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Scott Jennings

Well, That's Nice

Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, on how to retain valued employees: The executive said that he has tried to instill into the company culture “skepticism, pessimism, and fear” of the global economic downturn, adding, “We are very good at keeping people focused on the deep depression.” Bobby Kotick, CEO

Hello, It's 1943, And I Am The Completely Historical Prime Minister of England, Stanley Baldwin

This thread explains why you may want to wait a few patches on your Hearts of Iron 3 purchase. Don’t have a Paradox forums account? Post below the cut: Dipex writes: (Please note, what follows is the result of me trying to figure out why neither England nor the

Busy, But Not Too Busy To Be Bitchy About Games

So as I’m sure everyone noticed (or failed to, if you haven’t seen anything in your RSS reader) I’ve been neglecting this blog. This is 100% due to my day job going into overdrive; we have a pretty major milestone coming up (and in fact I’ll

And You Thought Derek Smart Would Be The First Game Developer Elected To The Senate

Curt Schilling says why not, Ted Kennedy could do it. “I don’t have a really good filter,” Schilling said in the interview with NECN. “Actually my first press conference could probably be my last as someone on the political scene, which probably wouldn’t be a bad thing.” Note

The Things We Do For Publicity

See, this is what happens when you don’t have a community manager.

My Lawyer Is Level 8

Turbine sues DDO publisher Atari for $30m Turbine states the basis of Atari’s failing to promote Stormreach was based on a desire to compete in the same genre, with its own internally-developed D&D MMO. Or as Turbine states in the complaint, Atari sought “to to free itself

Play Now, My Lawyer!

The scam artists, gold farmers, and IP thieves behind Evony have gone to step 4 in The Path Of Internet Bastardy: sue people on the Internet and newspapers in Britain that you don’t like. Disgusting. If it DOES go to court I eagerly await how Evony explains that it’