Curated playlist
American video game designers
- Scott CawthonScott Cawthon, an American game developer, once made computer games that brought in about $40 or $50 each month. That figure comes from a profile by Calum Marsh in The New York Times. Cawthon later created Five Nights at Freddy's, a horror…
- Jon Freeman (game designer)Jon Freeman's first game company began as a tax write-off. Partner Jim Connelley wanted to recoup his computer's cost.
- Toby FoxOn the 30th of October 2018, Toby Fox asked fans of his game Undertale to check its official Twitter account in 24 hours. The next day, he released the first chapter of Deltarune for free and called the whole thing a "survey". The stunt…
- Jonathan BlowJonathan Blow, an American game designer and programmer, once summed up his working philosophy in one blunt line: "The job isn't to be in a community; the job is to make a good game." He said it after some of his comments about independent…
- Tim SchaferTim Schafer landed his first game job by mailing a comic strip. It showed him getting hired at Lucasfilm Games.
- Brandon SheffieldBrandon Sheffield turned his 2014 breakup notes into a webcomic.
- Gabe NewellGabe Newell, the president and majority owner of Valve Corporation, has lived mostly at sea since the COVID-19 pandemic. He is an American video game developer and businessman, and he co-founded the company he now controls. His path to…
- Raymond BensonRaymond Benson became the first non-British author to write James Bond novels.
- John RomeroJohn Romero hid his own voice and severed head inside Doom II. The final boss's reversed roar was his voice.
- Chris AvelloneChris Avellone is an American video game designer and comic book writer, and in June 1995 he flew to Irvine, California, to answer one hard question. The head of an Interplay division wanted to know how he would design a video game in the…