Working With Spielberg, BioShock, and Underworld Ascendant: A Chat With Joe Fielder


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By Ryan McCaffrey

Underworld Ascendant creative director Joe Fielder has enjoyed quite a career. From starting out as a video game journalist to crossing over to game development and working with the likes of Steven Spielberg, Ken Levine (BioShock), and Warren Spector (Deus Ex), he is now releasing a spiritual successor to the beloved Ultima Underworld. Check out the full interview above to hear his fascinating life story!

If you’d rather listen than watch (but we encourage you to watch!), here’s an audio-only download link of the full episode.

Here is a preview clip, in which Fielder recounts a story he heard from Spielberg about how the legendary director fell in love with video games while filming Jaws:

And if you missed it, here’s last month’s episode of Unfiltered, in which 3D Realms founder Scott Miller recounts the troubled development of Duke Nukem Forever, the triumph of his shareware model for games, working on Prey and Max Payne, and more:

Catch up on every episode of IGN Unfiltered here, including conversations with former PlayStation boss Jack Tretton, Journey creator Jenova Chen, voice actress Cissy Jones, Cuphead co-creators Chad and Jared Moldenhauer, and many more!

Source: IGN

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