Ever wonder how some video game designers are able to consistently raise the bar with each new release for the PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and other platforms? From iPhone to Facebook and MMO titles, we recently spoke with the field’s most famous game design visionaries to find out how legends like Mario, Donkey Kong and Legend of Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto, The Sims inventor Will Wright and Civilization guru Sid Meier manage to always top the charts.
Released last year, documentary Game Design: Raising the Bar asks top designers and leading experts like Ted Price, Lorne Lanning, John Romero, Chris Taylor and Brad Wardell to offer up their thoughts. Also featured is some eye-opening commentary by luminaries like BioWare creators Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, Gaikai CEO David Perry and thatgamecompany co-founder Kellee Santiago on what new changes in design herald for the business as a whole. Interested in learning more about the secret tricks the masters use to captivate, engage and delight gaming fans with each passing year? Just hit the link above.
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Scott Steinberg is the CEO of video game consulting firm TechSavvy Global, and founder of GameExec magazine and Game Industry TV. Hailed as a top technology and video game expert by dozens of publications from USA Today to Forbes and NPR, he’s covered the field for 400+ outlets from Playboy to Rolling Stone. A frequent on-air analyst for networks like ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN, he’s also the author of Video Game Marketing and PR.