John Smedley interview: Amazon wants games with ‘ridiculous computation’

John Smedley has had a storied career in games, including the creation of EverQuest, the growth of Sony Online Entertainment, and the spinout of Daybreak Games as an operator of games like the zombie apocalypse online game H1Z1. He even tried a stint as an indie game developer, reliant on Kickstarter funding.
But earlier this year, he joined Amazon Game Studios, starting a new studio in San Diego, California. He is one of many famous game developers to join Amazon, partly because it has so many