Friday November 20, 2009  
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OC VIDEOGAME LABS & STUDIOS THRIVE

Though the meanest gameplay in town could be called: ‘Bet Your Company’

or

Godthink in Ludoland

By Ned Madden

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          PRELUDE

1. POLYGON PATCH

2. OC SCENE—THE LEADERS TALK

2.1 Brian Fargo, InXile CEO

2.2 Martin Alper/former chairman of Virgin Interactive

2.3 Dave Perry (native of Northern Ireland), President/ Shiny Entertainment

2.4 Mark Surfas, CEO/GameSpy Industries

2.5 Doug Hare, The Collective

2.6 Tom Jung, Art Institute Game Instructor (and former Blizzard game developer)

3. OC INDUSTRY NUMBERS

4. SUCCESSES

4.1 Blizzard

4.2 Shiny

4.3 Collective

4.4 Quicksilver

5. GAMESPY—IN A CLASS BY ITSELF

6. TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATION

6.1 UCI Game Lab

6.2 Art Institute

7. ‘BET THE COMPANY’

8. INTERPLAY & VIRGIN—START OF SOMETHING BIG

8.1 Interplay

8.2 Brian Fargo

8.3 Like A Virgin

9. BLIZZARD

9.1 Adham Starts With Fargo, Too

9.2 Battle Over Battle.Net

9.3 Blizzard Biz

9.4 Lovin’/Hatin’ Blizzard

10. SHINY

10.1 Perry Talks

11. COLLECTIVE

12. PRESENT AT THE CREATION

13. GAMING ON THE STREET

14. GODPLAY ZAPS THE STATUS QUO

15. ‘SYNESTHEZIOR’