other / recommends
Zork
“Yeah, Zork was fantastic. I think it might be open source now, which I think is fabulous. But I highly recommend Zork.”
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Jeff Kaplan
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Blizzard
“It broke me. I think after you’ve been at a place like Blizzard, which I love Blizzard.”
other / likes
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.”
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What Jeff said.
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01 / evaluation
The other thing that was important is the Blizzard engineering, which you have to architect your game to be hotfixable.
“The other thing that was important is the Blizzard engineering, which you have to architect your game to be hotfixable.”
- Speaker
- Jeff Kaplan
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
02 / evaluation
When you’re a young person in your late teens or early 20s, there’s so much pressure on you. And I really think adults don’t help.
“When you’re a young person in your late teens or early 20s, there’s so much pressure on you. And I really think adults don’t help.”
- Speaker
- Jeff Kaplan
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
03 / evaluation
I was actually sitting, my desk faced Morhaime’s office, and I watched them all go in and quit, and they were the group that formed Carbine… which made the game WildStar.
“I was actually sitting, my desk faced Morhaime’s office, and I watched them all go in and quit, and they were the group that formed Carbine… which made the game WildStar.”
- Speaker
- Jeff Kaplan
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
04 / evaluation
We had a medal system, but the medal system was, in my opinion, it was not good because the losing team got medals and the winning team got medals.
“We had a medal system, but the medal system was, in my opinion, it was not good because the losing team got medals and the winning team got medals.”
- Speaker
- Jeff Kaplan
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
05 / evaluation
I think maybe the first team member was a guy named John LaFleur, who was just a stellar game programmer, and the engine which ultimately failed for Titan ended up becoming the engine for Overwatch, which is a great success story for him.
“I think maybe the first team member was a guy named John LaFleur, who was just a stellar game programmer, and the engine which ultimately failed for Titan ended up becoming the engine for Overwatch, which is a great success story for him.”
- Speaker
- Jeff Kaplan
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
06 / evaluation
I feel bad because I played a role in the earliest development of some of that online culture.
“I feel bad because I played a role in the earliest development of some of that online culture.”
- Speaker
- Jeff Kaplan
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast