44 min
Ep 43: Playing with Paradox Games On Top of the World
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Matt and Dave are joined by special guests Henrik Lohmander and Peter Nicholson, computer game designers and historians with Paradox Interactive. We discuss their fascinating jobs working on the historical strategy games, how to break into historical game development, and the challenge of balancing history and player fun.
Recommendations:
All - Imperator: Rome
Henrik - A Social History of the Deccan, 1300–1761: Eight Indian Lives, Richard M. Eaton
Dave - Empires of Ancient Eurasia: The First Silk Roads Era, 100 BCE – 250 CE, Craig Benjamin
Matt - Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century, Geoffrey Parker
Music:
Angkor, Eric Jones
Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Tears for Fears
Caesar, Ty Seagull
Personal Jesus, Depeche Mode
Matt and Dave are joined by special guests Henrik Lohmander and Peter Nicholson, computer game designers and historians with Paradox Interactive. We discuss their fascinating jobs working on the historical strategy games, how to break into historical game development, and the challenge of balancing history and player fun.
Recommendations:
All - Imperator: Rome
Henrik - A Social History of the Deccan, 1300–1761: Eight Indian Lives, Richard M. Eaton
Dave - Empires of Ancient Eurasia: The First Silk Roads Era, 100 BCE – 250 CE, Craig Benjamin
Matt - Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century, Geoffrey Parker
Music:
Angkor, Eric Jones
Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Tears for Fears
Caesar, Ty Seagull
Personal Jesus, Depeche Mode
44 min