Jason Schreier

But still, I was really hoping to hit 100% accuracy, but I had to begrudgingly make some fixes. But yes, I'm very glad to hear that people at Blizzard felt like the important stuff was correct. And that's really what matters the most, as much as I might just kind of like grimace knowing that there are a few minor things that people are reading that are incorrect out there.

It's just annoying. But yeah, no, it's really cool. I worked very hard to make that happen. For the book, I interviewed more than 350 people, including 300 plus at Blizzard itself, like current and former employees. And I went through this pretty rigorous process.

It's just annoying. But yeah, no, it's really cool. I worked very hard to make that happen. For the book, I interviewed more than 350 people, including 300 plus at Blizzard itself, like current and former employees. And I went through this pretty rigorous process.

process where like I tried to make sure everything I had in there to the best extent possible was corroborated by multiple people and when it wasn't corroborated by multiple people I would except in very rare cases I would remove it and so there's some

process where like I tried to make sure everything I had in there to the best extent possible was corroborated by multiple people and when it wasn't corroborated by multiple people I would except in very rare cases I would remove it and so there's some

great anecdotes that I had in there that were very colorful and very entertaining, but like, I can never be a hundred percent certain that they were true because maybe only one person remembered them. And that was the person who told him to me or, and, and nobody, everybody else was like, huh, did that really happen? But the anecdotes I do have in there I'm, I'm very confident are true.

great anecdotes that I had in there that were very colorful and very entertaining, but like, I can never be a hundred percent certain that they were true because maybe only one person remembered them. And that was the person who told him to me or, and, and nobody, everybody else was like, huh, did that really happen? But the anecdotes I do have in there I'm, I'm very confident are true.

So I'm very glad to hear that. And I'm glad to hear that that's the sentiment among folks at Blizzard can Cause yeah, you never know. You always put something, you put something out, you put something like this out there, a book out there.

So I'm very glad to hear that. And I'm glad to hear that that's the sentiment among folks at Blizzard can Cause yeah, you never know. You always put something, you put something out, you put something like this out there, a book out there.

And as much work as you do, as much research as you might put into it, you never really know if like you had some blind spot that you didn't even think about and like, oh shit, like I missed this important piece of context or like this thing was totally, I totally whiffed on this. So yeah, Yes, it's good to hear that. And I've definitely got that sentiment from people.

And as much work as you do, as much research as you might put into it, you never really know if like you had some blind spot that you didn't even think about and like, oh shit, like I missed this important piece of context or like this thing was totally, I totally whiffed on this. So yeah, Yes, it's good to hear that. And I've definitely got that sentiment from people.

It's funny, yeah, hearing from Blizzard people reading the book, it's always interesting to hear their perspectives. And they vary greatly depending on the era of Blizzard in which they were in. And also, it's so funny because certain people just like to harp on such very specific parts of it. Mm-hmm.

It's funny, yeah, hearing from Blizzard people reading the book, it's always interesting to hear their perspectives. And they vary greatly depending on the era of Blizzard in which they were in. And also, it's so funny because certain people just like to harp on such very specific parts of it. Mm-hmm.

I wish I could give a more specific example, but I don't want to burn anybody who reached out to me. But basically someone might reach out to me and be like, hey, this was my interpretation of this thing that happened 30 years ago, and this is why this little thing that you wrote... I don't know. It's hard to explain without getting too into specifics.

I wish I could give a more specific example, but I don't want to burn anybody who reached out to me. But basically someone might reach out to me and be like, hey, this was my interpretation of this thing that happened 30 years ago, and this is why this little thing that you wrote... I don't know. It's hard to explain without getting too into specifics.

But truth is very hard to capture, which is something that journalists have realized for 200 years now, which is that everybody has their different ideas of what happened and why and how it went down. But yeah, I'm very proud of the book.

But truth is very hard to capture, which is something that journalists have realized for 200 years now, which is that everybody has their different ideas of what happened and why and how it went down. But yeah, I'm very proud of the book.

Yeah, and sometimes when you're putting something down in text, tone is lost and the tone of the way something is said can really change the nature of it. So yeah, these are all things that you just have to be really cognizant of when you're doing, when you're telling a story like this and you have to be really careful about it.

Yeah, and sometimes when you're putting something down in text, tone is lost and the tone of the way something is said can really change the nature of it. So yeah, these are all things that you just have to be really cognizant of when you're doing, when you're telling a story like this and you have to be really careful about it.

Something that I do in my reporting and in my books and that was important for this book specifically is I don't recreate dialogue or scenes or like... add any layer of fiction to the story, which I think a lot of nonfiction narrative books do, but I think would really detract from the truth of a story like this.