Internet Archive - Collection: game_interviews

Will Wright - WillTV Interview - from SimCity 2000 Special Edition

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:34:59 GMT

Will Wright answers questions explaining the Sims philosophy and design, from the SimCity 2000 Special Edition version of the game, accessible through it's "WillTV" interface. Questions asked in the 4 parts are: Future Sims - "What is your vision for the future of Sim games?" (Question: MPEG4, SMK, ....

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Chris Lewis - Xbox 360 European Interview (October 2006)

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:24:39 GMT

Kikizo interviews Chris Lewis, Vice President, Home Entertainment, Microsoft EMEA (EMEA is Europe as well as Middle East and Africa, hence EMEA or "emmear"). This was done shortly after the X06 (Microsoft's game announcement event now discontinued), nearly a year after the Xbox 360's launch....

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Tetsuya Mizuguchi and Sangyoun Lee - Ninety-Nine Nights Interview (December 2005)

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:23:36 GMT

Kikizo interviews Tetsuya Mizuguchi of Q Entertainment, and Phantagram CEO Sangyoun Lee about Ninety-Nine Nights in December 2005. The interview of course centres on the Xbox 360 exclusive Ninety-Nine Nights, being made for the Xbox 360 (and later released in April 2006 in Japan, and later in other ....

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Kaz Hirai - Playstation 3 Interview (October 2006)

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:27:31 GMT

Kikizo interviews Kaz Hirai, then Vice President of Sony's Corporate Executive, in October 2006. The interview was done in the 'PlayStation Lounge', a luxury dining suite near the top of SCEI's global headquarters building....

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Katsuya Eguchi - Nintendo Wii Interview (June 2006)

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:10:46 GMT

Kikizo interviews Katsuya Eguichi, the Manager and Producer of Software Development Group No. 2 at EAD in Nintendo's Kyoto-based headquarters. The focus is the Nintendo Wii, which was released November 2006....

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Ed Fries - From Excel to Xbox 360 Interview (July 2005)

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:08:08 GMT

Kikizo interviews Ed Fries, who left Microsoft's Game division in 2004 (and was previously Vice President of Game Publishing), in an interview titled "From Excel to Xbox 360" in July 2005. Includes a tons of questions on his past gaming experience at Microsoft - the Xbox 360, Rare, Perfect Dark: Zer....

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Scott Henson - Xbox 360 Interview (March 2006)

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:11:17 GMT

Kikizo interviews the then-Director of Microsoft's Game Technology Group, Scott Henson, in March 2006. Covers mainly the Xbox 360 (launched in December 2005), including the HD-DVD addon, as well as XNA....

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Robbie Bach - Xbox 360 Interview (June 2005)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:57:50 GMT

Kikizo interviews Robbie Bach, Chief Xbox Officer at Microsoft at the time, in June 2005 (half a year before the Xbox 360 launch). Questions are generally all about the Xbox 360 and Microsoft's plans, strategy and desires....

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Peter Moore - Xbox 360 Interview (October 2006)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:17:20 GMT

Kikizo interviews Peter Moore, then VP of Gaming at Microsoft, in October 2006 (between the Tokyo Game Show 2006 (TGS) and X06 (Microsoft's gaming event)). The questions centre a lot around the Xbox 360, although also mentioned are games for Windows, the Japanese market and some other related items ....

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Peter Moore - Xbox 360 Interview (May 2006)

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:08:04 GMT

Kikizo interviews Peter Moore, then Microsoft VP of Gaming, in May 2006. Included are a lot of questions about the Xbox 360 (released late 2005, so still in it's first year), about Microsoft and E3, about the main competitor to the 360 the Playstation 3 (as yet unreleased), and some of his previous ....

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Swordfish Studios' Julian Widdows Interview (Cold Winter)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:19:53 GMT

Kikizo interviews Julian Widdows of Swordfish Studios, about a variety of topics including their game Cold Winter, development and production of games, and on being an independent studio. Interesting since it was done before Swordfish Studios was acquired by Vivendi Games, and includes questions abo....

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Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, Koji Kondo and Hideki Konno Interview (Zelda: Twilight Princess, Mario Cart DS, Nintendogs) (Summer 2005)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:35:07 GMT

Kikizo has a pseudo-interview with Shigeru Miyamoto ("Nintendo god"), Eiji Aonuma (Zelda producer), Koji Kondo (Producer) and Hideki Konno (Sound producer and composer) all of Nintendo. The games discussed include Zelda: Twilight Princess, Mario Kart DS, Nintendogs and some history....

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J Allard Interview (Xbox 360)

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:45:45 GMT

An interview with J Allard (legally James Allard, who is Corporate Vice-President at Microsoft) done in Summer 2005 - after the Xbox 360 was announced, but before it was released in November 2005. Thanks to Kikizo for the source....

