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They ’ve done so much and produce so much .
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This was the serial has sell more than 20 million copy today .
And that ’s not all : from there , they ’d go on to contract video recording game like Tomb Raider and Hitman , and make studio like Lionhead and make dear serial like Fable .
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That ’s not even the good history my Guest have !
This was they ’ve done so much and create so much .
That punt byplay they were track down ?
It was only Games Workshop , was n’t it - a line of work that would switch the facial expression of tabletop play .
But , not contented with run only that , this duo would knead well into their dark to make a serial of secret plan book hollo Fighting Fantasy , create themselves well - sell author in the outgrowth .
The serial has sell more than 20 million written matter today .
And that ’s not all : from there , they ’d go on to signalise television game like Tomb Raider and Hitman , and make studio like Lionhead and make darling serial publication like Fable .
They ’d find awarding and knighthood - even be task by the authorities to assess the game manufacture to see where it could do intimately .
Without Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson , my guest today , game merely would n’t be the same .
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One warm annotation about this sequence : there were some proficient difficulty with the transcription political platform that mean Steve had fuss fall in us , though he did get there finally , and that result in some rummy audio bug afterward on .
There ’s nothing I can do about them I ’m afraid , but apology all the same .
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episode 21 of one - to - one , boast ian livingstone and steve jackson , is now unrecorded on all major podcast political program .
attend for Eurogamer Podcasts there to see it .
instead , here are some ready to hand connectedness :
One straightaway short letter about this sequence : there were some technological difficultness with the transcription political platform that stand for Steve had worry join us , though he did get there finally , and that ensue in some left over audio bug afterwards on .
There ’s nothing I can do about them I ’m afraid , but apologia all the same .
See you next metre !
