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170: Behind the Blizzard

170: Behind the Blizzard

Update: 2024-10-10
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Jason Schreier joins us on a deep dive about the history, making, and almost undoing of Blizzard as chronicled in his new book Play Nice.



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(00:00:00 ) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.

(00:00:10 ) Intro

(00:00:53 ) Welcome Jason Schreier

(00:02:27 ) How do book sales work?

(00:08:05 ) The book tour

(00:11:08 ) The Games Industry: Bleakness AND Hope?

(00:16:42 ) Let's talk about Blizzard's early years

(00:43:41 ) Moving to middle Blizzard

(01:00:53 ) Project Titan

(01:08:07 ) Overwatch saves the day

(01:12:12 ) Overwatch League

(01:19:49 ) The first of the PR disasters

(01:24:32 ) Reckonings at Blizzard

(01:27:02 ) Overwatch 2

(01:33:26 ) Briefly mentioning some other Blizzard games during this time

(01:34:56 ) The end of Activision Blizzard

(01:49:11 ) Any tips for navigating news?

(01:52:04 ) Microsoft enters the picture

(02:03:12 ) Some other news that is actually related

(02:03:18 ) 343 rebrands to Halo Studios

(02:07:55 ) Is Tencent going to buy Ubisoft?

(02:13:03 ) What is the next book?

(02:18:33 ) Thanks again to Jason for joining us

(02:20:22 ) Wrapping up and thanks

(02:20:57 ) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts

(02:22:04 ) Nextlander content updates

(02:23:21 ) See ya!
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170: Behind the Blizzard

170: Behind the Blizzard

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