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The Guts of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm

Brad grills Heart of the Swarm's designers about the slimy, purple innards of StarCraft's latest expansion.

Jun. 15 2012

Posted by: Drew

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Edited By Milkman

I wonder how many real members of the games press that Dustin gets to talk to who know as much about the game as Brad. Must be pretty refreshing. 

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@prod88 said:

Brad's voice is so manly I have to turn down the bass on my sound system.

Exactly what I was thinking. When the video started I was like ''JESUS!''

Edit: Oh and great interview Brad.

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Hey David Kim, I found the perfect solution for the entomb-not-causing-an-alert issue!

...Entomb now turns all mineral patches in to photon cannons.

BOOM.

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@doe3879 said:

@xxNBxx: as awesome as that game was

I just find it baffling that a pro; at the final of the biggest tournament, during end game where there's no more macro and production/resource management. Down to 1 final army for the Terran. And he 1 "a" into battle.

I was practically jumping out of my seat when I saw that match the first time, but I'm with you, MVP is way too good to just let that happen. Can't help wondering if he let the series stretch out a bit to make it more exciting.

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@xxNBxx: as awesome as that game was

I just find it baffling that a pro; at the final of the biggest tournament, during end game where there's no more macro and production/resource management. Down to 1 final army for the Terran. And he 1 "a" into battle.

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Edited By xxNBxx

The Archon Toilet was a crazy move. If you missed it.

Great work Brad.

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I want that poster from the background.

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This is a fairly sexual interview. Unfortunately, I am no fan of the StarCraftering.

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Brad with the thousand yard stare

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Thanks Brad!

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I love in thew second interview brad looks like he is fighting against all hope to remain awake.

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Brad is an actual fan of games. Good to see.

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Brad looks like he prematurely left a hospital.

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Brad's voice is so manly I have to turn down the bass on my sound system.

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Damn these interviews are amazing. Much appreciated. /bow

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@Tarsier said:

the bullshit this guy spews about terran is amazing.. saying that terran has a LOT to think about, siege tanks, stims and the occasional EMP? are you joking? this is the guy who ruined starcraft 2 .

Err why are you making out Terrans an easy race to play? Mech play you need a lot of game sense, because drops and getting out of position is easy. Standard play requires a lot of multi tasking. Both pretty hard to pull off.

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Brad and Dustin from Blizz are becoming a yearly feature or whatever, which is awesome. I especially liked that video where Brad was saying that they would release SC2(2009 which is what they said at that time, I know they say it's done when it's done, maybe I'm misremembering things anyway) and Dustin was chuckling a lil' bit, because he knew that shit wouldn't happen at all.

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It's the weirdest thing. I don't know what I'm looking forward to the most. The new singleplayer Zerg campaign (FOR THE SWARM !!!) or the fact that this is probably gonna make pro competitive games even more exciting (I didn't touch the multiplayer in WoL).

Anyway, nerd out moment : OH YEAH HEART OF THE SWARM !

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Great interview Brad. I love to know more about a game from people who actually KNOW the game. I hope you got some sleep man!

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The first interesting and clearly sc2 player driven interview of HOTS that i´ve seen. Thanks Brad.

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New units abilities and roles are the same as SC1 units' abilities and roles they took out in the first place. Very creative, Mr. Browder.

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Woooooo, talk about videogames and videogamey thingies in those videogames. YES! So excited!

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So excite! Love all the SC content atm, keep it coming!

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the bullshit this guy spews about terran is amazing.. saying that terran has a LOT to think about, siege tanks, stims and the occasional EMP? are you joking? this is the guy who ruined starcraft 2 .

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Bearded Brad is Best Brad

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Never shave, Brad. Never.

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I'm probably only getting this for the campaign at this point. Other RTS game's ladders have my competitive spirit.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I never really freak out about games anymore, but I am so GOD DAMN MUTHER FUCKING EXCITED FOR THIS!!!!!!

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Guts! Do you have it!??

Anyway, new units look cool and I like the renewed viability of hydras. But I'm still looking forward to the campaign more than mp. Of course, I said that last time and ended up playing a good 300 games.

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Ah, information on a game I care about!

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Edited By MooseyMcMan

Every time they say "star gate," (in the Bomb Cast too) I think Stargate. You know, that Stargate.

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Can't wait for HOTS