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Famous Gemini Hangar Rebuilt
A while back Marc conducted some research in order to remodel the interior of the Perry Naval Base landing structure. To help get a better feel about the area he was building, he looked at where ships entered and exited on the Privateer box art. 6and7eighths also provided some suggestions and reminded everyone about the concept art for the area. This helped identify the protruding beam in the bay as some sort of maintenance and repair structure. The final textured results looks pretty sharp, and someday Marc might go back to the image and detail the interior of flight control. Landing areas in Privateer have always been some of the most fantastic and imaginative windows into exotic areas of the Wing Commander universe, and I've always been excited to examine them more closely. You can find an original shot of the Perry hangar here.
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It Pays To Run EA
GamaSutra recently analyzed a report on CEO compensation and found just one game company CEO that made the list. Forbes Magazine recently documented the payouts that America's 500 largest companies received in 2005. Electronic Arts was the only company that met Forbes' criteria, and EA CEO Larry Probst ranked 114th on the list. Mr. Probst's overall 2005 compensation came in at $12.59 million, and that would bring his total for the last five years to almost $82 million. That's small change for a company that managed to grow from $1.3 billion in annual revenues in 2001 to $3.0 billion by 2004 (for almost $12 billion cumulative hauls since 2001 for those keeping track). He joined EA in the early 1980s when the company was just a few years old and has been CEO for the last fifteen years, since around the same time that the company acquired Origin. He had this to say about the series in 1996.
Adds Electronic Arts Chairman and CEO Larry Probst, "We have long believed the best-selling Wing Commander franchise was the perfect vehicle to move our compelling interactive content to a broader entertainment medium."
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