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Portal
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We believe in a fairer distribution of value: for builders, partners, and players. Portal is here to catapult game projects into proven flywheels.



Here's my conversation with Jeff Kaplan, a legendary Blizzard game designer of World of Warcraft and Overwatch, which are two of the biggest, most influential games ever made. Jeff is one of the most genuine & awesome human beings I've ever met: kind, thoughtful, hilarious, and still & forever a gamer through and through. This was a truly fun & inspiring conversation. We talk about it all: the lows, the highs, the memes, the details of the game design process, and the new game he's been secretely working on: The Legend of California. I got a chance to play the game with Jeff, and it's incredibly beautiful (and fun). You can wishlist it on Steam now. I can't wait to play it with all of you! Conversation is here on X in full and is up everywhere else (see comment). Timestamps: 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 Blizzard made great video games 2:54:25 - Online toxicity 3:01:59 - Why Titan failed 3:19:09 - Overwatch in six weeks 3:46:07 - Best Overwatch heroes 3:54:37 - The challenge of matchmaking 3:58:01 - Rust 4:08:22 - Why Jeff left Blizzard 4:30:35 - Diablo IV 4:32:03 - Getting back to making video games 4:40:59 - The Legend of California 4:54:44 - Greatest video game of all time 5:02:51 - AI and future of video games






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Catch up with the latest developments at Animoca Brands by tuning in to this conversation between @ysiu and @jack_gk. Explore how we've adapted over the years and learn why some pivots have been instrumental. One thing hasn't changed: We believe that digital property rights is a basic human right that everyone should have. It is also even more important now than ever with the drive towards an AI-dominated economy.


"30 to 50 billion agents are coming." @AnimocaBrands Chairman @ysiu says blockchain is where AI agents will live — not Facebook or Google. He runs 40+ agents himself. w/@_dsencil

For the first time in years, there are no blockchain gaming talks at GDC pcgamer.com/gaming-industr…












