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Chris Crawford Dragon Speech "I Had a Dream"

16K views · Jun 14, 2017 · 46:24 · 1 HN recommender · 3 mentions · discussed 2021–2025

Chris Crawford's 'Dragon Speech' from the first Game Developers Conference, in which he reflects on his dream for game design as an art form. This is a cleaned-up version of the old recording.

Why Hacker News points people here: HN people mention it as a notable historical talk from the early game industry, though some see it as showing his eccentricity.

“Perhaps of interest: the dragon speech, delivered by chris crawford at the first video game developers conference in 1992”HN comment, 2023

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RecommendsmoonchildFeb 2023

“Perhaps of interest: the dragon speech, delivered by chris crawford at the first video game developers conference in 1992”

Chris Crawford's speech at the first Game Developers Conference

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Perhaps of interest: the dragon speech, delivered by chris crawford at the first video game developers conference in 1992 - this video

in “Jonathan Blow: “Video Games and the Future of Education”” · view on HN
Cites itabetuskJun 2025

Listed among search results for Chris Crawford

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Just a quick search on YouTube for Chris Crawford yields a few results [0] [1] [2]. [0] link [1] link [2] this video [3] link

CriticalpitspotterApr 2021

“His magnificent 'Dragon Speech' also made it clear that he'd already lost some of his marbles”

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His magnificent 'Dragon Speech' also made it clear that he'd already lost some of his marbles: this video