The Rise and Fall of Blizzard Entertainment

Triple Click

Maximum Fun

Jason Schreier, Technology, Society & Culture, Maddy Myers, Video Games, Kirk Hamilton

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🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

How did Blizzard transform from one of the most beloved game companies on the planet into a shell of itself? This week, Maddy and Kirk probe Jason about his new book — PLAY NICE: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment — which chronicles the 33-year history of the company behind Warcraft, StarCraft, Overwatch, and Diablo. They talk about the pursuit of never-ending growth, the development struggles of Overwatch 2, the wild story of Blizzard North, and much more.

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0:00.0	This week we are talking about my new book about the rise and fall of jazz. It's called,
0:09.6	it's all about the notes you don't play nice.
0:11.6	Welcome to Triple Click where we bring the games to you.
0:16.0	Today we are talking about Blizzard, a company
0:19.0	with all sorts of interesting history
0:21.5	that I heard someone might have written a new book about.
0:29.4	I'm Jason Schreier. I'm Kirk Hamilton and I'm
0:33.7	Jason Schreier I'm Kirk Hamilton and I'm Maddie Myers hello
0:35.6	we're back hello for another episode and by now everybody's had an opportunity
0:41.7	if you are a member of maximum fun to listen to Triple
0:45.1	Quest Act 1.
0:46.1	Yeah, to set out on our adventure with us.
0:49.1	To listen to us, role playing.
0:51.1	Which is very exciting.
0:52.7	I think we'll do, kind of like a behind the scenes thing a little bit later in the year where
0:56.2	we talk a little bit more about the process and D and D in general.
0:59.2	We'll definitely do something like that.
1:01.0	After we get through a few.
1:02.0	Just the hours we spent getting into character just like.
1:05.0	They got our method.
1:07.0	Maddie was method the whole time.
1:08.0	She like insisted that we call her he.
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