Edinburgh Festival

5 Questions: Margaret Robertson

  • Source: The List (Issue 635)
  • Date: 30 July 2009 (updated 5 Aug 2009)
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This article is from 2009.

5 Questions: Margaret Robertson

Margaret Robertson is a former editor of Edge Magazine. She will be talking about the future of storytelling videogames at Edinburgh Interactive on Thu 13 & Fri 14 Aug

5 people to watch out for in the UK gaming industry: Rob Yescombe, creative director, Crytek UK: unconventional, unpredictable, unstoppable. Christian Donlan, an astute, eloquent writer. The smart, savvy Sean Murray, co-founder of Hello Games. Dan Marshall, independent game maker: a one-man band of gaming brilliance. Mark Sorrell, head of design at Fremantle Media: taking games to places they’ve never been

4 reasons why people should come: To find out why Channel 4 staged the death of a fictional scientist; to meet Ian ‘Fighting Fantasy’ Livingstone, founder of Games Workshop; to get some key data about how games are changing the world; and to find out why games consoles are doomed from Runescape’s Simon Seefeldt.

3 great things about Edinburgh Interactive: For me a chance to come home to Edinburgh, the best city in the world to grow up in. For the industry: be somewhere with some history and culture - not a conference centre in LA. For everyone else: come and find out how games are bigger, smarter and more varied than you may have realised.

2 storytelling games everyone should play: The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (available for download on Wii) has a confusing, looping structure, but the stories within it unfold beautifully. Storyteller (www.ludomancy.com) shows how games can tell stories purely through play.

1 of the best games of all time: Prince Of Persia: The Sands of Time is a modern classic. It’s an old-fashioned fairy tale brought to life in a way no other medium could.

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This article is from 2009.

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