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By: January’s Searches at Kill Ten Rats

January’s Searches at Kill Ten Rats — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:42:00 +0000

[...] Oh yeah. I had forgotten all about [...]

By: Cyndre

Cyndre — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:47:53 +0000

That guy should write a guide on how to never get another job in ones line of work ever again.

By: Ardwulf

Ardwulf — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:32:31 +0000

As I mentioned elsewhere, I take the rant with a grain of salt the size of a bowling ball, because if all of what this guy says is true (and probably SOME of it is,) I don’t see how we could have gotten the game we did. It was very bad at launch, but it wasn’t THAT bad. Instead we got a deeply flawed but potentially salvagable game with lots of obvious potential - I don’t think that’d be the case if all this was 100% true.

Plus the guy’s both obviously disgruntled and going out of his way to make himself look like a jerk.

By: Marcus Riedner

Marcus Riedner — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:21:25 +0000

Bitter much? Oh much too much…

Companies die all the time, for a myriad of reasons. Usually financial mismanagement…

By: Zubon

Zubon — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:45:52 +0000

Moorgard, I would say that most do. We just don’t know or care about them. There are people who are desperately interested in freeway sign numbering, and they have message board communities where people can post pictures of themselves on oddly or incorrectly numbered stretches. American versus Mexican Coca-cola is a fun discussion. And so on, for any detail you can think of. The internet is deep, broad, and weird.

By: Moorgard

Moorgard — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:06:31 +0000

There’s no doubt that the fall of Vanguard is a sad tale on many levels, and a lot of people are disappointed for a variety of reasons. But I’d bet dollars to donuts that the truth of what happened is far less scandalous and sinister than the gossip-hungry public wants to believe.

A bunch of people made bad choices. An opportunity was squandered. It happens in every industry; it’s just that most industries don’t have message board communities scrutinizing their every move for years on end.

By: heartless_

heartless_ — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:35:45 +0000

Well, now that I’ve read it I can truly say one thing did surprise me: McQuaid on drugs. Ah well, just more evidence of how much of a failure Vanguard was. Almost reminds me of the trailing days of the original Atari (after Nolan left).

By: Snafzg

Snafzg — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:54:24 +0000

Thanks for linking to this! I’m giving it a read now. :)