frankie_baby
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Dyack should be unbanned so he can defend himself.
Dyack should be unbanned just to give us all a laugh
Dyack should be unbanned so he can defend himself.
Thanks for all the kind words you folks have written about Andrew's piece. He worked his ass off on it, and I was proud to publish it.
Thanks for all the kind words you folks have written about Andrew's piece. He worked his ass off on it, and I was proud to publish it.
Jesus Christ no it doesn't.I mean, this sounds worse than most, but... in my experience, every single project goes like this to some extent.
That certainly explains X-Men Destiny's ghastly character designs.
Thanks for all the kind words you folks have written about Andrew's piece. He worked his ass off on it, and I was proud to publish it.
stephentotilo on all the recent exposes of journos and PR said:I don't think it's a pretty important story. I think it's the same tired nonsense about games journalism that some folks love to carry on endlessly about.
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But that would take reporting to find it out, and I just don't care enough about the latest supposed media scandal to ask my reporters to look into it.
But that would take reporting to find it out, and I just don't care enough about the latest supposed media scandal to ask my reporters to look into it.
ED2 Kikckstarter plz
I'm wondering who the other 4 employees wereI know this is adding nothing that isn't covered, but I feel like it needs to be on every page of this thread
Dyack's wife was the company's HR rep
I'm wondering who the other 4 employees were
Actually, the article said that SK today has "less than five" staff, including Denis. That means four or less. So...
#1 - Denis Dyack
#2 - Joanne Dyack (assuming she is still there)
#3 - ??? (assuming they are still there)
#4 - ??? (assuming they are still there)
I'm pretty sure his wife was fired, it's not like you'd need a head of HR for 2 other employees...
Indeed.
And goodbye, dreams of ED2:-(
Thanks for all the kind words you folks have written about Andrew's piece. He worked his ass off on it, and I was proud to publish it.
Counting Dyack and his wife who heads up HR that leaves the place with 2 other employees.Several sources report that the company today exists as a shell of its former self, employing less than five staff—including Denis Dyack.
I thought Nintendo trademarked it (Eternal Darkness) again in 2011. Might be wrong but how could do this if they don't own the IP. Didn't dyack say Nintendo were still a 'silent' partner regarding a sequel?
Ok, if Nintendo still owns ED, and they were just working on a spiritual succesor (i.e. Xenogears - Xenosaga) then that means we may still get ED on Wii U virtual console. I wouldn't buy the game again, but some people might want to.
Do I dare ask if someone could post a link to Dyak's "meltdown on GAF"? I must have missed it the first time 'round.
It's a reference to Dyack's ultimatum regarding Too Human.
Someone write a juicy book. I'd buy it.didn't brad wardell of stardock also have his wife run stardock's hr?
we really need an article titled THE GAMES OF AYN RAND about silicon knights, stardock, and schilling's former studio. crazy libertarian studio ceos are the BEST.
didn't brad wardell of stardock also have his wife run stardock's hr?
we really need an article titled THE GAMES OF AYN RAND about silicon knights, stardock, and schilling's former studio. crazy libertarian studio ceos are the BEST.
I don't think this is the first company I've heard of with the wife as the HR person, but it's definitely the biggest.
And, yeah... with a boss as problematic as this, having their wife as the HR person effectively means that there's no one to go to when things inevitably go wrong.
Someone posted this earlier. Stand and be counted!!
Dyack's wife is the HR person?
Holy shit.
Former employees say Dyack was confident that history would repeat itself, and that yet another publisher would cave to his demands for extensions and further funding injections. He was wrong. “SK kept getting stonewalled by Activision regarding extensions for the game and pushing back the launch,” says a source. “However, SK management was convinced they would have to delay; as a result, they started shifting a few more resources very quietly to ED2.” The idea was to slow down production more than ever before, to try to apply pressure for an extension.
It didn’t work. Instead of offering an extension, Activision turned up the pressure by publicly announcing the game, and attaching Silicon Knights’ name to it prominently.
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Impossibly tight deadlines and publisher-pushed rush releases are two of the most commonly-cited factors when poor-quality games appear on shelves. Yet none of my eight sources believe that Activision was putting undue pressure on Silicon Knights. “They gave SK enough time; SK just didn’t use it wisely at all,” says another source. “SK over-promises to get a contract, and then always under-deliver. Activision was just the first publisher to hold their feet to the fire, so to speak.”
Holy shit.Uh...I've seen this more than once with small to mid sized companies.