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Jeff Kaplan

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Zork

“Yeah, Zork was fantastic. I think it might be open source now, which I think is fabulous. But I highly recommend Zork.”

Lex Fridman Podcast · 11 Mar 2026

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Blizzard

“It broke me. I think after you’ve been at a place like Blizzard, which I love Blizzard.”

Lex Fridman Podcast · 11 Mar 2026

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Daniel Lanois

“I just… I love Daniel Lanois, so the fact that somehow Rockstar landed him and like, was able to get that song out of him.”

Lex Fridman Podcast · 11 Mar 2026

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I think everybody would have loved to have played it. And there’s a misconception online that all I cared about was PvE and I didn’t care about PvP.

“I think everybody would have loved to have played it. And there’s a misconception online that all I cared about was PvE and I didn’t care about PvP.”
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Jeff Kaplan
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

05 / belief

Then there was Team Fortress Classic that came out with Half-Life 1. And then Team Fortress 2, I think everything about it blew everybody away when it came out in 2007.

“Then there was Team Fortress Classic that came out with Half-Life 1. And then Team Fortress 2, I think everything about it blew everybody away when it came out in 2007.”
Speaker
Jeff Kaplan
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

07 / belief

I had that, like, I think… You know, I’m no expert. I’m a game designer, so, like, as much psychology as I know is how to manipulate people into having fun, hopefully.

“I had that, like, I think… You know, I’m no expert. I’m a game designer, so, like, as much psychology as I know is how to manipulate people into having fun, hopefully.”
Speaker
Jeff Kaplan
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

10 / belief

Do you wanna be a game maker?” And I think we get lost in the trappings of, like a vision of what that role is- … and how to perform as a fake actor in that role.

“Do you wanna be a game maker?” And I think we get lost in the trappings of, like a vision of what that role is- … and how to perform as a fake actor in that role.”
Speaker
Jeff Kaplan
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

11 / belief

Like, okay, we’re gonna design World of Warcraft now. And I’ve said this later with hindsight, I think a huge part of WoW’s success, especially with the early WoW team, Team Two in its earliest formation, was that we didn’t know what we were doing.

“Like, okay, we’re gonna design World of Warcraft now. And I’ve said this later with hindsight, I think a huge part of WoW’s success, especially with the early WoW team, Team Two in its earliest formation, was that we didn’t know what we were doing.”
Speaker
Jeff Kaplan
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

12 / belief

I think, like, my reflections on it many years later, and having gone through, like, pretty crazy levels of crunch to more controlled, I think where crunch is problematic and people are good to be vocal about being opposed to it, is when it’s forced and unnecessary.

“I think, like, my reflections on it many years later, and having gone through, like, pretty crazy levels of crunch to more controlled, I think where crunch is problematic and people are good to be vocal about being opposed to it, is when it’s forced and unnecessary.”
Speaker
Jeff Kaplan
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast
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