Interview: Silicon Knight’s Denis Dyack

Silicon Knight’s Denis Dyack took a break AGDC to do an interview with Gamasutra and Game Developer’s Brandon Sheffield.This extensive interview covers a broad range of hot topics in the games industry today. Dyack runs down the similarities and differences of video games to social programs like Club Penguin and MySpace which are giving the industry a run for its money today. He also explores the way video games are slowly become accessible to mainstream society and how future generations will relate to them. For instance, will the Wii’s popularity be sustainable as society in general becomes more techno savvy?

Read the full article about Dyack’s perspective on game development, the role of story in games and the lessons that can be learned from Hollywood and applied to the video gaming industry on Gamasutra.