2025-03-25
1 小时 19 分钟This episode is brought to you by Loading Bar.
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My guest today is a physicist, game designer and technology visionary,
best known as the originator of the Xbox.
After studying physics at Tufts University,
he began his career in high energy physics before pivoting to the video game industry.
He worked on titles including System Shock and Flight Unlimited.
Then in the late 90s, while an employee at Microsoft,
he led the development of a bold new console project.
The Xbox revolutionized the video game landscape,
introducing hit series including Halo, Gears of War and Forza.
Since he left Microsoft, my guest has worked across entertainment,
venture capital and even experimental archaeology,
famously recreating ancient Egyptian bread using four and a half thousand year old yeast.
Welcome, Seamus Blackley.