1. SPS Accounts:
    Do you find yourself coming back time after time? Do you appreciate the ongoing hard work to keep this community focused and successful in its mission? Please consider supporting us by upgrading to an SPS Account. Besides the warm and fuzzy feeling that comes from supporting a good cause, you'll also get a significant number of ever-expanding perks and benefits on the site and the forums. Click here to find out more.
    Dismiss Notice
Dismiss Notice
You are currently viewing Boards o' Magick as a guest, but you can register an account here. Registration is fast, easy and free. Once registered you will have access to search the forums, create and respond to threads, PM other members, upload screenshots and access many other features unavailable to guests.

BoM cultivates a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. We have been aiming for quality over quantity with our forums from their inception, and believe that this distinction is truly tangible and valued by our members. We'd love to have you join us today!

(If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you've forgotten your username or password, click here.)

Jeff Anderson Interview at GIGnews

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by NewsPro, Jun 11, 2003.

  1. NewsPro Gems: 30/31
    Latest gem: King's Tears

    Joined:
    May 19, 2015
    Messages:
    3,599
    Likes Received:
    0
    Remove all ads!
    (Originally posted by Mollusken)

    GIGnews have interviewed Jeff Anderson, CEO of Turbine Entertainment, the developer of the recently announced Dungeons & Dragons Online.

    In another interview you said that online gaming was your true love and that "no other entertainment medium can bring people together, entertain them, and forge real-world relationships." As an accomplished developer of some enormous MMORPGs, what do you consider to be the greatest challenges specific to creating an online game?

    There are a lot of challenges, such as technology, product development, services, funding, human resources…However, the greatest challenges are not that different from those that face developers of single-player games. A successful game requires a great team with a strong, central vision; excellent communication underpinned by a well-conceived plan; and supportive partners. It’s true that online games complicate the matter because of their larger team size, longer development cycle and interesting design complications. Nevertheless, the greatest challenges are about magnitude more than uniqueness.

    As for your other recent coup, while wasting away one Sunday afternoon I saw a program on VH1 about the 1980s. One of the more hilarious segments in the program was on Dungeons & Dragons. People have such intense D&D nostalgia whether they actually played or just marveled at those who did. With so much pop culture history tied up in the game, how will Turbine approach its development? Will the game appeal to more than just the traditional D&D player?

    Where Tolkien is the father of fantasy, I’d say that D&D is the father of role-playing. Our job with that project is to stay true to its roots and deliver an excellent online role-playing game. The challenge is to balance the project with the audience. We have a lot of hardcore D&D gamers here at Turbine who are totally into the rules, history and nostalgia. (And rightly so!) Still, we don’t want to discourage a new generation of D&D players from enjoying the title.

    Get the rest of the interview here.
     
    NewsPro, Jun 11, 2003
    #1
Sorcerer's Place is a project run entirely by fans and for fans. Maintaining Sorcerer's Place and a stable environment for all our hosted sites requires a substantial amount of our time and funds on a regular basis, so please consider supporting us to keep the site up & running smoothly. Thank you!

Sorcerers.net is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to products on amazon.com, amazon.ca and amazon.co.uk. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.