MinnMax Interview - Max Spielberg’s Untold Journey To Lynked: Banner of the Spark

MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews co-founder and creative director of FuzzyBot Max Spielberg and Lynked: Banner of the Spark's art director Eric Kozlowsky about their game that they describe as an "arcade-inspired co-op adventure that blends hack and slash combat with roguelike and town-building elements." We also talk about their respective journeys through the game industry with Eric working on games like Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Max working on Assassin's Creed Unity, Battlefield 1, and more. Max Spielberg is the son of Steven Spielberg so we also talk about how his father's love of games set him on this trajectory.

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

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:48 - Welcoming Max Spielberg And Eric Kozlowsky

00:03:56 - Their long careers in the game industry

00:05:59 - How FuzzyBot hired Eric as art director

00:12:11 - Where Lynked: Banner of the Spark is currently at

00:13:13 - The most stressful periods of Lynked's development

00:17:25 - Funding and development Lynked

00:22:51:25 - Geoff Keighley discovering Lynked

00:23:33 - Blizzard's co-founder Mike Morhaime is publishing Lynked

00:26:24 - Eric Kozlowsky's studio-hopping career

00:33:46 - Max Spielberg's journey through the game industry

00:38:54 - EA's LA studio, Boomblox, LMNO

00:41:19 - Command & Conquer: Tiberium

00:43:35 - DICE LA/Ripple Effects canceled project

00:45:40 - The canceled Lords of the Fallen 2

00:47:11 - Working at Retro at Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

00:49:11 - Eric Meeting Shigeru Miyamoto

00:52:02 - Steven Spielberg played Wii Sports with Miyamoto

00:55:43 - The origins of FuzzyBot and Lynked: Banner of the Spark

01:03:11 - The dream IP FuzzyBot would love to work on

01:06:36 - Developing Assassin's Creed Unity

01:09:00 - The future of Battlefield

01:10:18 - How often are people asking about Steven Spielberg

01:12:17 - What games does Steven Spielberg play

01:13:51 - Steven Spielberg's feedback on Lynked: Banner of the Spark

01:15:03 - What they're most proud of with Lynked