Show Notes - Episode #9: 38 Studios Dev Chat - March 12, 2009
For our ninth Loading... Live vooncast and fourth dev chat, we're joined by Curt Schilling and Steve Danuser of 38 Studios, currently deep in development on their super-secret MMORPG project with the working title of Copernicus. While they weren't able to discuss their MMO, Curt and Steve had a number of insights about the MMO industry in general, from working with a new IP compared to an established license, to PvP and storytelling, to a surprisingly simply answer to what made WoW such a success, to Curt's interest in hex gaming and why the success of Copernicus would be good news for war gamers everywhere. Join us for an enjoyable chat with one of the industry's most promising development houses in Loading... Live #10 - A 38 Studios Dev Chat with Curt Schilling and Steve Danuser!
Length: 43:03
Synopsis: For our ninth Loading... Live vooncast and fourth dev chat, we're joined by Curt Schilling and Steve Danuser of 38 Studios, currently deep in development on their super-secret MMORPG project with the working title of Copernicus.
While they weren't able to discuss their MMO in particular, Curt and Steve had a number of insights about the MMO industry in general, from working with a new IP compared to an established license, to PvP and storytelling, to a surprisingly simply answer to what made WoW such a success, to Curt's interest in hex gaming and why the success of Copernicus would be good news for war gamers everywhere.
Join us for an enjoyable chat with one of the industry's most promising development houses in Loading... Live #9 - A 38 Studios Dev Chat with Curt Schilling and Steve Danuser!
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Participants
Hosts
Cody Bye
Executive Editor- Ten Ton Hammer Network
Ben "Machail" de la Durantaye
Managing Editor - Ten Ton Hammer Network
Co-Hosts
Jeff "Ethec" Woleslagle
Ten Ton Hammer Editor-in-Chief
Reuben "Sardu" Waters
Ten Ton Hammer Staff Writer
Guests
Curt Schilling
38 Studios Founder and Chairman
Steve Danuser
38 Studios Dir. of Community Development, Lead Content Designer
You!
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Introductions
0:23 Introductions
We introduce our special guest and not-so-special host and co-host, then move straight to the news so we have plenty of time for questions.
Links
Loading... - Ten Ton Hammer's daily newsletter and column
News and Events
1:18 The Machail Report
1:21 IGG Player Cops
2:02 Zork not an MMO
4:09 NCSoft 1st, Second Life 2nd
In this week's Machail Report, we take a good look at the IGG program that lets players police goldselling spammers, correct our initial report that 1977 text-based fan favorite Zork was making a comeback as an MMO, and have this week's Worlds.com outlandish claim.
Curt Schilling is a future hall-of-fame pitcher with a serious love of games. Steve "Moorgard" Danuser is one of the most notable names in MMO community with his work on EQ2 and his blog. Together they form the dynamic duo that can't discuss much about Copernicus, but tell us plenty about how they believe a game should be made.
