I’ve known Julian Eggebrecht, president of game developer Factor 5, for quite a while. He’s always eager to talk about the most technical stuff at game conferences such as the Game Developers Conference or the Dice Summit. But I’ve never had a chance to do a sit-down interview with him until now. Eggebrecht, a native of Cologne, Germany, has run Factor 5 for a long time, mostly as a developer of Star Wars games for LucasArts. But with the disappointment of the GameCube, Factor 5 has now branched into original content, a risky move even for an established developer. We talked in a San Rafael theater about the making of “Lair,” the promising new exclusive for the PlayStation 3.

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