Brian Fargo

CEO
Leader in Exile

Making RPG's That Stand the Test of Time

Online Game Development Track & Social Games Summit
Sunday, November 13
10:20 - 11:20
Rooms 6304-6306, 3F

Brian Fargo has been playing and making RPG games since the 1980's and is still making games to this day. He will look back over 3 decades of RPG games that began with the Bard's Tale and Wasteland and eventually onto such hits as Stonekeep Fallout, Baldur's Gate, and Icewind Dale and most recently with Hunted: The Demon's Forge. Mr. Fargo will discuss his history with Role-playing games and how he approaches each aspect of the game creation. Topics to include storyline, character development, balance and production philosophy. What are the elements you need to make an immersive game that will stand the test of time and have people say "I spent hours playing your game when I was a kid and loved it."

About Brian Fargo

Brian Fargo is a video game designer, developer, producer and executive best known for his company Interplay Productions. Mr. Fargo is a descendant of the family that created the banking giants Wells Fargo and American Express. Fargo started his career in the video game industry in 1982, and founded Interplay Productions in 1983. His first games included Bard's Tale and Wasteland. Interplay grew to over 600 employees at its zenith in the mid-1990s when it was producing such games as Descent, Baldur's Gate and Fallout. Mr. Fargo, like many other entrepreneurial CEO's, had a hand in the development of most games produced by Interplay. In 1994, Universal/MCA bought a 45% stake in the company which later went public in 1998. In 2000, Titus Software, a Paris based game company, exercised a majority control of Interplay, and as a result, Mr. Fargo resigned his position with the company in favor of starting, inXile entertainment in 2002.