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Video Interview with D&D Creative Manager Chris Perkins

February 23, 2010 by guest

Nick interviews D&D Creative Manager Chris Perkins about being a killer DM, running D&D for celebrities, making your NPCs memorable by doing voices, and more.

Special thanks to They’re Using Tools! for their video editing work.

Interview with D&D Creative Manager Chris Perkins (19 minutes, 230 MB video, 14 MB audio)

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Filed Under: Critical Hits Podcast, Interviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, D&D, killer DM, NPCs, penny arcade, pvp, robot chicken, voices, wil wheaton

Comments

  1. Andrew Loch says

    February 23, 2010 at 1:46 am

    This talk brought to you by “SPRITE”

    ๐Ÿ™‚

  2. Scott says

    February 23, 2010 at 1:51 am

    Awesome interview, really enjoyed hearing that Chirs Perkins and i share similar DM styles (atleast in my head we do!).

    On a side note, was that subtle product placement intentional? *cough* Sprite *cough*, haha

    Thanks Nick, looking forward to seeing more in the future.

    Scott W.

  3. Nicholas says

    February 23, 2010 at 2:26 am

    Believe it or not, the Sprite can was even more prominent in the raw footage. My camera’s autofocus decided it was the most important thing in the shot. Oh well, I know better for next time.

    Speaking of next time, if this turns out to be popular there will be more. Chris and I will even try to pull in some more folks! So if you like this kind of thing, leave a comment!

  4. Nicholas says

    February 23, 2010 at 2:28 am

    By the way, he did kill me with that Beholder. Fortunately I got better.

  5. The O says

    February 23, 2010 at 10:43 am

    Great interview Nick! Keep ’em coming!

  6. Keaton says

    February 23, 2010 at 1:35 pm

    I think this is awesome! I can learn a lot from people like Chris Perkins! Definitely keep them coming.

  7. Jeremy says

    February 24, 2010 at 10:32 am

    I really enjoyed this, too! It’s a lot of fun to hear what the pros have to say. Also: Chris Perkins is way more buff than I expected one of the world’s biggest D&D dorks to be. Evidently those TPKs help build big guns… I’ll have to work on that! Always interesting to see someone for the first time when you’ve heard so much of their voice.

    Thanks!

  8. Duncan Timiney says

    February 24, 2010 at 1:46 pm

    In the Robot Chicken vids, Chris looks like Timothy Olyphant in Hitman :>
    Yes, these interviews are welcome, as long as you continue to provide an audio-only file too for those of us with less-than-sophisticated mp3 players :>
    .-= Duncan Timiney´s last blog ..Iconochromatic #12 =-.

  9. Matthew Arcilla says

    February 24, 2010 at 8:56 pm

    Chris Perkins is a sexy sexy man. I say this in full confidence that such a remark will not damage my heterosexual standing.
    .-= Matthew Arcilla´s last blog ..Burninating the Azeroth =-.

  10. Jimmy Trinket says

    March 1, 2010 at 7:39 pm

    Golly gosh I dig Chris Perkins. I DM for a bunch of school children, and it can be quite crazy at times. I only hope they think I do half as good a job as this guy. Great interview, I got some great ideas for future adventures with my group.

    Good work Nick!

    pssst, sorry to hear about the Beholder incident. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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