TIGSource Interview: Jamie Fristrom

By: Derek Yu

On: January 26th, 2008

Lars Doucet recently did an interview for TIGSource with Jamie Fristrom. And just who is Mr. Fristrom?

Jamie Fristrom is an old industry veteran. Heâ€™s worked on everything from DOS games on the PC back in the day to Spider-Man 2 on the Xbox. Currently heâ€™s working on a game for the Xbox 360 called Schizoid, a quirky blend of Ikaruga and Pac-Man thatâ€™s being billed as “The Most co-op game ever.” Schizoid also has the honor of being the first game developed in Microsoftâ€™s new XNA Game Studio to be commercially released on Xbox Live Arcade.

Be forewarned, it’s loooooong interview. But a great read that covers a wide range of topics, including game design, XNA, team management, moral responsibility in game development, and Richard Garfield (the guy who created Magic: the Gathering). Definitely worth checking out.

Posted in Developers, Features, Interviews | Tags: JamieFristrom, TorpexGames

Sean C.

Fascinating article, Lars!
You made management an interesting topic, with relevance to the indie world.

Also, I am stoked about Schizoid.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoNQu_TjVE0) I’d like to try actually controlling both characters at once, in a brain-bending twist! Reminds me of the video of that [guy playing Ikaruga co-op by himself.
Lim-Dul

Yeah, very insightful interview.
James

Brilliant Interview.
Insightful and inspiring. More of these, if possible, please :)