Games/Inventions
Adam Tobin, Part 2
The Exploratorium's Adam Tobin talks about what makes a great toy and shares ruminations from a Muppet colloquium.
Adam Tobin: After I sold the first toy company, I had a few larger-scale projects I'd always wanted to pursue. The first thing I wanted to make was a clock that told time with rolling marbles. I'd wanted to make it since I was a kid. And I started making it and ended up making a few other contraption-type pieces. It was just such a joy for me, after years of designing things to be mass produced to say, "I'm just going to make one, and I'm not as concerned about how you can make 10,000 of these." In essence, they were very large one-of-a-kind toys.
CV: Do you still work on those projects?
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Adam Tobin, Part 1
The Exploratorium's Adam Tobin talks about growing up as a child-inventor, the Exploratorium workflow, and the challenges of summoning an "ah-ha!" moment on a deadline.
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Chris Metzen, Part 2
World of Warcraft's Chris Metzen talks about the ingredients of good interactive story-telling, the power of tribal creativity, and why Blizzard's game makers will never put rubber nipples on Batman's suit.
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Chris Metzen, Part 1
World of Warcraft's Chris Metzen talks about the power of spinning ideas, and how he got his big break on a bar napkin.
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