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Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido Interview (Wanda and Colossus / Ico 2 / Shadow of the Colossus)

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:02:55 GMT

An interview with Product Manager Fumito Ueda and Producer Kenji Kaido of Team Ico about the game known at the time as "Wanda and Colossus" from initial Japanese translation, or "Ico 2" since the team had released Ico in 2001....

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Peter Molyneux Interview (August 2004)

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:52:49 GMT

Kikizo interviews Peter Molyneux in a 30 minute video about his then-upcoming projects The Movies, Black and White 2 and the top secret project Dimitri. Also has discussions on censorship, the next generation of consoles, development and complex/simple games....

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Matt Cavanagh Interview (Project Gotham Racing 2)

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:53:15 GMT

Bizarre Creations' Matt Cavanagh is interviewed by Kikizo in October 2003, about the game Project Gotham Racing 2, unreleased at the time. A lot of questions about the game, it's multiplayer (on the original Xbox consoles Xbox Live) and finally what is next for Bizarre....

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Ghost Recon 2 Interview Xbox vs. PS2 (Richard Dansky)

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:32:44 GMT

A promotional interview with Richard Dansky of Red Storm Entertainment from September 2004, detailing the differences between the Xbox and PS2 versions of Ghost Recon 2. [Thanks to Fileshack for the video source].

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Prince of Persia 2 Combat Interview (Jean-Christophe Guyot)

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:02:32 GMT

A promotional interview with Jean-Christophe Guyot from August 2004, on the combat in Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (In development titled Prince of Persia 2, and being a sequel to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time)....

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DOOM 3 G4 Movie

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:07:03 GMT

This DOOM 3 movie, which debuted on G4TechTV (and put on Fileshack July 17th 2004), runs for nearly three minutes showing ingame- and interview footage. Some of the interview footage is from the "History of Doom 3" piece....

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Doom 3 G4 History of Doom

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:37:14 GMT

This DOOM 3 movie, which debuted on G4TechTV (and put on Fileshack on July 23rd, 2004, while Doom 3 was released August 2004 in America), offers a whole bunch of gameplay footage and interviews with the people at id Software about development of the game....

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Prince of Persia 2 Art Direction Movie (Mikael Labat)

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:34:56 GMT

A video interview with Mikael Labat (Artistic Director, Prince of Persia 2), voiced over by a translator, and intercut with Prince of Persia 2 artwork and gameplay footage. He details the artwork of the game, and the artistic design decisions in the game....

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Halo 2 Making Of Video

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:33:52 GMT

A Making of Halo 2 video, from December 2003 (the game was released November 2004), which details the design (including art design), story and gameplay of Halo 2 and details of the work going into it, and how the project started and what features are in the game....

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Ultima X: Odyssey Making Of Video

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:09:07 GMT

A "making of" video for Ultima X: Odyssey (by Origin Systems). The video was released September 26th 2003, notably important due to the game being cancelled, and Origin being disbanded by EA in Feburary 2004, and is thus an interesting look at the last game the company ever worked on, and what they ....

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Nokia N-Gage Monkeystone Interviews and Footage

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:37:20 GMT

A set of 4 promotional videos released on Feburary 5th, 2003. The main content is the Monkeystone interviews, and technical specifications of the N-Gage phones. Notably important since Monkeystone lost all the people in the interview Mid-2003 (when Stevie Case left) and October-2003 (when Tom Hall a....

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Everquest 2 Movie (John Blakely, Stuart Compton)

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:38:00 GMT

A 7 minute movie about Everquest 2 involving 2 interviews, and a lot of in-game footage. Fileshack reports this file is from Nov 20, 2002, 2 years before the game was released in November 2004. John Blakely (Senior Producer) describes the games level of detail and experience, and does comparisons wi....

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John Carmack QuakeCon 2002 Interview

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:25:59 GMT

A lengthy interview with John Carmack, Technical Director and co-founder of Id Software. The interview is centred on Doom 3, and split into 4 parts (although can be viewed as a continuous video since they follow straight on from each other)....

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Todd Hollenshead Interview (QuakeCon 2002)

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:15:26 GMT

Interview with Todd Hollenshead, CEO of Id Software, about QuakeCon 2002, and the showcased games Doom 3, and Return to Castle Wolfenstein on consoles. Includes gameplay, design and technical details of Doom 3, and how RTCW was progressing to put on consoles....

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The BGB Wire: Episode 3: Harmonix Hi-Jinx (3/3)

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:53:58 GMT

It’s the third and final part of our interview with Daniel and Helen from Harmonix, discussing things like music games in general, the best songs in Guitar Hero II and who really is the best at the company? BGB Wire is British Gaming Blog's on-camera interviews and reports..

