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16: The Spelunky Book Club

Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

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The Importance of Andy Hall

Doug: Good people is everything and I think part of the story of Spelunky HD is Derek finding the right person to make this game with. He also talks about that Andy Hall wasn't even the most experienced programmer necessarily but he knew that he got along with him and trusted exactly that much. The list of games that didn't see the light of day because the team fell apart is very long. And not always sometimes life just comes at you like malicious intent or anything right it's just oh damn I have to move or I need a job or any number of things.

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