MC535: Jordan Mechner, Prince of Persia

[@Bhazor]

I always had huge respect for Jordan as an artist. Wonderful to see him again, and looking and sounding so good at 60.

[@TrueNeutralEvGenius]

What a brilliant conversation it was. Pleasure to listen. My gratitude.

[@echelon2k8]

"Caretaker" and Prince of Persia were personal favorites back in the day. Jordan's a bonafide legend.

[@muzboz]

Jordan is incredible and a real inspiration for me. Just listening to his interview on the Dev Game Club podcast right now!

[@TrueNeutralEvGenius]

Truly , he is a legend and a brilliant interlocutor as well.

[@crystalz-h1d]

Legend!!!

[@realMichi]

I could listen to Jordan all day, such an inspring person.

[@Grouchy_Soup]

Read Jordan's memoires on the development of Karateka and Prince of Persia several times. He's definitely a special person and appreciate a lot the dedication and passion he puts into all his work.

[@Sunblade49]

What a great interview, thanks! I love the PoP games and this conversation gave me more insight into the man behind the games. Really interesting story and a great guest!!

[@White_NovaW]

Great guest and interview!!

[@CopperVault]

Great interview Matt, really interesting to hear about those early days of games development.

[@DavidCDrake]

Yet another true legend of game dev history finds his way onto Matt Chat! 🕌 Excellent interview with a brilliant, beautiful person.

[@mikelamb4528]

Wonderful! I find the development story of his early games fascinating.

[@lifeschool]

Thanks for arranging this interview Matt. Prince is way too hard for my pathertic skills, but Karateka on the Apple II is actually quite easy and fun.

[@benonemusic]

Fantastic conversation! I had waited to watch this until I had sampled a bit of Digital Eclipse’s “Making of Karateka.” Jordan is such a fully actualized writer with the many different forms of media in which he has created works. One thought on a tangential topic in the conversation: I’ve noticed a divide in reactions to “Return of the Jedi” between those such as Jordan and myself who were teenagers at the time (and had a less favorable opinion of it) and kids whose ages were in the single digits when seeing it (who frequently name this as their favorite Star Wars film). I think much of Episode Six was directed at younger viewers compared to the other OT movies.

[@rkornilo]

Enjoyed that a lot. Super guy.

[@pongod5751]

Video game equivalent of Mad Magazine for me was always the Sam & Max series

[@MattBarton]

@@pongod5751 Now that you mention it, I can totally see that!

[@snakeplissken111]

Jordan Mechner, The Last Express. :-)

[@batteryjuice3041]

It's quite obvious to me that KZbin has put matt in the "lower areas of youtube" Whatever you release, your subs are locked at 22-24k for these past like 15 years. Even if Jesus of Dungeons and dragons was interviewed here the "views" would probably be the same.