#129 - Joe Houston Interview (Bluepoint Games, SOTC, Titanfall, Uncharted, Localisation, Coding etc.)

Joe Houston is a programmer/engineer who is most well known for his tenure at Bluepoint Games working on games such as Shadow Of The Colossus, Titanfall, Uncharted, Demon Souls etc. #bluepointgames #shadowofthecolossus #uncharted   SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @pandamittens   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:00 - Joe Hasn’t Been To Houston Despite His Surname 01:20 - Bluepoint Games Like Hard Problems 03:13 - Memory Stomp Bug On Titanfall  04:50 - Code Drops On Titanfall/Co-Development With Respawn Titanfall 06:40 - Optimisation Problems With Titanfall 09:10 - Bluepoint Games Reputation, Professionalism & Transparency  11:40 - Bluepoint Engine 12:20 - Extracting Data From Older Games/Process Of Making Remakes 14:14 - Joe’s Skillset/Workflow & Bug Tracking For SOTC 17:25 - Parity Issues Were A Problem On SOTC/Japanese Source Code 20:40 - Japanese Source  Code Issues That Ended Up Accumulating Over Time 22:17 - Joe Knows Basic Japanese/Localization 23:30 - Maintaining Culture In Localisation/Arabic Compared To English 27:00 - The Problems With The Original SOTC/Dishonored Being Compared To Thief 30:40 - Modernising Uncharted 1 For PS4 34:40 - Getting Uncharted Collection To Maintain 60FPS 36:40 - Working On Uncharted Games Simultaneously/Bluepoints QA 37:45 - Uncharted 2 Was The Starting Point For Development Of The Collection/Keeping Bugs 40:20 - Remakes & Remasters Vs Original IP 42:17 - Playing Uncharted 3 To Prepare For Development On The Remake 43:25 - Joe Never Played SOTC Until He Started Developing The Remake/Studying SOTC 45:33 - How Japanese Coders Operate/Birds In SOTC 47:00 - Working With Andy O’Neil 49:03 - Bluepoint Games Motto”Working Smarter,Not Harder”/Avoiding Crunch 51:07 - Bluepoint Is A Great Studio For Engineers 51:58 - Pros & Cons Of Bluepoint Games 53:45 - Breaking Into The Game Industry/Artistry/Flexing His Other Skillset/Working At Discord 56:49 - Where To Follow Joe Houston