Blizzard devs playing D&D?

[Abelhawk]

Hey guys, I'm hoping you can help me find a video interview of some Blizzard developers. I'm guessing the video is at least 5 years old... It was a while ago that I watched it. In it, the veteran developers of Warcraft, such as Chris Metzen and Sammy Didier, talk about their memories of their experiences making the games. In one part, Metzen talks about how all of them used to play Magic together as well as Dungeons & Dragons, so they've always been interested in fantasy and whatnot. The video then shows an old photo of them playing one of the games together.

Does this ring a bell to anyone else? I would like to have that photo in my next Easter eggs video on a certain part, but I can't remember where I saw the interview, and it's really hard to search for it now that there have been tons of interviews done and posted online.

I'm guessing that the interview was a more official one... possibly on the World of Warcraft Collector's Edition DVD maybe? I hope I'm not just making up a false memory. If anyone knows what I'm talking about, could you please point me in the right direction?

 

[pyf]

Have you already checked out what is available on Blue Blizz Box ?
https://www.youtube.com/user/BlizzardCinematics

 

[Abelhawk]

I had not even heard of this channel. Looks nifty. I'll take a look.

 

[pyf]

I had not even heard of this channel. [...]

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/threads/happy-birthday-wcii-bdp.279218/
(please see end of OP)

You should find many interesting things Blizzard-related there.

 

[Abelhawk]

Dang it, couldn't find anything. It's probably a single photo in an obscure interview somewhere. Oh well.

 

[pyf]

Could it possibly be related to the early development/release of Hearthstone?


Quote taken from The three lives of Blizzard Entertainment:

"Though smaller than any other team at Blizzard — it started with 15 people and grew to a mere 30 — Team 5 included a mix of long-time veterans of the company and new blood brought in specifically to help them create a type of game the developer had never done before: a card collecting game. Once more, Morhaime and Metzen point to their long nights playing Magic: The Gathering as an inspiration [emphasis added]. Morhaime calls the long-running card game "brilliantly designed.""


** update **

Found! (hopefully)

Hidden

Please jump at 01:38

 

[Abelhawk]

That's what I was thinking of! Thanks a lot, pyf! Unfortunately, I'm already uploading the video now, but it doesn't really have to do with Dungeons & Dragons like I thought it did anyway. Still fun to see those old photos.