Dr. David Doak (GoldenEye, Perfect Dark & TimeSplitters) Interview - Rare [AAPOD164]
Episode 165 of the Arcade Attack Retro Gaming Podcast podcast, hosted by Arcade Attack, titled "Dr. David Doak (GoldenEye, Perfect Dark & TimeSplitters) Interview - Rare [AAPOD164]" was published on April 9, 2020 and runs 83 minutes.
April 9, 2020 ·83m · Arcade Attack Retro Gaming Podcast
Summary
This week, Adrian has a lovely chat with Dr David Doak! David is mostly known for his work with the Rare team that created GoldenEye and Perfect Dark. Dr Doak also went on to create TimeSplitters. Is he the true king of the fps genre? He talks to Adrian about how this opportunity came about, converting GoldenEye from a rail shooter to a first-person shooter, rubbing shoulders with the stars and creating Timesplitters among many, many other fantastic retro gaming stories. Fancy discussing this podcast? Fancy suggesting a topic of conversation? Please tweet us @arcadeattackUK or catch us on facebook.com/arcadeattackUK Please also consider subscribing to the Arcade Attack Retro Gaming podcast on your favourite podcast platform. We are on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and all your other favourite platforms - here is a handy link: https://link.chtbl.com/kW1KLYuH Like what we do? Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/arcadeattack All copyrighted material contained within this podcast is the property of their respective rights owners and their use here is protected under ‘fair use’ for the purposes of comment or critique.
Episode Description
This week, Adrian has a lovely chat with Dr David Doak! David is mostly known for his work with the Rare team that created GoldenEye and Perfect Dark. Dr Doak also went on to create TimeSplitters. Is he the true king of the fps genre?
He talks to Adrian about how this opportunity came about, converting GoldenEye from a rail shooter to a first-person shooter, rubbing shoulders with the stars and creating Timesplitters among many, many other fantastic retro gaming stories.
Fancy discussing this podcast? Fancy suggesting a topic of conversation? Please tweet us @arcadeattackUK or catch us on facebook.com/arcadeattackUK
Please also consider subscribing to the Arcade Attack Retro Gaming podcast on your favourite podcast platform. We are on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and all your other favourite platforms - here is a handy link: https://link.chtbl.com/kW1KLYuH
Like what we do? Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/arcadeattack
All copyrighted material contained within this podcast is the property of their respective rights owners and their use here is protected under ‘fair use’ for the purposes of comment or critique.
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