Ex Co-Found of Bioware Defends EA : Othor Games

» Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:26 pm

Zeschuk co-founder of Bioware says that EA isnt that bad.

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EA gives you enough rope to hang yourself... while we were independent we didn't have quite the resources we had as part of EA, and then we got to EA and it was like "wow we can do all this stuff"

I know [Irrational's] Ken [Levine] . had made some comments, and I read them as we're the creative, we made this thing, and we should be able to deliver our vision. But games are really interesting in that they're a very powerful medium where people are so engaged in them that they feel they almost own them. We created such passion for the Shepard character that they wanted, perhaps unreasonably so, to dictate the outcome

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-04-09-the-doctor-is-out-greg-zeschuk-on-bioware-ea-and-the-uncertain-console-future

» Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:46 pm

Wonder how much they paid him to say that.

» Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:13 pm

Wonder how much they paid him to say that.

My very first thought.

EA gives you enough rope to hang yourself

More like EA probably told you guys to go hang yourselves, but thought it would be "generous" by letting you chose how much rope you want, and the quality.

» Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:36 pm

Wonder how much they paid him to say that.

Oh, seriously now - the guy left a good-paying job so that he could write a blog about craft beer.

» Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:10 pm

Oh, seriously now - the guy left a good-paying job so that he could write a blog about craft beer.

So I'm guessing he isn't rolling in the dough at the moment?

» Sat Apr 13, 2013 1:23 am

This is a guy with a PHD who left his practice to start a successful AAA studio and then left that to grow a beard and drink beer. I really have to explain this?

1) There is no way he's not set for life. Like independently wealthy set.

2) If it was about money, he could have stayed with Bioware. Or stayed a doctor.

3) if you're going to disagree with the guy you can do better than make baseless accusations, don't you think?

» Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:09 am

I recently met some people from EA at the Independent Game Developers Association meet-up in Helsinki. Does that mean I've been paid off too if I say they aren't all bad people?