1UP: Do you anticipate the production cycle for the StarCraft 2 trilogy to feel like making three separate games, or more like World of WarCraft and its expansions, where the bulk of the work is on the first installment, and subsequent ones are more about iterating and refining rather than inventing?

DB: Well that's the hope; that a good amount of the hard work of designing gameplay mechanics and systems, as well as the internal tasks of creating tools and protocols to develop all this content, is mostly settled at this point as we get deeper into the creation of the core game. So once we ship the core game of StarCraft 2 and start delving into the expansions, we'll have a great deal of that infrastructure under our belts and be able to concentrate primarily on content creation for the two expansion sets.

That said, we're conscious of making sure we are providing new and compelling content for the expansions. The meta-aspects of the Zerg and Protoss campaigns, for example, will work a lot differently than how we're doing things with the core StarCraft 2 game. It doesn't make sense for Kerrigan to be flying around in a battlecruiser and picking out mercenary missions for cash, which is what you'll be doing with Raynor in the core game's campaign. So we'll be doing something different with Kerrigan to get her to evolve and grow her Zerg army. Meanwhile, Zeratul's Protoss campaign may require you to engage in diplomacy with the different Protoss tribes in order to gain access to different units and technologies.

1UP: The Capital Wasteland is full of stuff to discover and places to explore. Is there anything you think most players missed?

EP: If you listen to Galaxy News Radio, there are some radio plays on there that chronicle the adventures of Herbert "Daring" Dashwood and his stalwart Ghoul manservant, Argyle. Turns out, those radio plays were actually based on the life of one of the Capital Wasteland's residents; you can meet the real Herbert Dashwood at Tenpenny Tower, and he asks you to find the real-life Argyle. You can find Argyle -- or, um, what's left of him -- in a hidden location called Rockopolis, which is actually mentioned in a couple of the radio plays. It's really hard to find -- look near Paradise Falls at night. If you see the glow of light from behind some giant boulders, with some banners outside, you're there. Once you find Argyle, you can go back to Tenpenny with the news, and he'll reward you for your efforts.