Subseries B: Interviews, 2017
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains digital videos captured by and about staff members from Toys for Bob during the donation of Skylanders materials to The Strong in July 2017. Toys for Bob staff interviewed here include studio heads Paul Reiche III and Robert (“Fred”) Ford, art manager Amber Long, lead technical software engineer Dan Gerstein, audio director Dan Neil, principal concept artist I-Wei Huang, senior technical artist Mike Ludlam, principal engineer Robert Leyland, lead concept artist Ron Kee, design director Toby Schadt, associate creative director Paul Yan, and character lead designer Nat Loh. Also part of this subseries is a video interview with Alex Ness, who worked as a producer, narrative director, and chief of staff at Toys for Bob.
Video interviews were conducted by JP Dyson, Director of the International Center for the History of Electronic Games at The Strong. Audio was recorded separately for posterity and two video cameras were set up to record each interview at the Toys for Bob offices, resulting in one audio file and two video files for each interview segment. File types and lengths are denoted in the folder descriptions. See also the collection's finding aid for item-level description.
These interview files are available online to researchers via
Dates
- Creation: 2017
Creator
- From the Collection: Toys for Bob (Firm) (Organization)
- From the Collection: Activision (Firm) (Organization)
- From the Collection: Strong (History Museum) (Organization)
Language
This collection is in English.
Conditions Governing Access
At this time, digital files in Series II, Subseries A (Collections packing) are limited to on-site researchers only. Please see The Strong’s Digital Games Files Access Policy
Partial Extent
From the Collection: 1.75 Linear Feet (3 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
Partial Extent
From the Collection: 111 Gigabytes (Digital files) : Accessible on-site at The Strong; video interviews are accessible online via The Strong's Preservica-Universal Access portal.
Repository Details
Part of the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong Repository
The Strong
One Manhattan Square
Rochester NY 14607 USA
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