How One Man's Vision Changed the Video Game Industry

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Matt Robertson
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How One Man's Vision Changed the Video Game Industry
Credit: Bethesda Softworks/Daily Motion

Gaming is the fastest growing sector of the entertainment business, and some of the best storytellers and creative minds populate the industry. But it wasn't so long ago when PC or console games were painfully rudimentary -- limited in the types of tales they could weave and activities they could simulate.

Enter Christopher Weaver.

In the latest episode of the Dailymotion/Mashable series That Was Me, the spotlight is on Weaver. From his physics engine that would become the Madden NFL franchise, to the founding of Bethesda Softworks and pioneering of open-world games, Christopher Weaver's work is the story of a maturing games industry.

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