, Fallout 76 and Starfield during his time at Bethesda Game Studios. He was Lead Artist on Fallout…
Today I’m talking with Nate Purkeypile, the Bethesda artist behind Fallout 4’s Diamond City, for a guided tour of one of the game’s most iconic locations. Nate is a 22+ year game industry veteran who worked on Fallout 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4, Fallout 76 and Starfield during his time at…
Full Interview Here: https://youtu.be/LcfHl22lwyM?si=okMgegxU5MNrgJ7A Nothing determines the path a child will take better than a parent showing love and support for their kids interest. In the case of Stephen Kick Studio Head and founder of @Nightdivestudios , he developed a passion for gaming at an early age when his Dad…
This is a story about the haphazard way in which Vavle went about creating one of video gaming's greatest villains of all time, GLaDOS. I spoke with Portal writer Erik Wolpaw about the inspiration for Portal's super villain GLaDOS and how they went about implementing her into a game that…
This is a story about the haphazard way in which Vavle went about creating one of video gaming's greatest villains of all time, GLaDOS. I spoke with Portal writer Erik Wolpaw about the inspiration for Portal's super villain GLaDOS and how they went about implementing her into a game that…
Today on The Examined Game I am speaking with Stephen Kick, Studio Head at @NightdiveStudios. Stephen is responsible for some of the greatest video game remasters, remakes and re-releases of the last decade, including System Shock, System Shock 2, The Thing: Remastered, Turok, Quake, DOOM + DOOM II, STAR WARS:…
Today I'm speaking with actor Doug Cockle. Doug is best known as the voice of Geralt in The Witcher series, but has also voiced Bhaal in Baldur's Gate 3, Victor Vran in Victor Vran, and the Narrator in Tails of Iron. This is Part One of a two-part interview: https://youtu.be/mEoLn1hX2n8…
Today we are talking about the number of Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA VI) fans who have died waiting for GTA VI to be released. It has been a 13 year wait for GTA VI, and in that time many fans of the series will have died. In this video,…
