Alternate Worlds
Brian Schneider, Tronster, Lan D. Ho, Tom of Oakland, Zac Hill, Jon "Swede" Selin, Pany, Andrew Wolf, Devin Low, bobbobbob, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Brian HackerBehind-the-scenes stories from Magic the Gathering’s history and conversations with legendary creators.
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Magic is Going to Die
In my fifth year at Wizards, the company started to shift more focus to digital initiatives and other analog products; Magic became more starved for resources.
This made life painful, to be sure.
It didn’t last forever — eventually a new...
Panayoti Haritatos
Sometimes there’s a man…
Pany Haritatos has wanted to make games since he wanted to do anything, and because of this impulse he’s made a ton of games — big, successful, ones — for Kongregate, Zynga, Snap, Series Entertainment and who knows...
The Fight for Humanity
A meeting that really changed my perspective on what to do with my life was the fight for whether or not we should “humans” as a type on Magic cards.
The creative team wanted richer typing schema, which I didn’t particularly mind, but I al...
Devin Low
Devin Low is a legendary game designer, both in the sense that he’s designed a ton of successful games, but also because he designed Legendary, the highly successful Marvel deck building game.
There is only one Devin Low in play at a time....
Benjamin Pranklyn
In the middle of a meeting, “Benjamin Pranklyn” saw something out of the corner of his or her or their eye.
He or she or they were in a 1-on-1 meeting with an orthodox Jew in that moment, a conservative fellow on the brand team.
“Aaron, c...
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Game designer, builder, data scientist, girl dad. Author of Alternate Worlds (the book), home of the Alternate Worlds (the podcast), about life’s journey through Magic.
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