Video: Jason Rohrer, Chris Crawford go Into the Night
Another link I've probably sat on for a bit too long, but present here for the remaining few: arts program Durch die Nacht mit (Into the Night with) -- who are responsible for pairing off and filming a number of unlikely/excellently matched sets of creators like Run Lola's Franka Potente and John Carpenter or Miranda July and David Shrigley (do need video of that, please) -- were at GDC this year to catch a meeting between Passage/Between creator Jason Rohrer and games design veteran Chris Crawford.
While the video above only captures the first moments of their introduction (and sees Crawford perhaps the most delightfully gracious and still cheerfully cantankerous as I've seen him in a while), blogger Bruno De Figueiredo has the rest of the episode available on his dieubussy blog, which, he says, sees Rohrer and Crawford "wander about the city, engaging in a rather deep albeit contagious dialogue about the root of video games and the process of their creation."
Bonus points for spotting Jottobots/Snapshot creator Kyle Pulver's background cameo near the end of the clip.
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MrShrubber
#1 – 6:07 AM July 9, 2009
"Durch die Nacht mit" actually means "Through the Night with". It could either mean "spending the duration of the night with" or "going (walking, moving, ...) through (the darkness of) the night with".
Inverse Square
#2 – 7:22 AM July 9, 2009
Yeah but "into the night" is an often-used phrase.
Is anyone else getting errors unzipping the files of the full documentary?
littlebugger
#3 – 9:22 AM July 9, 2009
I just uploaded the whole thing on Vimeo, in case you don't feel like downloading it:
http://gmzzz.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/into-the-night-with-jason-rohrer-and-chris-crawford/
Really, really great documentary.
poniq
#4 – 1:39 PM July 19, 2009
i enjoyed every minute of the document and it can be counted as an invaluable documentary on game design. but there was something little that disturbed me throughout the video. i really love jason rohrer's works and admire his lifestyle. and i figure that he has lots to utter. he is one hot activist and a true believer of his own actions but where are his manners? he constantly interrupted chris crawford while talking. sometimes he didn't let the man speak what he has to say. maybe he got too excited. but still..