A People’s History of Video Game Development

Tracy and Kel talk about game developer career life, from layoffs to contract work to the changing shape of development teams over time.

Tracy and Kel talk about industry veteran Graeme Davis, networking and how to not be remembered as “that guy who smelled like pizza.”

Tracy and Kel talk about the problem with faceless enemies, and reminisce about creating quests for EverQuest and Elder Scrolls Online.

Tracy and Kel talk about the ways people role play beyond the screen and text-based games, including costume events, Renaissance Faires and the SCA, D&D, and LARPs.  They also discuss some of the history of that tradition, and how far into the past r... more

In their third episode, Tracy and Kel talk about getting into the game development industry from a slightly different angle: spicy chat rooms on the earliest incarnations of the World Wide Web.

Kel talks about their break into the industry from a di... more

In this episode of "A People's History of Video Game Development," hosts Kel Bachus and Tracy Seamster talk about the very early origins of text-based role play, and what players were looking for in immersive experiences.

They talk about community b... more

Join Tracy Seamster and Kel Bachus as they delve into the fascinating world of early online gaming, specifically the text-based adventures that shaped the industry. From the start of Tracy’s developer journey designing content for Gemstone 3 in 1996 ... more