MinnMax Interview - Tim Longo On Rebooting Halo, Tomb Raider, And More (Patreon)

In this MinnMax interview, Ben Hanson talks to Tim Longo about his career in the game industry from working on LucasArts games like Star Wars: Republic Commando to his work as the creative director for Halo Infinite with 343 Industries. Based on his time as creative director for Tomb Raider 2013 at Crystal Dynamics, we talk about the challenges of rebooting a beloved series and how far you can push a formula fans love. We also talk about the Dev Game Club podcast, Longo's side project with developer Brett Douville where they play through classic games together in a format similar to The Deepest Dive.

You can watch the video version here - https://youtu.be/bFK3p291arQ

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

00:02:10 - Tim Longo

00:03:20 - The canceled Star Wars: First Assault

00:11:26 - Creating the Dev Game Club podcast

00:18:30 - Thoughts on Japanese game development

00:25:04 - The early ideas of Tomb Raider’s 2013 reboot

00:31:06 - How to reboot a series like Halo

00:49:32 - Pushing back against living games

00:53:48 - Becoming a forest ranger/All Those Who Wander

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