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The BGB Wire: Episode 2: Harmonix Hi-Jinx (2/3)

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:33:13 GMT

We’re still in the balcony in Camden for our fantastic 3 part Guitar Hero II interview! Find out who the rocker chick really is (sorry, the wrong image pops up and Judy Nails is shown on screen) and we talk about the next gen consoles, the history of the game and a little bit more....

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The BGB Wire: Episode 1: Harmonix Hi-Jinx (1/3)

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:28:45 GMT

In the cold night in Camden Lock, Jonathan is on a very high up balcony with Helen and Daniel from Harmonix, the developers of the musical game Guitar Hero! In part one of three of this exclusive interview they talk about BAFTAs, amount of songs and how they are chosen and licensing....

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QuakeCon 2002 Doom 3 Interview

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:36:22 GMT

Sam Parker interviews Todd Hollenshead (CEO, Id Software), Christian Antkow (Designer, Id Software), about Doom 3. Includes early information about the game (gameplay, story, sound, lighting, multiplayer), concept designs, and some in-game test footage....

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CliffyB Video Interview on UT 2003

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:44:16 GMT

Shacknews video interview with Cliff Bleszinski, Lead Designer of Epic Games, released July 8th, 2002. Covers Unreal Tournament 2003 game features and differences to the original Unreal Tournament, and some reasons for some of the features....

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Dungeon Siege: Behind The Scenes Movie

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:07:40 GMT

A brief "behind the scenes" of Dungeon Siege, released in 2002 as promotional material. Interviews with some of the production team: Level Designer Sarah Boulian, Producer Jake McMahon, and Project Leader Chris Taylor....

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Kunoichi / Nightshade Interview

Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:16:22 GMT

Interview with Masahiro Kumono of SEGA WOW Inc., about Kunoichi (Japanese release name, roughly: "Female Ninja") / Nightshade (English release name), from October 2003. Questions are all about the game, and its design....

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Kaz Yamauchi Interview

Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:11:43 GMT

Interview with Kazunori Yamauchi (President, Polyphony Digital) from June 2003. The questions are about the Gran Turismo series (which he produces) and Gran Turismo 4 especially, including how the series was started and influences, damage of cars, online specifics, real-world applications of the gam....

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Jason Rubin Interview

Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:09:25 GMT

June 2003 interview with Jason Rubin, then President of Naughty Dog (from 2001 onwards a subsidiary of Sony), which he then later left in 2004. The time of the interview was before the Jak II release date....

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Ilkka Raiskinen Interview (N-gage)

Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:05:42 GMT

June 2003 interview with Ilkka Raiskinen, Senior VP of Entertainment for Nokia. Platform discussed is generally the N-Gage (Released October 2003) and Nokia, since it was announced very close to the interview time....

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Fable Video Interview

Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:50:41 GMT

Fable: The Big Feature. A 40 minute interview and look at Fable with different people from Lionhead and Big Blue Box, from August 2004. Fable was released September 2004. This piece solely centres on Fable, and includes major questions on gameplay, design, how the teams were working on it, the story....

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Shigeru Miyamoto Interview

Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:38:24 GMT

October 2002 Interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, game footage includes Zelda: The Wind Walker, Metroid Prime and Animal Crossing. Questions asked about if his family and children influences his design, about how now he oversees games and if that takes away from the more hands on role he had previously....

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Rare Interview (Microsoft Aquisition)

Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:33:01 GMT

A September 2002 interview with the brothers Tim Stamper (Creative Director) and Chris Stamper (Director) of Rare (then: Rareware Ltd.), and Ed Fries of Microsoft, about the acquisition of Rare by Microsoft....

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Tetsuya Mizuguchi Interview

Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:21:43 GMT

In this lengthy interview from April 2004, Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Founder, Q Entertainment, formerly President, Sega UGA) answers a wide range of questions, and covers quite a bit of ground, such as his unique catalogue of games (which includes Rez and Sega Rally), the future of technology and how it wi....

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Sudeki Video Interview (with Thomas Pirenen)

Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:17:56 GMT

An interview with Thomas Pirenen (of Climax Studios) the lead designer of Sudeki, described at the start of the video as the first RPG for the Xbox. Includes various production details, concept art and in game footage set to music....

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Satoru Iwata Interview

Sun, 29 Aug 2004 16:53:53 GMT

Interview with Satoru Iwata president of Nintendo Co. Ltd. from May 2004 (likely done at E3). In-game footage centres around a The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess game (annouced at the show), and the hardware the Nintendo DS (of which there are prototype shots included in the interview)....

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Yuji Naka Interview

Sun, 29 Aug 2004 13:58:52 GMT

Interview with Yuji Naka, President of the Sonic Team, from June 2003. He speaks about Sonic Heroes, Billy Hatcher, racing games, Sony PSP and Nokia's N-Gage (Footage from most of these are shown throughout), as well as general topics about himself....

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