Uploaded October 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Flux interviews David Craddock, author of "Stay Awhile and Listen," an oral history that tells of the early days of Blizzard and Blizzard North and the creation of the Diablo series.
We previously interviewed David about the book back in November 2011
diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/the-diablo-podcast-49-david-craddock-interview
Show topics with approximate starting times:
* 1:00 -- SAAL Volume I is coming out today (Halloween 2013). Excite?
* 6:30 -- The earliest console games they worked on were terrible boring work for hire just to pay the bills.
* 11:00 -- Mo' money, mo' problems. Condor becomes Blizzard North and it's Porsches for everyone! (Not really.)
* 18:00 -- The Diablo 1 creators wrote virtually none of the story in the game. It all came from Bliz Irvine (including the cinematics, which Bliz North was shocked to see for the first time). Yet many fans liked that story much more than what we got in Diablo 3. Ambience and brevity work better than overdone cutscenes?
* 30:00 -- Does David Craddock consider himself a journalist or an interviewer? Or both? He considers Stay Awhile And Listen an "oral history."
* 36:00 -- This book runs right up to the release of Diablo 1. Why stop there? Everything changed then? Happy with how the book turned out?
* 43:30 -- Created desire to go back and play Diablo I again. David still plays it all the time.
* 46:00 -- Final thoughts and book buying information.
Links and a short description of every show can be seen in the Diablo 3 Podcast Episode Guide in Diablowiki.net.
* diablowiki.net/The_Diablo_Podcast_Episode_Guide
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Flux interviews David Craddock, author of "Stay Awhile and Listen," an oral history that tells of the early days of Blizzard and Blizzard North and the creation of the Diablo series.
We previously interviewed David about the book back in November 2011
diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/the-diablo-podcast-49-david-craddock-interview
Show topics with approximate starting times:
* 1:00 -- SAAL Volume I is coming out today (Halloween 2013). Excite?
* 6:30 -- The earliest console games they worked on were terrible boring work for hire just to pay the bills.
* 11:00 -- Mo' money, mo' problems. Condor becomes Blizzard North and it's Porsches for everyone! (Not really.)
* 18:00 -- The Diablo 1 creators wrote virtually none of the story in the game. It all came from Bliz Irvine (including the cinematics, which Bliz North was shocked to see for the first time). Yet many fans liked that story much more than what we got in Diablo 3. Ambience and brevity work better than overdone cutscenes?
* 30:00 -- Does David Craddock consider himself a journalist or an interviewer? Or both? He considers Stay Awhile And Listen an "oral history."
* 36:00 -- This book runs right up to the release of Diablo 1. Why stop there? Everything changed then? Happy with how the book turned out?
* 43:30 -- Created desire to go back and play Diablo I again. David still plays it all the time.
* 46:00 -- Final thoughts and book buying information.
Links and a short description of every show can be seen in the Diablo 3 Podcast Episode Guide in Diablowiki.net.
* diablowiki.net/The_Diablo_Podcast_Episode_Guide
Find Diablo:IncGamers on
* Facebook: facebook.com/DiabloIncGamers
* Twitter: twitter.com/DiabloIncGamers
* Twitch: twitch.tv/IncGamers
