{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63b458521043e00011114396/6722b9cdb53ba2cacdd99fff?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Matt Firor, founder of ZeniMax Online Studios (The Elder Scrolls Online).","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63b458521043e00011114396/1730328949343-f25b987a-b2d6-4c46-b254-1c95579ce2e0.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>My guest today is the founder and director of ZeniMax Online Studio, Matt Firor. After studying history at <strong>George Washington University</strong>, he co-founded the developer <strong>Interesting Systems Inc</strong>., where he created a MUD-style text adventure titled <strong>Darkness Falls</strong>. </p><p><br></p><p>In 1995 he co-founded <strong>Mythic Entertainment</strong>, where he produced pioneering online games such as <strong>Godzilla Online</strong>, <strong>Aliens Online</strong>, <strong>Starship Troopers: Battlespace</strong>, and, in 2001, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game <strong>Dark Age of Camelot </strong>and its first two expansions. This experience then led my guest to found ZeniMax Online Studio in 2007 and start building the MMO, <strong>The Elder Scrolls Online</strong>. It launched in 2014, and, ten years later, my guest continues to lead development. According to the company’s latest figures, since its launch The Elder Scrolls Online has generated more than $2 billion in revenue.</p>","author_name":"Simon Parkin"}