If you want to be successful in any area of game development-game design, programming, graphics, sound, or publishing-you should know how standouts in the industry approach their work and address problems. In Honoring the Code: Conversations with Great Game Designers, 16 groundbreaking game developers share their stories and offer advice for anyone

Honoring the Code

John Romero, Architect of Doom

Rebecca Heineman, Archmage

Tim Cain, Game Designer X

Brian Fargo, Patron of Wizards

Chris Avellone, the Iconoclast

Chris Taylor, the Problem Solver

Howard Scott Warshaw, the Sad Clown

Jon Hare, the Rock 'n' Roller

Ralph Baer, the Father of Videogames

David Fox, the Mindbender

George Sanger, "the Fat Man"

Mark Soderwall, Mentor to Graphic Artists

Megan Gaiser and Rob Riedl, Gamemakers for Girls

Paul Reiche and Fred Ford, the Toymakers of Gaming

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