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May 12, 2008
Behind the Games: Ed Fries
We talk with games industry entrepreneur Ed Fries about programming in BASIC, working on Microsoft Office, and more.
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I really enjoy the interview
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I think Ed like Nintendo. Pokemon, Mario galaxy, classic Zelda Metroid and Mario. That means he has NES, N64, Wii and gameboy. And he loves WoW (which is not a nintendo game but i guess it's worth mentioning).
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HAHAHAHA OMFG its so good
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It's funny how non-chelantly he refers to microsoft and office. Then he refers to "the video game crash of '83" which I had no idea about. I thought I grew up with video games but I guess I'm a wee babe.
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Very passionate
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smiley .......... ur a stalker
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good watch it
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I'm surprised he didn't say Company of Heroes. He said that he liked that game a lot, and couldn't go back to other RTS games because of it. (No I'm not a stalker, but I do know that he wears black, dress socks).
"What's your favorite swear word?" LOL!!!!
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Great
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2K? sweet
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I agree with Ken on Civ on the DS. My life too will be over once I have the capability of nuking thousands of people on the go. =D
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Great interview!
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pema chodron wrote that book and shambala is asect of buddhism, just wanted to clarify. other that that, David Jaffe= AWSOME!!
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wow !! disney?
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yeah,its great
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Cool
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very good interview
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David Jaffe Is a hella down to earth dude.. He seems cool as hell I like how his thoughts on gaming and the direction he wants it to go like a matrix type deal where you completely immersed in the game like virtual reality or something.
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good stuff
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He seems like a pretty modern guy. He doesn't appear to be stuck up or anything, and he kept it real about his college experience. I would like to be one of those people who can make it that far without heavily relying on college education, it just doesn't work for everyone. It's good to hear from people like him, kinda gives you something to shoot for.
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