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In this first episode, Mike talks with programmer Tony Garcia about what it’s like to be a programmer in the video game industry, and what game designers can do to work well with programmers.

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Show Notes:
0:12 Introduction
1:02 Catching up
2:10 Tony’s Resume
5:25 What does being a programmer entail?
12:00 Interacting with programmers as a designer.
14:28 Stereotypes about programmers in the industry
19:53 Over-loaded designers or programmers
26:16 Double-Fine’s games as Tim Schafer’s personality
27:20 Invisible Work
33:09 Is it hard to work behind the scenes?
38:33 Final words

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