Mark Darrah On Anthem’s Launch, Dev Advice, And Leaving BioWare - MinnMax Interview

MinnMax’s Ben Hanson interviews Mark Darrah about his career at BioWare and why he decided to leave the studio and is now building a YouTube channel offering advice for other game developers. In this interview Darrah talks about his history with crunch, why he didn’t have the heart to see the next Dragon Age into production, the unreleased Nintendo DS game Mass Effect: Corsair, and his perspective on what went wrong with Anthem’s launch. Unlock the podcast version and help support independent games media over on Patreon! Check our Mark Darrah’s YouTube channel here - To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:16 - Mark Darrah’s YouTube channel 00:04:46 - Lessons from crunch in AAA games 00:18:24 - Dragon Age 2’s rushed development 00:23:27 - Why BioWare can’t make small games anymore 00:27:35 - Mark Darrah’s next game 00:35:14 - Keeping Dragon Age