Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming | Lex Fridman Podcast #493
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Jeff Kaplan is a legendary Blizzard lead game designer of World of Warcraft and Overwatch, now preparing to launch a new game, The Legend of California, from his new studio Kintsugiyama - available to wishlist on Steam today, with alpha later in March.
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*OUTLINE:*
0:00 - Episode highlight
1:27 - Introduction
4:07 - Early games: Pac-Man, Zork, Doom, Quake
18:33 - Writing career - 170 rejection letters
34:06 - EverQuest obsession
47:04 - Getting hired at Blizzard
1:02:32 - Lowest point in Jeff's life
1:08:37 - One of Us
1:12:54 - Early Blizzard culture
1:32:36 - Building World of Warcraft
1:50:20 - How WoW changed video games
2:07:42 - Single-player vs Multi-player
2:28:35 - How
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Episode highlight
1:27
Introduction
4:07
Early games: Pac-Man, Zork, Doom, Quake
18:33
Writing career - 170 rejection letters
34:06
EverQuest obsession
47:04
Getting hired at Blizzard
1:02:32
Lowest point in Jeff's life
1:08:37
One of Us
1:12:54
Early Blizzard culture
1:32:36
Building World of Warcraft
1:50:20
How WoW changed video games
2:07:42
Single-player vs Multi-player
2:28:35
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