Producing Plants vs. Zombies: MLJ - Part 1

Isaac and Steve welcome skater, entrepreneur and former PopCap and Plants vs Zombies producer Matthew Lee Johnston to the show. Learn what a first day at PopCap was like, discover interwoven webs of perfectly hand-balanced dependencies, attend to the differences between "porting" a game and "adapting" it, and be apprised of the many ways that folks can fail to see eye to eye on the very same adaptation process. All that and a fair bit more on this week's episode of The Unofficial PopCap PopCast!CHAPTERS00:00  The Unofficial PopCap PopCast00:19  Hello, Greetings00:48  Introducing Matthew Lee Johnston01:41  Tricked Into Interviewing07:41  What's a Producer?10:08  Most Noteworthy Games12:42  First Day at PopCap24:07  PvZ Xbox27:04  Controlling PvZ30:37  Fundamental Disagreement38:23  Couch Co-op41:16  Perfectly Hand-Balanced Dependencies45:06  Working "with" George Fan48:55  Plants vs. Zombies 256:18  MLJ Part 1 WrapupLINKSPMA Magazinehttps://www.getthatpma.com/