Saganomics

@Pixeldemon said:

@paulunga said:

@jewunit said:

Not Warren Spector! Where does he go from here?

Honestly, wherever he wants. He's Warren fucking Spector. He should join Ken Levine at Irrational and get to work on a new Thief.

Yeah, pretty much this. Spector has credits in some of the most loved games* of all time so it's a bit confusing that he sunk so much effort into this Epic Mickey stuff.

*Ultima Underworld, System Shock, Deus Ex, Thief.

He's a huge Disney fan so it's not really confusing at all.

@SlashDance said:

If Arkane Studios hired Spector, he could be working with Harvey Smith again. Just sayin'.

I vote for him hooking up with Steve Gaynor at Hot Scoops, Inc. where he can get crackin' on his "one city block" game. Gone Home 2, if you will.

@evanbower said:

@Bourbon_Warrior

Make better games, this is how capitalism works we can't have a cry each time a developer that isn't profitable goes down.

Yeah. The best stuff is, without fail, always the most profitable. If you guys need me ill be watching Transformers and listening to Justin Bieber while I enjoy a Big Mac and Coke.

Not gonna stand idly by while someone besmirchs the Big Mac.

@ArbitraryWater said:

On one hand, people losing their jobs is never good. On the other... maybe Warren Spector can make games I'm interested in again.

This exact sentiment went through my mind when I saw the headline.

@Twistation said:

I like video games

Pfft.

@Kingyo said:

@TwoSe7enFive said:

Here we go again ...

WE.GET.IT!!!! Bad taste. Female form bad. Video game marketing evil.

I'm really getting tired of this progressive bull-shit.

Progress. I am tired of it. - Giant Bomb User, 2013

Think we've got a new Republican party slogan right here.

@floodiastus said:

Maybe the US should stop killing millions of civilians in the middle east to set a good example.

No way, bro. Hypocrisy is a constitutional right.

@patrickklepek Thank you for the heads up, dude. This deal is insane.

@Jimbo said:

"Mirror's Edge, featuring one of gaming's most memorable protagonists..."

You know! The running lady! With the... shoes?

Well, I mean, they were some pretty sick shoes.

@MarkWahlberg said:

My guess is they're basically addressing the 'Niko Bellic is an ok guy who occasionally goes on bloody rampages' dissonance thing by giving you one character who's more or less psychotic, and who can go on killing sprees without 'breaking character', and allowing the others to fill the more empathetic roles in the story.

CJ is the legit empathetic one, Tommy is the psychotic character you unlock achievements with and Claude is killed in the first ten minutes of the game (being CJ's impetus for getting out of the biz).

GOTY? GOTY.