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Casey Hudson Interview: Mass Effect's Feedback Loop

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by Ben Hanson on April 27, 2011 at 11:00 AM

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In the second installment of our series of interviews with Mass Effect's director Casey Hudson, we dive into the development process behind the games. Check out the first video below to hear Casey Hudson explain Bioware's iterative approach to each entry in the series and how every installment is largely based on feedback from the previous entry.

One byproduct of creating an entire galaxy for a game is that it requires a lot of naming. The second video explains the team's system of naming planets, characters, and other more risky items.

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by doomsday1155 Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 11:10 AM

Whoa... xenophilia indeed.
by Drew Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 11:22 AM

Best series of this generation IMO. I have no doubts that it will finish strong.
by slickvicXLII Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 11:22 AM

two more great interviews. I always found naming new ideas is very hard. It's just tough to capture the look and feel of something with one word. Very cool stuff. on a side note, im fighting the urge to google "Fornax". I believe him and his warning, but i'm just very curious. Idk man. i just dont know.
by KingCraft Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 11:23 AM

I'm always intrested in how developers come up with names.
by lee stultz Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 11:24 AM

lol@fornax. Nice interviews.
by Solfleet Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 11:27 AM

Well this just helped to cement my high opimion of Bioware even more.
by Drew Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 11:28 AM

FORNAXXX!!!!!!!!!
by Shammara Blanchard Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 11:31 AM

God this might may well be the greatest game series ever made... I can't wait!
by sugadaddy77 Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 11:48 AM

All this Mass Effect coverage is truly amazing, thanks GI.
by delko123 Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 12:11 PM

hahahah FORNAX ! hahahaha

lol Casey is funny too hahaha LOL ! :D He's a cool guys and I trust him that he's going to create hell of a game with his Bioware team. :)

LONG LIVE CASEY ! ^.^
by Gunfire Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 12:16 PM

This is sounding to good to be true :)
by Sora Three Ben Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 12:28 PM

Great videos. I love how Bioware listens to their fans and how their team works.
by Lancehead255 Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 01:08 PM

Can ME3 be better than ME2!? Listening to these interviews it seems so.
by gumpwumper Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 02:34 PM

just googled fornax.

ughhh.....
by Scalux Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 02:40 PM

Sweet! Now giv us gameplay, and introduce that one guy in big ben from the teaser. Pleeeeeeeeease :)
by febtober swords Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 02:55 PM

Has anybody actualy googled fornax? I'm afraid to do it myself.
by Palace Hotel Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 03:12 PM

1 a day! so awesome after work
by TheLastTactician Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 05:12 PM

I seriously love the guys at Bioware! I look forward to all of the new interviews! Thanks for the fantastic coverage, GI!!
by Phlakes Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 05:12 PM

I'm tempted to Google Fornax, but after my mishaps involving Encyclopedia Dramatica and /b/, I know better.

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