The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook

Chris Charla chats with Director of Development for Double Fine Productions, Kevin Johnson. Together they discuss his intriguing journey within and outside of the games industry; teaching students th…

Ted Price chats with Sam Lake, the Creative Director behind Remedy's recent release, Alan Wake II. Together they discuss crafting the world of the Alan Wake; what they learned from their past release…

Chris Charla chats with Naughty Dog's Head of Culture and Communications, Arne Meyer. Together they discuss his early life playing games and getting his first break in PR working on the launch of the…

Ted Price chats with Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO of CCP Games the makers of Eve Online. Together they reflect on 20 years of Eve Online; they discuss the social and economic forces that have develo…

Adam Orth chats with Ken Levine, the legendary creator behind the Bioshock series and the upcoming Judas. Together they discuss Ken's journey into game writing; using art as a healthy outlet for proc…

Ted Price chats with Todd Howard about Bethesda's much anticipated spacefaring RPG, Starfield. Together they discuss the early ideas that led to Starfield and what the first year of development looke…

Adam Orth chats with SVP of Production at Enhance, Mark MacDonald. Together they discuss Enhance's recently released game Humanity, including the origin of the surreal puzzle-action experience; how M…

Strange Scaffold's Xalavier Nelson Jr. chats with Adam Hines & Sean Krankel from Night School Studio. Together they discuss releasing their latest game, Oxenfree II: Lost Signals; how new tools are i…

Adam Orth chats with Jaeho Hwang and Nolan King from MINTROCKET Games, the studio behind the hit sushi restaurant/deep sea exploration RPG, Dave the Diver. Together they discuss where the idea behind…

Austin Wintory chats with actor Ben Starr, who played the lead role of Clive Rosfield in the latest entry to the Final Fantasy series, Final Fantasy XVI. Together they discuss how he started acting a…

Adam Orth chats with Max "Larry" Fink, one of the 3 developers behind the smash hit online shooter, BattleBit Remastered. Together they discuss the history of BattleBit Remastered's development; how …

Austin Wintory chats with actor Laura Bailey about her iconic work in games and animation. Together they discuss her early career and catching her first big break; her work in animation that led to a…

We're back with one of our past episodes with Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Creative Director, Marcus Smith! 

Ted Price chats with his long-time colleague at Insomniac Games, Marcus Smith. Together the…

We're on a break from new content this week, but check out one of our past episodes with Bryan Intihar, Creative Director at Insomniac Games for Marvel’s Spider-Man!

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Austin Wintory chats with longtime Star Wars franchise composer Gordy Haab. Together they discuss how Gordy found himself scoring more music for the space epic than even John Williams; creating music…

Digital Eclipse LA's Adam Orth chats with John Johanas, the Game Director for the recently released rhythm-action game, Hi-Fi Rush. Together they discuss John's journey into development and how he la…

Austin Wintory chats with Composer Stephen Barton. Together they discuss his career inside and outside of games including his early work as part of the Metal Gear franchise; working with Infinity War…

Trent Kusters chats with Sarah Northway and Colin Northway from Northway Games. Together they discuss both of their early careers and the path they eventually took which led them to develop games to…

Ted Price chats with Diablo IV Game Director, Joe Shely. Together they discuss the challenge of meeting expectations for such a beloved franchise; key decisions around classes, balance, and skill…

Trent Kusters chats with Ben Esposito, Game Director behind the Annapurna Interactive published Neon White. Together they discuss what sparked his interest in game development; his work at The Unfini…