In this week’s episode, we catch up with two prolific players in the world of game narrative, Diandra Lasrado, and Brian Kindregan
Diandra worked on Diablo 4 and also other games at Blizzard including WoW: Dragon Flight. She’s also been at Bioware, Carbine, RIOT, and she is currently working at Crystal Dynamics.
Brian was the Lead Writer on Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls, worked on StarCraft: Heart of the Swarm, StarCraft: Wings of Liberty, and was also a writer on Mass Effect 2. He’s also been involved in movies such as the Iron Giant.
Diandra and Brian discuss their industry experience, the games they have worked on, how the writing process works, and much more. If you are interested in understanding how videogame stories come together and how development teams work together this is a must-watch episode.
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Running Order
00:00:00:00 – Introductions and background history. Where do you start with a videogame story?
00:28:33:08 – Retcons in games
00:40:58:10 – Brian Kindregan on whether he’s worried his Diablo 3 story will be retconned and the canned seconds Diablo 3 expansion.
00:45:56:10 – How do you deal with your popular story being a massive hit but not having ownership over that story?
00:52:37:15 – Have you ever had to fight over something you wanted in the story?
01:00:41:23 – Who has the ultimate say when it comes to the narrative?
01:10:21:04 – Oxford comma? Yes or no?
01:11:55:00 – How do you manage the responsibility of your work when the whole company depends on a game’s success?
01:19:18:16 – What is the best story you have been involved in and what is the best story you have experienced?
01:38:34:00 – How much attention can you pay to what the community is saying about the IP your working on?
01:44:24:00 – Neinball’s Diablo 4 lore questions including stuff that may have been left on the cutting room floor.
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