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I {Bleep'd} At Chris Roberts And Did Not Get Fired
Gamasutra has posted an article about artist Paul Steed's recent Game Developers Conference lecture. Mr. Steed got his start in the game industry working on Privateer and Wing Commander III and went on to greater fame as an artist on various high profile FPS games. His speech included an interesting (and slightly unbelievable) anecdote about Chris Roberts:
“I was at Origin for four years. I’ll tell you a funny story about developing Wing Commander III. Does everyone know who Ginger Lynn is? Well, she was a porn star. Chris Roberts had no idea, and didn’t believe me when I told him. This guy, my boss, didn’t know it. So I took him to the video store and we watched some stuff. He gained a new respect for people in the adult entertainment industry!”
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New EA Team Tackles Innovative Projects
AD was reading about EA's newest studio and noticed a familiar name. Former Origin (and Maxis and EALA) General Manager Neil Young will now be heading up Blueprint, a creative upstart subdivision within EA Games. The group is chartered with developing new media on a variety of different platforms. These projects will be created at a lower cost and at greater risk than EA's traditional lineup. It'll be interest to see what comes from this.
Blueprint is apparently an attempt for EA to get out of its internal creative rut by taking risks, somewhat along the lines of a studio speciality division like Fox Searchlight or Miramax.
It's also a way for EA to experiment beyond traditional videogames. While Blueprint projects could start as games, Young said they could begin in other forms as well, citing examples such as the Internet, live events and even clothing.
"We want to find a new way to make games with smaller teams," Young explained.
In addition, Young said Blueprint will be taking ideas that come from outside of EA, with the Spielberg-created games a likely example. In that respect, Young's experience working with Hollywood while heading EALA could be useful in forging partnerships with showbiz talent.
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