Overwatch League
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Overwatch League has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Lex Fridman Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Jeff KaplanAmerican video game designer known for World of Warcraft and Overwatch at Blizzard Entertainment; co-founder of Kintsugiyama
Kaplan says Overwatch League was over-marketed to team investors as potentially bigger than the NFL and became a house of cards.
“they were pretty much selling the Brooklyn Bridge, that Overwatch League was gonna be more popular than the NFL”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming (Mar 11, 2026) · Listen from 4:16:46
Podcasts
- Lex Fridman Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
#493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of GamingLex Fridman Podcast · Mar 11, 2026
Former Blizzard designer Jeff Kaplan tells Lex Fridman about his path from failed writer and EverQuest player to World of Warcraft, Titan, Overwatch, and his new studio's game.