

IGN Unfiltered
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IGN Unfiltered goes in-depth with creators of your favorite video games, talking not just about the games themselves but about the fascinating lives of the people behind them. New episodes each month!
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Dec 19, 2017 • 1h 9min
Episode 26: Shadowrun and BattleTech Developer Mitch Gitelman
Former FASA Studio head Mitch Gitelman discusses his career, including the infamous 2007 Shadowrun first-person shooter for Xbox, MechCommander, BattleTech, and more! Check out the video above for the entire interview!
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Nov 14, 2017 • 1h 20min
Episode 25 - Cuphead's Chad and Jared Moldenhauer
Cuphead is one of gaming's best success stories of 2017. The hand-drawn 2D-animated bullet-hell shooter captured everyone's attention a few years ago, and has held onto it ever since – right up through its long-awaited and fantastic final release and its millionth copy sold. Now, brothers Chad and Jared Moldenhauer of Studio HDMR spend an hour-plus discussing their incredible story, from growing up as Contra fans and classic animation fans to leaving their day jobs to finally finishing Cuphead. Check out the video above for the entire interview!
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Oct 17, 2017 • 1h 24min
IGN Unfiltered Episode 24 - Steve Gaynor
Fullbright co-founder Steve Gaynor has had an amazing from-the-ground-up career in video game development. From QA testing at Sony to making F.E.A.R. levels to BioShock 2 to BioShock Infinite and now to Gone Home and Tacoma, his story is both fascinating and inspiring. Please enjoy the full hour-long interview!
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Sep 12, 2017 • 1h 35min
Episode 23: Randy Pitchford Part 2 - Aliens: Colonial Marines, Battleborn, and More!
The president and CEO of Borderlands creator Gearbox Studios returns after his initial visit last month to finish his story. This time, he shares more stories from his fascinating career in games, including Aliens: Colonial Marines, Battleborn, the future of Borderlands, and much more!
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Sep 1, 2017 • 1h 37min
Episode 22: Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford
The president and CEO of Borderlands creator Gearbox Studios shares stories from his fascinating career in games, including getting his start on Duke Nukem 3D, working on Half-Life, Halo, Brothers in Arms, and much more!
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Jul 14, 2017 • 1h 8min
Episode 21: Deus Ex and System Shock Creator Warren Spector
The creator of Deus Ex, System Shock, Ultima Underworld, Epic Mickey, and more sits down for an hour-long interview about his entire fascinating career.
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Jun 29, 2017 • 41min
Episode 20: Interplay Founder and RPG Guru Brian Fargo
Brian Fargo has had a fascinating career, from developing RPGs like Fallout, Bard's Tale, and Wasteland in the '80s at Interplay to helping kickstart Blizzard to working with Nintendo on a typing edutainment game to his success at inXile today. We talk to him about all of it!
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May 23, 2017 • 1h 9min
Episode 19: Harmonix Co-Founder Alex Rigopulos
Harmonix co-founder Alex Rigopulos discusses his unique career, from starting Harmonix out of MIT to Disney using some of their tech for theme parks to, of course, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Dance Central, and the rise and fall of the music game genre.
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Apr 28, 2017 • 1h 51min
Episode 18: Renowned Game Designer Peter Molyneux
Peter Molyneux's career has been fascinating, whether you play his games or not. His resume includes Populous, Dungeon Keeper, Theme Park, Fable, and many more. This two-hour interview covers all of it, including other topics like Kinect and his future in games, among others.
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Mar 31, 2017 • 1h 45min
Episode 17: Ultima Creator and Astronaut Richard Garriott
Ultima creator Richard Garriott tells us incredible stories about his life and career, including his early Ultima success, changing the gaming world with Ultima Online, visiting outer space as a private-citizen astronaut, exploring (and getting stuck under) the Titanic's remains at the bottom of the Atlantic, his thoughts on the future of the RPG genre, his new project Shroud of the Avatar, and much more!
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