In looking for some other info, I stumbled across an older interview with an early pioneer of game programming. Unfortunately, it's not very Apple II centric, but I thought it still might interest some people on here.
John Van Ryzin - Creator of Bellhop, Kamikaze and Shuttle Intercept for Apple II (and two versions of one of my favorites, H.E.R.O.!)
http://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_john_van_ryzin.html