Crash Bandicoot Co-Creator Andy Gavin: Extended Interview | Ars Technica

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rgbrgb · 2022-01 · Strong recommendation

Cool, thanks for sharing that. I had no idea Andy Garvin was on hn, but makes sense :)! I had a vague memory that Super Mario 64 also used lisp and when I googled, I found him again [0]. You've likely seen this, but I recently watched and loved this extended interview with him about making Crash Bandicoot [1]. Really made me want to look more into making video games. [0]: [LINK] [1]: [VIDEO]

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bmitc · 2022-01 · Strong recommendation

In the cause of Naughty Dog, it was Andy Gavin who introduced Lisp and GOAL and was one of the co-founders of Naughty Dog. He came from MIT and was a student of Rodney Brooks. [LINK] [LINK] If someone hasn't seen it, his episode on Ars Technica's War Stories was awesome. He seems to be a hacker's hacker. It's a fascinating story because it's not really how I personally work (internally), so it's fun hearing someone describe just diving in like that. [LINK] [VIDEO] It was my understanding that Racket wasn't in use anymore at Naughty Dog. It would be cool if there was an update or someone who knows (I know Dan is no longer at Naughty Dog), because unfortunately the tale of Lisps in companies is normally that it eventually gets replaced or set aside (where new stuff is built in something else).

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bigdubs · 2022-01 · Recommendation

The ars technica extended interview with Andy Gavin is a great watch (mentions lisp from his time at MIT) [VIDEO]

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