'Build' playwright Michael Golamco on the games people play

People need to compete and sometimes go to great lengths to do it. A new play imagines a game developer who's in deep.

A conversation with Michael Golamco, whose new play "Build" is currently making its world premiere at the Geffen Playhouse, veers from the Greek myth of Pygmalion to the just-released video game "Borderlands 2." His play, "Build," falls somewhere in the middle of these ancient and modern texts.

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