Podcast Unlocked Episode 168: Max Hoberman Talks Halo 2

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🗓️ 29 October 2014

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

If you don't know how Max Hoberman is, here's the elevator pitch version: he's not only the Halo 2 lead multiplayer designer, but he helped invent all of the amazing party and matchmaking systems that Halo 2 pioneered that we all now take for granted. And now, he has his own studio, Certain Affinity, where they build maps for many multiplayer games, including Halo 2 DLC, Halo 3 DLC, Halo 4 (shipping version and DLC), various Call of Duties, and now Halo 2 Anniversary. Max shares some incredible insights on the making of Xbox Live's killer app, and then shares his gut reactions to every map from Halo 1 and 2. His answers may surprise you... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, and you're listening to IGN's podcast Unlocked, which
0:05.8	my interns tell me is a pretty good show.
0:07.8	Welcome to a special edition of podcast Unlocked, bringing our month of Haylon
0:29.9	Master Chief Collection covers to a close.
0:32.2	We're winding it down this week getting ready for the game to actually come out.
0:35.8	And here with me, joining me, you may have seen him last week live on IGN when we just
0:40.7	played the hell out of Master Chief Collection taking your request for a couple hours.
0:44.6	Max Holberman is here.
0:45.6	Hey Ryan.
0:46.6	Good to see you Max.
0:47.6	Thank you, thanks for having me.
0:48.6	I'm glad you haven't gotten sick of me yet.
0:50.1	No, never.
0:51.1	Very good sick of you.
0:52.1	I have definitely not gotten sick of you.
0:54.5	I actually just really enjoy talking to you every time I get the chance.
0:57.8	I've been able to talk to you a few times over the years.
1:00.3	You are for our readers, registered listeners.
1:02.7	In this case, they don't know.
1:04.9	You're the head of Certain Affinity, which is your independent studio down in Austin, Texas.
1:09.2	You guys work on a number of projects, but you've done a ton of halo maps over the years,
1:14.8	DLC maps, and even some stuff from proper shipping halo for.
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