#1334: Identity
Magic: The Gathering Drive to Work Podcast
Wizards of the Coast
4.7 • 801 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
In this episode, I talk about the role games can play in a person's identity and how that affects our approach to designing Magic.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | I'm pulling out of the driveway. |
| 0:02.1 | We all know what that means. |
| 0:03.5 | It's time for the drive to work. |
| 0:06.5 | Okay, so today's topic is a complex topic, but an important one. |
| 0:11.3 | Today I'm going to talk about the concept of identity. |
| 0:14.6 | So one of the questions I get all the time is what makes magic such a great game. |
| 0:22.0 | So I want to talk about a really important part of it today. |
| 0:24.7 | I'm going to dig deep into some psychology. |
| 0:28.3 | So today is an interesting topic, something that fascinates me that hopefully all of you enjoy. |
| 0:35.3 | Okay, so one of the things is when you are growing, when you were growing up, |
| 0:42.2 | one of the things that you really desire is you want a sense of who you are and where you |
| 0:48.7 | belong and, you know, it's what it calls a sense of identity. You need a sense of identity. |
| 0:55.0 | And normally what happens is the way that people sort of create their identity is they find things around them that speak to them. |
| 1:06.1 | And usually what that means is those things hit the note of something that's important to them. |
| 1:13.5 | And usually it has to do a lot with where they're at, what else is going on with life, and |
| 1:19.5 | like what is important to them. So I will use myself as an example. So growing up when I was little, I got teased a lot. |
| 1:32.0 | I got bullied. |
| 1:34.0 | And something like, it's interesting because I have kids now. |
| 1:37.1 | Nowadays, they do a lot. |
| 1:38.6 | Like, the amount of bullying that happened in my childhood |
| 1:41.7 | is not even remotely allowable right now. |
| 1:45.3 | You know, I would just have people |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Wizards of the Coast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Wizards of the Coast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

