Video Game Master Class

24 Sep 2008

In the Fall semester of 2007, veteran video-game executive Warren Spector coordinated a master class on video game design that featured in-class appearances by many luminaries of the video-game business.

You can access video of the sessions by clicking below.

• Harvey Smith (Creative Director, Midway Austin) shares his experience as a designer on games such as Wing Commander 3DO, System Shock, Deux X, and Black Site: Area 51. 270MB Note: the sound is very low for the first few minutes.
• Mike Morhaime (President, Blizzard) discusses his role working on hits like Diablo 2 and World of Warcraft. 258MB
• Tim Willits (Lead Designer, id Software) shares his experiences as a designer on games such as Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3 Arena, Doom 3, and Rage. 243MB
• Paul Weaver (Director of Development, Junction Point Studios) describes his career path from QA tester to producer of games including Crazy Taxi, Summer Heat Beach Volleyball, and Deus Ex: Invisible War. 45MB
• Gordon Walton (Co-Studio Director, Bioware Austin) worked as a software developer on The Sims Online, Star Wars Galaxies, and a variety of simulation games and discusses multi-player online games. 280MB
• Richard Garriott (Executive Producer, NCSoft) was the original developer of Ultima and its sequels. He discusses his lived history of the electronic gaming industry. 293MB
• Richard Hilleman (Electronic Arts) 281MB talks about his internal training program at Electronic Arts and how to succeed in the industry.
• Warren Spector led the class and shares his own experiences working at Origin and Ion Storm. 214MB

Richard Garriott at Video Game Master Class