Craig Derrick | Production Director • Executive Producer • Award-Winning Gamemaker

Last night at the 79th Academy Awards the Oscar for Best Visual Effects for “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” was given to John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson… read more Oscar Party

There are a lot of perks at working at LucasArts. There are incredibly talented people everywhere! There’s an amazing campus with a spectacular view of the Golden Gate Bridge, the… read more LEGO Star Wars II

When I started in the industry, there was little information available on game development and even less on game production. I had no idea what was expected of me because… read more Communication Tips for Game Producers

I love this cover of Edge magazine so much. It shows the depth of the characters and stories that are a part of LucasArts’ history beyond the incredible worlds of… read more LucasArts: A New Hope

One thing that Jase likes to do — often — is drawing caricatures of the team members working on the project. Sometimes I have to “professionally” frown upon it because… read more Vicarious Caricatures

WHERE PLAY IS SERIOUS BUSINESS Craig Derrick works in an office that has a bookshelf devoted to comic books as well as a pair of seen-better-days stand-up arcade consoles. One… read more “Where Play is Serious Business”

I’m proud to announce the formation of an official chapter of the IGDA right here in Albany!  We had our first meeting last night upstairs at the Albany Pump Station… read more Albany IGDA Inaugural Meeting

The February 2001 issue of Next Generation magazine is out with the ‘official’ announcement of our Duke Nukem PS2 game. We initially heard this cover and story was going to… read more Duke Nukem PS2 Announced

Members of the Duke Nukem and Mary-Kate and Ashley teams getting ready to make a donation of a few PlayStations and games to a local children’s hospital.