In the second part of the trilogy of talks with former World Of Warcraft developers, Josh sits down with exterior level designer Bo Bell, for a lengthy chat on the making of vanilla WoW.

Highlights Below:

In Depth Interview – 2:35

Bo’s Resume – 3:20

Working At Blizzard – 7:50

Working in QA – 9:50

Speaking Publicly About Games – 16:05

What Bo Works On Now – 19:35

Artistic Freedom Working On Exterior Designs – 24:30

Balancing Metzen’s Vision With Personal Tastes – 31:30

Fighting For Keeping Duskwood Dark – 37:10

Love For The Planned Emerald Dream – 41:45

Real World Inspirations In WoW Exteriors – 47:50

WoW Planned To Be Everquest? – 53:40

Smoke Break Ideas/Cutting Wee From WoW – 1:05:25

How Close Were We To Flying Mounts In Vanilla? – 1:09:45

Lord Of The Rings Inspirations – 1:13:20

Runemasters In Vanilla WoW – 1:22:50

Other Scrapped Classes – 1:27:25

Favourite/Challenging Zones That Bo Worked On – 1:31:00

Seeing Cataclysm Change Bo’s Work – 1:37:50

Blizzard’s Level Design Approach Now vs. Then – 1:42:45

Origins Of The Forsaken – 1:48:20

Moonglade Plans/Timbermaw – 1:55:50

Zone Regrets – 1:59:35

Guesses At Playable Zones In The Demo – 2:02:15

Invisible Walls – 2:07:00

Classic’s Longevity – 2:10:55

Classic As A ‘Do Over’ – 2:15:50

Classic Release Date Guess – 2:18:20

Classic ‘Forum Leaks’ – 2:23:40

Demo vs. Alpha vs. Beta – 2:43:00

Shout Outs – 2:49:50

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