The Oral History Of PopCap Games

MinnMax’s Ben Hanson interviews key figures throughout the history of PopCap Games to tell the complete story of the studio behind massive successes like Bejeweled, Peggle, Plants vs Zombies, and more. From PopCap’s cancelled games, to EA spending buying the studio for hundreds of millions of dollars, this is the most thorough look at the beloved studio yet. Thanks to our interviews Jason Kapalka, John Vechey, Laura Shigihara, Garth Chouteau, Anthony Coleman, Riana McKeith, Jeff Green, Matt Johnston, and Ellen Marett. You can unlock the podcast version of this video and help support independent games media by supporting MinnMax on Patreon! To jump to a particular section of PopCap’s history, check out the timecodes below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:54 - Opening montage 00:02:32 - How PopCap started 00:10:50 - The origins of Bejeweled 00:27:28 - The “glory years“ 00:47:15 - PopCap’s greatest press 00:55:23 - The origins of Peggle 01:04:10 - Valve, Blizzard, and PopCap’s collabo