Video editor. I make videos about video games. Contact: [email protected]
Joined January 2015
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I don't really use Twitter much anymore and now more people I follow seem to be using /the other place/ I think that's going to be where I'm more likely to be found in future sharing my thoughts on games I've played and videos I've made.
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Someone hand me an axe
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It's been a long time since I've enjoyed playing a game as much as I've enjoyed playing Satisfactory. If the rest of it is as good as the first 20 hours, it's going to be up there with my all time favourites, I think.
Playing through Elden Ring again after over two years to prepare for the DLC, dang that game is so good. Also... I'm ready!
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My full interview with @CohhCarnage, entrepreneur, former DJ, game dev, investor, and streaming pioneer.
Watch now: youtu.be/uHMPWGZdI8I
I have fond memories of making silly little films in the game The Movies back in the day, so I'm excited to present my first export from @BlockbusterIncc, The Final Vampire:
I plan to make more interesting and complex pieces as we venture out of the 1920s😆the game is a lot of fun and has a lot of potential but also has *a lot* of bugs so is kinda hard to recommend at the moment. I hope the developers keep updating it though, it could be really good!
This video is honestly fascinating, about the founding and running of Blizzard, if you're at all interested in the history of video games I highly recommend giving it a watch/listen!
My full interview with Allen Adham, Co-Founder of @Blizzard_Ent, game developer, and industry pioneer.
0:00 - Intro
1:20 - "I wanted to be a chocolate maker"
2:23 - A son of immigrant entrepreneurs
4:10 - Mentorship: Brian Fargo (Interplay/Fallout)
5:40 - The Crazy Story of Meeting Mike Morhaime
7:00 - The Inception of Blizzard
8:30 - What motivated Allen to start a company
9:50 - Blizzard’s Game Dev Philosophy
12:15 - IP Development "Common Folklore"
15:24 - Hiring: The Most Important Question
21:11 - Finding creative inspiration?
24:44 - The Game of Finance
26:35 - "My biggest mistake in life"
28:53 - How did you go back to Blizzard?
30:42 - What were the biggest changes?
33:29 - Leaving Blizzard (again) + The Future
36:11 - Advice for Gaming Founders
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Allen Adham is one of Blizzard's original co-founders. He was part of the insane run between 1991 and 2004 helping produce Warcraft I/II, Diablo, Starcraft, and WoW.
I'm insanely grateful that I got to spend an hour with him to listen and share back with you all the lessons he learned in creating legendary IP, building studios from 0-100+ people, and his game design philosophies.
My mind was blown hearing that Blizzard started with $22,000 (half from his college fund and half Mike Morhaime borrowed from his GRANDMA!).
With this series I wanted to produce interviews to spotlight the creatives behind the games we love. Less about the specific games they produced and more around who they are as people.
Full Episode dropping Monday!
Finally got around to playing through Return of the Obra Dinn at last, what an incredible feat of game design and super fun concept! Loved it and would love to see more!
9 years ago I made a video taking a look at sci-fi base jumping game AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! For The Awesome.
The follow up, Remastered, launched last week so I thought I'd take a quick look at this new one:
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