I spent more than an hour listening to legendary video game designer Warren Spector (Ultimate: Underworld, Deus Ex) answer questions of a small group of video game journalists in an afternoon conference call. The game of focus today was Disney Epic Mickey and Spector gave us incredible insight into the research that he did creating this Nintendo Wii-exclusive game.

I feel as if I expertly captured the conversation in my interview, Warren Spector on Disney’s Archives, Rejections and Advice from Pixar. What’s more, I went the extra mile to put together a custom image to run alongside the interview – it looks as if Mickey Mouse is Mr. Warren Spector. That’s the power of Photoshop.

In addition to expanding my reporting to G4TV.com here in Los Angeles, I got a chance to pen a review and a holiday-focused video game feature for GamePro.com in San Francisco. This came about after I met their reviews editor while seated next to him on my flight to a press junket in Montreal. Game Pro Magazine made its debut in 1989 and launched its website a decade later, so it was an honor to be part of a publication I grew up reading.