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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Feb 23, 2017 • 49min
Episode 16: Mortal Kombat Co-Creator Ed Boon
Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon discusses his career, including the origin and rise of the franchise, the still-beloved movie, Injustice, and more!
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Feb 1, 2017 • 1h 10min
Episode 15: RPG Legend Feargus Urquhart
Longtime Black Isle Studios and Obsidian Entertainment CEO Feargus Urquhart shares stories about his career, including working with South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, getting burned by big publishers, building his own IP, and more!
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Dec 21, 2016 • 1h 16min
Episode 14: Naughty Dog Co-Founder and Oculus Exec Jason Rubin
Naughty Dog co-founder Jason Rubin has been in the games business since he was 14. We interview him about building Naughty Dog, trying to save THQ, and making VR games at Oculus.
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Dec 1, 2016 • 1h 7min
Episode 13: Inventor and Oculus Co-Founder Jack McCauley
Oculus co-founder Jack McCauley's fascinating career not only includes VR, but also designing the Guitar Hero controllers, the scrolling mouse wheel, and USB!
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Oct 21, 2016 • 48min
Episode 12: Call of Duty and Titanfall Creator Vince Zampella
Our 45-minute chat with industry legend Vince Zampella covers his entire career, from his early days at GameTek to Medal of Honor to Call of Duty to the Activision lawsuit and now to Respawn and Titanfall.
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Sep 30, 2016 • 45min
IGN Unfiltered 11: Longtime PlayStation Boss Jack Tretton
Longtime SCEA President and CEO Jack Tretton recounts his career at Sony, including his thoughts on the Vita, the PS3 launch, the PSN hack, the historic success of the PS2 and PS4, and much more!
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Aug 31, 2016 • 1h 28min
Episode 10: EA Chief Competition Officer Peter Moore
EA boss Peter Moore shares Dreamcast stories from his days as a Sega executive, Xbox stories from his time at Microsoft, and what he's up to at EA now in an 80-minute interview.
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Jul 28, 2016 • 47min
Episode 09: Former Chief Xbox Officer Robbie Bach
Original Chief Xbox Officer Robbie Bach discusses the challenges of the original Xbox and the triumphs of the Xbox 360 in a far-ranging 45-minute interview.
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Jun 30, 2016 • 1h 3min
Episode 08: Xbox Co-Creator Ed Fries
Xbox co-creator and former Microsoft Game Studios boss Ed Fries discusses growing up with video games, his early days at Microsoft on the Excel team, buying Bungie for the nascent Xbox, his respect for Phil Spencer, and much more.
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May 26, 2016 • 1h 18min
Unfiltered 07: Gears of War and Lawbreakers Creator Cliff Bleszinski
Legendary game designer Cliff Bleszinski joins us for over an hour to share Gears of War stories, how he developed his first game as a teenager, more about his new game Lawbreakers, and much more!
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