Emotional Response Equals Success

Graham Smith

1:59

Player Generates Narrative

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

2:07

Creating Tension

Brian Allgeier

1:06

Putting the Player in Charge of the Story

Marcin Iwinski

1:41

Crafting Controlled Experiences

Bei Yang

2:03

When Tech Support Becomes Emotional Support

Zoe Quinn

1:05

Fidelity and Emotion

Glen Schofield

1:17

Importance of Player Choice

Marcin Iwinski

1:50

How Do You Value Your Time?

Josef Fares

0:54

Setting is Priority

Harvey Smith

1:21

Stories Organize Learning

Jill Murray

1:09

No Character Depth

Dan Connors

1:40

Metaphors of Human Existence

Brianna Wu

1:04

Other Disciplines Affect Narractive

Leah Hoyer

2:49

Feeling Pride

Tim Schafer

0:32

When the Game Comes Before the Story

Jill Murray

1:10

Making Game Accessible

Joseph Staten

1:18

Does Immersion Equate to Fun?

Bei Yang

1:29

Empowerment Fantasy

Cliff Bleszinski

0:39

What Emotions Do You Value

Joseph Staten

1:03

Agency vs. Story

Ernest Adams

2:16

Percentage of Players Finishing a Game

David Cage

1:29

Challenge of Storytelling

Rhianna Pratchett

1:30

Games vs. Groups

Gabriel Leydon

2:14

Naturalism in Games

Tadhg Kelly

2:03

Sacrificing Fidelity for Immersion

Bei Yang

2:30

Communication

Daniel Benmergui

1:36

Art Evokes Emotion

Kiki Wolfkill

1:18

Fitting Story into MMOs

Jens Andersen

1:36

Omniscience

Todd Howard

0:54

Absence of Closure in Games

Vander Caballero

0:35

Cut Scenes as a Reward

Todd Howard

1:44

Bonding Through Adversity

Susan Wu

0:44

Origin of Brutal Legend

Anna Kipnis

0:42

Using Design Tools to Convey Emotion

Vander Caballero

1:23

Fighting Game Character Personality Quiz

Patrick Miller

2:30

Adapting a "Holy" Book

Marcin Iwinski

2:30

Motivation Through Immersion

Ryan Payton

1:12

Friction Creates the Best Products

Ben Judd

3:14

Intimate Subject Matter

Harvey Smith

2:24

Story vs. Interactivity

Hideo Kojima

0:53

Wide Range of Emotions

Chris Hecker

1:7

Story vs. System

Ian Bogost

1:32

Humor in Games

Rhianna Pratchett

1:41

Interactive Storytelling

Josef Fares

0:40

Emotional Mechanics of Gameplay

Brianna Wu

1:35

Using Interface to Improve Immersion

Bei Yang

0:56

Social Issues in Games

Hideo Kojima

1:08

Everyone Is a Ghost in VR

Logan Olson

1:25

Stories are Coincidence

Frank O'Connor

1:34

Sports Games Tell Stories

Richard Hilleman

0:21

Importance of Vision

Vander Caballero

1:02

We Create Variables

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk

1:12

Reach Through the Glass

Peter Molyneux

1:59

Every Part is Art

Toby Gard

1:40

Beyond Structure

Graham Smith

0:53

Choice and Consequence

Warren Spector

0:57

Complexity of Open World

Marcin Iwinski

2:32

Approaches to Flow

Chris Avellone

1:37

Working on a Sequel

Kiki Wolfkill

2:05

Character Design as Expression

Robin Hunicke

3:14

The Proximity to Danger

Patrick Plourde

1:37

Chemical Reward for Completion

Susan Wu

0:42

Eastern Storytelling

Chris Avellone

1:39

Stories Provide Momentum

Rhianna Pratchett

0:44

Unique Experiences

Auriea Harvey

1:28

MUDs

Susan Wu

1:28

Binary Choice Evoking Emotional Response

Davey Wreden

0:27

People Love Patterns

Jenova Chen & Kellee Santiago

0:49

Fallen in Love in MMO

Susan Wu

0:32

Story Fighting Gameplay

Patrick Plourde

1:05

Making Connections

Gabriel Leydon

4:14

Communicating Emotion with Art Style

Patrick Plourde

0:25

Creating Fear

Steve Papoutsis

2:14

Addiction vs. Engagement

Jason Rohrer

1:13

Story Structure

Stig Asmussen

0:17

Story vs. Game Mechanic

Don Daglow

1:38

Games as Pleasure and Desire

Eric Zimmerman

3:32

Savvy Storytelling

Rhianna Pratchett

0:54

Husband Mode

Brianna Wu

1:49

Power Fantasy is Easy

Chris Hecker

1:2

Creating a Frictionless Experience

Brendon Chung

1:20

Aspiring goal

Denis Dyack

0:43

Emotions

Yoshinori Ono

1:16

Art Games

Jason Rohrer

2:44

Fewer Cut Scenes in the Future

Ken Levine

1:34

Interactivity

Raphael Colantonio

2:30

Open Mode Games

David Jones

0:41

Episodic Games

Dan Connors

1:00

Story vs. Persistent Game

Joseph Staten

1:37

Why Nostalgia is Successful

Ben Judd

1:45

Vision and Metrics

Don Daglow

2:17

No "Should"

Tim Schafer

0:46

The End

Jordan Mechner

1:31

Why Sequels are Successful

Marcin Iwinski

5:17

Driven by Emotion Over Technology

Brian Allgeier

0:28

Volunteer to Struggle

Peter Brinson

2:06

Our Games Have to Look Amazing

Marcin Iwinski

1:54

Using Game Mechanics to Describe Depression

Zoe Quinn

0:56

Story Emerging from Gameplay Experience

Anna Kipnis

1:59

Phases of Emotion

Davey Wreden

1:17

Start with Player Experience

Ken Levine

1:14

Emotions

Jesse Schell

1:30

Our Citizen Kane Moment

Frank O'Connor

2:27

Connecting to the Player

Sid Meier

0:50

Don't Forget about Interactivity

Noah Falstein

0:58

Putting Your Life into the Work

Davey Wreden

1:58

The Cure for Loneliness

Ben Judd

1:15

Melting Pot of Games Writers

Leah Hoyer

1:54

Number Crunchers

Ernest Adams

1:18