Erik Wolpaw is a writer at Valve and has worked on franchises such as Half Life and Portal. He recently worked on Half Life:Alyx and Aperture Desk Job

 

SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @wolpaw

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:25 - Being A Database Programmer Before Being A Writer

01:00 - Procrastination/Psychonauts

03:10 - Coming Up With Names Is Easy/Keeping Up Energy Is Hard/Jokes Being Cut

04:50 - Erik Doesn’t Like Writing

05:55 - Erik’s Ideology In Terms Of Writing For A Game

07:50 - Time Between Portal & Portal 2/Don’t Write Yourself Into A Corner

08:25 - Erik Wants To Work On A Portal 3/Valve’s Corporate Structure 

10:01 - Portal 3 Might Not Happen/Why Valve Doesn’t Release Many Games

11:45 - Valve’s High Quality Bar/Development Cycle

12:20 - Portal ...