Columnists Resurrected: Behind the Veil

18th Jul 2008 04:47 PM GMT | Flux | 0 comments
Behind the Veil was written by Chris Marks, from 2003-2005. Chris was a college student who spent his weekends (and weeknights) working semi-professionally on an MMORPG, and his column chronicled the production of a computer game from behind the scenes (hence the title). The first 10 of his 31 columns are listed below, and while they're all good, the Bill Roper interview in #6 is probably the early highlight. It's was conducted shortly after Bill left Blizzard North and co-founded Flagship Studios, and in the interview Bill talks about how he got started in the industy, the keys to making successful computer games, and more.

1. A Computer Game, You Say? -- Oct 6, 2003
2. The Color of Money -- Oct 24, 2003
3. My Dad's Smarter Than Your Dad -- Nov 14, 2003
4. A Cow Level? Are You Serious? -- Dec 5, 2003
5. Wait a Second, This Isn't English! -- Dec 27, 2003
6. BtV Interviews: Bill Roper -- Jan 16, 2004
7. Look, it's Like I Told You -- Jan 30, 2004
8. Don't Start Vast Projects with Half-Vast Ideas -- Feb 13, 2004
9. For the Player's Sake -- Feb 27, 2004
10. Where Were You Thursday Night? -- Mar 12, 2004

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