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i made a grown man say funny things

[dinoflask @dinoflask]

Jeff Kaplan's The Legend of California:
https://t.co/HRRKyk00uF

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Here's my conversation with Jeff Kaplan, a legendary Blizzard game designer of World of Warcraft and Overwatch, which are two of the biggest, most influential games ever made. Jeff is one of the most genuine & awesome human beings I've ever met: kind, thoughtful, hilarious, and still & forever a gamer through and through.

This was a truly fun & inspiring conversation. We talk about it all: the lows, the highs, the memes, the details of the game design process, and the new game he's been secretely working on: The Legend of California. I got a chance to play the game with Jeff, and it's incredibly beautiful (and fun). You can wishlist it on Steam now. I can't wait to play it with all of you!

Conversation is here on X in full and is up everywhere else (see comment).

Timestamps:
0:00 - Episode highlight
1:27 - Introduction
4:07 - Early games: Pac-Man, Zork, Doom, Quake
18:33 - Writing career - 170 rejection letters
34:06 - EverQuest obsession
47:04 - Getting hired at Blizzard
1:02:32 - Lowest point in Jeff's life
1:08:37 - One of Us
1:12:54 - Early Blizzard culture
1:32:36 - Building World of Warcraft
1:50:20 - How WoW changed video games
2:07:42 - Single-player vs Multi-player
2:28:35 - How Blizzard made great video games
2:54:25 - Online toxicity
3:01:59 - Why Titan failed
3:19:09 - Overwatch in six weeks
3:46:07 - Best Overwatch heroes
3:54:37 - The challenge of matchmaking
3:58:01 - Rust
4:08:22 - Why Jeff left Blizzard
4:30:35 - Diablo IV
4:32:03 - Getting back to making video games
4:40:59 - The Legend of California
4:54:44 - Greatest video game of all time
5:02:51 - AI and future of video games

[dinoflask @dinoflask]

@JazzJackrabbit_ @jasonschreier can you prove it? asking for a friend

[dinoflask @dinoflask]

@PlayOverwatch how do i get out of this route on loverwatch please help

[dinoflask @dinoflask]

feel like shit just want OW1 back x

[dinoflask @dinoflask]

#Overwatch2 finally got in. looks like the rumours were true smh

[dinoflask @dinoflask]

pain

[dinoflask @dinoflask]

ready for launch day

[dinoflask @dinoflask]

Overwatch 2- A New Era
https://t.co/ptPgrJvwDE

[dinoflask @dinoflask]

@Stylosa still breathing. i want that photo back btw.

[dinoflask @dinoflask]

this game goes very hard
love from kazakhstan
I hate hanzo so much it's unreal

[Overwatch @PlayOverwatch]

#Overwatch2 is almost here. 🎉 ️

Prepare yourselves for the action-packed, free-to-play experience launching October 4!

[dinoflask @dinoflask]

@PlayOverwatch more like cringe cassidy lmao

[dinoflask @dinoflask]

@AMaleGardevoir if i say yes will you take the figures?

[dinoflask @dinoflask]

anyone want these things (free)? the pharah has no base because i threw it away by mistake. the reaper was mysteriously left on my hotel room door handle during BlizzCon one year. steeped in mystery. DM if interested.

[dinoflask @dinoflask]

@PlayOverwatch

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he can't keep getting away with this

[dinoflask @dinoflask]

@PlayOverwatch REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[dinoflask @dinoflask]

giving away a 24x Archives lootbox code (PC only, provided by Blizzard). to enter the draw all you have to do is redeem this code in the BattleNet launcher:
NMPK-GX(three)R-L8T(four)T-KWQC-DWBS

winners picked 16th april 2023, good luck!

[dinoflask @dinoflask]

an epic gamer moment, for sure

[Dallas Fuel @DallasFuel]

this is Jeff from the Overwatch team and we're here with an exciting announcement that the Dallas Fuel Launch Collection is now LIVE.

👉 https://t.co/zrf0yohJlr