{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY EPISODE 23: Joe Quadara","description":"Ready for more? Well, here you go! The Jason Schreier &quot;Press Reset&quot; special goes on and continues to feature interviews with people from the book. \u201cPress Reset\u201d details the stories of game development studio closures and how it affected the people behind some of gaming's biggest titles to date. This time I am joined by Joe Quadara, the former lead combat designer at Big Huge Games on Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Joe touches upon his journey into the games industry, how to design great combat and how a legendary baseball player ended up being his boss. We also discuss the closure of Big Huge Games and how indie games are creating a path to a better games industry. &amp;nbsp; Time \u2013 Topic Discussed: 0:00 - Intro 03:56 - How did Joe\u2019s story end up in the book? 05:20 - What it was like reading his own story 06:34 - Did Joe learn something new about 38 Studios?&amp;nbsp; 07:40 - How Joe ended up in the games industry 12:42 - Joe\u2019s Tekken Tag Team Tournament Team 13:46 - Quality assurance back in the day 16:52 - How Joe became a combat designer 18:25 - The best designers are multi disciplinary 19:40 - Joining Big Huge Games 24:30 - The creation of the combat pit 27:20 - The balance of criticism&amp;nbsp; 31:56 - What makes good combat design? 34:56 - The difference of combat between East and West&amp;nbsp; 38:30 -&amp;nbsp; Why do combat designers hate combat barks? 40:22 - The secret internal build of Urban Chaos 42:42 - The uncertain future of Big Huge Games 48:18 - Politely saying no 50:27 - The feedback for the combat of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning 52:07 - The end of Big Huge Games 54:01 - The chaos that comes along with a studio closure 54:40 - How Joe tackles the issue of sustainability of the the games industry&amp;nbsp; 59:41 - Outro &amp;nbsp; Things mentioned on the show: The Curse of the Bambino Curt Schilling &amp;nbsp; Social Media: Joe Quadara Joe Quadara on Twitter (@bazooie) Joe Quadara on Instagram (@bazooie) Joe Quadara on Facebook (@Joe Quadara) &amp;nbsp; YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY on&amp;nbsp;Twitter (@youmeindustry) Dorian on&amp;nbsp;Twitter (@DorianChou) YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY on&amp;nbsp;Instagram (@youmeindustry) Dorian on&amp;nbsp;Instagram (@dorian.chou) YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY on Facebook (youmeindustry) Intro\/Outro by FreshMcZone Artwork by Thomas Martin (Instagram: @thomas.martin.martin) ","author_name":"YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY","author_url":"http:\/\/youmeindustry.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/20540900\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/111661526"}