TGH writes:
"It usually takes a small army to create the video games that we play, and, most of the time, all of the focus gets put on the game itself, and not on the people that came together to make it. Our Dev Box interview series takes a look at some of the unsung heroes that have committed their lives to entertaining all of us. This week we are letting Paradox Interactive's Johan Andersson take a break from working on "Hearts of Iron 3" and give him a chance to get on the Dev Box and tell us a bit about himself, and what he thinks about the games industry.
Name: Johan Andersson
Title: Producer at Paradox Interactive
What you do: I do quite alot of things on the games, as I am in charge of making sure that we get a great game released on time and on budget. This involves being involved in gamedesign, planning the project, following up details, and whatever other tasks are needed. Since I have a background in programming, and the team is extremely busy at the moment, I also help out programming when it is needed.
Most recent game worked on: The latest release we had was "EU: Rome," and we are currently working on "Hearts of Iron 3," which should be out this fall.
1. What game has most influenced you, and why?
There are alot of games through the ages that have inspired me like "Civilization," "World of Warcraft," "Storm Across Europe" and others, but no game has ever captured my imagination as much as the original version of "Pirates." The map and the world just drew me in, and I kept playing it for lots of nights as a teenager, thinking that this was the kind of game I would like to make myself. That is why the base of my design philosophy is to create believable worlds.
2. What are you playing right now?
I'm an MMO addict, so I'm alternating my time between "WoW" raiding..."
GameGrin's Alex Hamilton writes: "There wasn’t much I could do to save Poland. To be honest there wasn’t much I wanted to do to save Poland. There was simply no way of me getting there in time to stop the German invasion. At least, that’s what I’m telling myself as I watch the ever-growing cloud of dust across the border."
There are certain inalienable truths in this world: music will get worse as you get older, politicians will lie all the time and Hitler will always invade Poland.
Continue Play's Noah Ellis suggests 5 games focusing on one of the lesser known areas of the Second World War, the vast Eastern Front.
