Mark Darrah on Games

I'm Mark Darrah. Let's Talk Games. I worked at BioWare from 1997 to 2021
Working in the game industry?
Looking to start?
Just curious about how things work?
Listen to someone with over 20 years of experience.

I worked at BioWare for 23 years. All of that directly in game development.
Turns out you can apply a lot of the lessons I learned to your everyday
From 1997 until 2008 I worked as a programmer, focused mostly on gameplay systems
From 2007 until 2021 I was an Executive Producer, leading projects

Games I worked on (That were released):
Baldur's Gate (1998)
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (1999)
Baldur's Gate II (2000)
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (2001)
Neverwinter Nights (2002)
Jade Empire (2005)
Mass Effect (2007)
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (2008)
Dragon Age: Origins (2009)
Dragon Age II (2011)
Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)
Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017)
Anthem (2019)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024)
... And some other things ...

Mark Darrah on Games

Still time to get your questions in for the 25,000 subscribers Q&A.

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Mark Darrah on Games

I think we are comfortably above 25,000 subscribers so we'll send out a call for questions for the Q&A. Likely it will be in 2 weeks. Members get priority on their questions.

If you have a question reply here and we'll add it.

1 week ago | [YT] | 125

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Mark Darrah on Games

The game by game showcase videos are now all out.
There will be a combined video at a later date but, for now, we will be back to normal videos

1 month ago | [YT] | 85

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We have lost 30 subscribers since we started uploading the Game Con Canada showcase videos.
I get that it is a massive departure for the channel and it is a LOT of videos but we'll be back to regular scheduling on July 7th. Hopefully you will stick it out.

And please check out some of the indie titles, they could use your support.

2 months ago | [YT] | 187

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I talked to BUNCH of the indie teams at ‪@gameconcanada6431‬ Game Con Canada. I'm going to release those videos as individual videos over the next 2 weeks.

So expect a BRIEF deluge of content.

Hopefully you find it interesting, but if not I'll see you in a bit.

If you decide to wishlist a game based upon the video, please let me know in the comments of the video.

2 months ago | [YT] | 80

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Would people be interested in me doing a video on how to demo your game at a convention?
I imagine some PR people will disagree with what I have to say

2 months ago | [YT] | 32

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We made 20$ on stream today.
Not enough to move us up to the next tier of cion but we will be getting the $100 Crash Course coin!

Thanks all for joining today!

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