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David Brevik, creator of Diablo, reveals the 'worst ending' to any game he's played: 'But I really love the game. It's amazing'
AppWizard
August 16, 2026

David Brevik, creator of Diablo, reveals the ‘worst ending’ to any game he’s played: ‘But I really love the game. It’s amazing’

David Brevik co-founded Condor and pitched Diablo to Blizzard Entertainment, which became a cornerstone of the action role-playing game genre. He is currently the President of Skystone Games, which has released titles like Tiny Bookshop and Mistfall Hunter. Brevik is revisiting Marvel Heroes, where he served as creative director and later CEO until the game was shut down. He enjoys playing Minecraft with family and friends and has invested over 400 hours into No Man's Sky. Brevik regularly revisits EverQuest, logging thousands of hours, and also plays EQ '99. He uses Visual Studio for programming and works on game prototypes almost daily. His desktop is cluttered with about 300 icons for games, development tools, and notes.
Storied Windows dev reminisces about Microsoft's first hardware product 45 years ago — the Z-80 SoftCard was an Apple II add-in card
Winsage
November 7, 2025

Storied Windows dev reminisces about Microsoft’s first hardware product 45 years ago — the Z-80 SoftCard was an Apple II add-in card

Raymond Chen, a developer at Microsoft, discussed the company's first hardware product, the Z-80 SoftCard, launched in 1980 for Apple II users. The SoftCard allowed access to CP/M software but faced development challenges, requiring complex coding and hardware adaptations. It integrated the Z80 processor with the Apple II's 6502 processor, necessitating innovative techniques like simulated Direct Memory Access (DMA) to manage operations. Microsoft’s hardware launch timeline includes the Z-80 SoftCard (1980), Microsoft Mouse (1983), various Windows peripherals in the 1990s, Xbox (2001), Zune (2006), Windows Mobile phones (2010), Surface (2012), and HoloLens (2016). Microsoft redefined itself as a ‘software and devices’ company in 2013.
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