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At E3, Nintendo Life sat down for an interview with game producer and college professor Warren Spector. Best known for his work on the recent Epic Mickey titles and the original Deus Ex, Spector is now the director of the Denius-Sams Gaming Academy at the University of Texas. One of the courses he teaches focuses on management and leadership of a development team, and Spector admitted that he evokes Shigeru Miyamoto as a prime example of how to influence a…

Check out this screen shot from Epic Mickey! It shows a clear reference to the first game in the Zelda series. It’s an old man helping the game’s hero! It’s no surprise to see this reference, though. Warren Spector, the game’s director, is a huge Zelda fan, and in a recent interview he made a statement the The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past is his favorite game of all time. The game, set in a forgotten and…