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Kellee Santiago Interviewed on “State of Play”

Kellee — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:00:35 +0000

“State of Play” is a new videogames interview show that brings you real, in-depth, and personal interviews with the gaming industry’s most interesting people. And they kicked off their series with a 3-part interview with co-Founder Kellee Santiago! Watch the videos below for a discussion on the past, present, and future of thatgamecompany.

Rehearsal for the GSPO Concert, featuring Journey

Kellee — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:09:10 +0000

Cellist Tina Guo recorded this video at the rehearsal last night for the Golden State Pops Orchestra show, “Video Game Soundtracks,” which is taking place in San Pedro, CA on Saturday, April 9th. The conductor, Austin Wintory, is the composer for “Journey,” and is creating a unique arrangement (still in progress!) for this live performance.

Robin Hunicke Interviewed by Double Jump

Kellee — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:02:21 +0000

“Double Jump” interviewed Robin Hunicke recently at the Meaningful Play conference, and talks about going from EA to TGC, and being a woman developer. Her section starts around 12:30, but TGC friend, Ben Miller, has an interview right before her and gives some great advise about going indie!

Double Jump (Ep.5) from LCC TV The Link on Vimeo.

Full Spark Interview w/Kellee Santiago

Kellee — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:34:11 +0000

Kellee Santiago sat down recently with CBC’s Nora Young on the program, “Spark,” to discuss her background, thatgamecompany’s goals, and, naturally, “Red Dead Redemption“.

You can now hear the full-length interview by clicking here!

Kellee Talks about the Flower Design Process

Kellee — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 02:50:46 +0000

This is a talk that Jenova, Nick Clark, and myself have done at a number of different conferences, but I thought I would put it here for those who couldn’t attend and are interested. I take the audience through our general design philosophy, but then demo a number of the prototypes we developed as we searched for the final “Flower” experience.

Click here to watch.

Journey Trailer… and more!

Kellee — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:32:48 +0000

Today I am honored to fulfill thatgamecompany’s final wish for 2010 – to show you more of Journey. Our very first trailer debuted on the PlayStation Blog today, and here it is:

In addition, GameTrailers did an interview with us as part of their lead-up to the SpikeTV VGA Awards! Check it out here.

And Happy Holidays!

The Ultimate Flower Machine

Kellee — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:54:05 +0000

From fellow TEDFellow Angelo Vermeulen. Check out his presentation on his project, Biomodd – a computer that coexists with a living ecosystem.

Innovation Stuntmen’s Interview w/Kellee Santiago

Kellee — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:47:12 +0000

Last week two German guys came by the office to see what TGC’s studio is like and to chat about our approach to game design, in relation to a talk I’m giving in Dusseldorf this November on making a large impact as a small studio.

INNOVATION STUNTMEN: THATGAMECOMPANY from Innovation Stuntmen on Vimeo.

Robin Hunicke on How to be a Great Producer

Kellee — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:34:12 +0000

gamesauce recently sat down with our producer extraordinaire, Robin Hunicke, and discussed what it’s like working with emotions, and how she strives to be great at what she does. (We think she is. Pretty great, that is.)

“‘Just try to make everyone’s experience positive and creative and without friction,’ she suggests. ‘Obviously, one person can’t do that. A producer alone can’t make the working experience smooth and efficient and joyous, but one should try as best as they can. A lot of that is having conversations about areas where skills can be developed, how behaviors can be improved or just giving someone positive feedback about doing something really fantastic.’”

“‘What I strive to do every day, is to leave the office having made a measurable impact on everyone’s work experience. That could be anything from organizing a meeting about a feature I think needs help to ordering a whiteboard and helping someone hang it up so their ideas can be expressed more freely than being scrawled on little pieces of paper.’”

http://gamesauce.org/news/2010/09/07/robin-hunicke-on-working-with-feeling-how-to-be-a-great-producer/

Featured Fan Art: CheekyNana

Kellee — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:07:58 +0000

CheekyNana’s DeviantArt Page