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Today we sit down with Peter Tamte and Jaime Griesemer. Peter dishes on what I was like to share an office with Alex in the 90's fresh on the heels of working directly for Steve Jobs. Who was the better boss? The answer might surprise you. Jaime recounts how he blackmailed Marty O'Donnell to get his first industry job at Bungie. And we are glad he did, subsequently delivering some of the most iconic moments of the Halo series. Together they are working on the new game Six Days in Falujah. We hear their story on why it's an important project, their aspirations for the impact it can make and how things are going in early access so far.
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Today we sit down with Peter Tamte and Jaime Griesemer. Peter dishes on what I was like to share an office with Alex in the 90's fresh on the heels of working directly for Steve Jobs. Who was the better boss? The answer might surprise you. Jaime recounts how he blackmailed Marty O'Donnell to get his first industry job at Bungie. And we are glad he did, subsequently delivering some of the most iconic moments of the Halo series. Together they are working on the new game Six Days in Falujah. We hear their story on why it's an important project, their aspirations for the impact it can make and how things are going in early access so far.
Thank you partner higround.co for offering a special deal to our listeners on the most premium of keyboards. Use code FOURTHCURTAIN10 for 10% off.
Thank you for listening to our podcast all about video games and the amazing people who bring them to life!
Hosted by Alexander Seropian and Aaron Marroquin
Find us at thefourthcurtain.com
Come join the conversation at discord.gg/KWeGE4xHfe
Follow us on twitter: @fourthcurtain
Featuring the music track Liberation by 505





![The Spiky Strategies of StarCrafts Rob Pardo
💠Season 4 Episode 06 - Rob Pardo ðŸ’
Our guest was chief creative officer at Blizzard and helped drive some of the biggest videogames ever, like StarCraft and World of Warcraft. Now CEO of Bonfire Studios, hes making a new title, Arkheron. We discuss smurfing, game seeds and cracking the art style - this week!
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Timestamps:
[0:00:00] Intro: Rob Pardo
[0:04:40] From Retail to Roller Hockey: How Rob Got Into Blizzard
[0:8:47] First Job at Interplay: Starting as a Game Tester
[0:22:19] The Warcraft II Bet That Got Rob Noticed
[0:27:18] Finding His Footing: Designing StarCraft From QA
[0:55:07] Building World of Warcraft: The Early Vision and Art Style Breakthrough
[1:09:05] The Blizzard Design Values: Easy to Learn, Impossible to Master
[1:14:42] Starting Over: What Its Like to Build Bonfire Studios from Scratch
[1:27:31] How Bonfire Chose Its Game: The Game Seed Process
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