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February 23, 2007

A couple of Heatwave Interviews

Two interviews that you may find interesting:

  • Gameplay Monthly has a fiesty entry from me about what's "wrong" with today's MMORPGs. Nothing new if you read my site. It also covers a bit about the company. Here's an excerpt:

    My point is this. People put up with a lot of DULL BS because in the end, gaming with other people can be a lot of fun and almost make up the difference. Yet, there's no reason game developers in this day and age can't find a way to make the rest of the experience more entertaining. You can't hide behind the old excuse of "We spent 90% of the project just making it work" anymore. There are too many tech solutions and a big 800 pound gorilla named "WoW" that says "We've made this as fun as possible. Try something else!"

  • Firing Squad asked me some decent questions about my motivations to start the company and how we chose the name Heatwave. A tidbit:

    Why now? I suppose because I'm ready. I've spent over a decade honing my skills as a designer, manager and businessman, and now the timing is right from a market perspective. I've spent the last few years working on a lot of "other people's" projects, most of the time trying to fix what was broken or improve what was there. That was true of Ultima Online, Battlefield 2 (I took a triage job as Online Producer after it launched) and certainly most recently at Codemasters where all the projects we shipped were chosen and signed before I arrived. I've always had strong opinions about how games could and should be made. Now that I've been on both the development and publishing side of the business, I've been able to confirm or adjust those opinions based on experience and fact. Time to put that knowledge to work for the benefit of gamers everywhere.

    Many more sites have picked up the coverage. We've even been picked up by Black News.com. Interesting tid-bit about our company, both Donn and I are of similar background, African-American and Italian-American.

    How's about dem odds?

    Posted by SunSword at February 23, 2007 09:27 PM

    Comments

    Holy cow! You're BLACK!?

    (OK, that's a joke.)

    I'm so glad to hear about your new venture. I can't wait to see what your team comes up with. I still think about Heroic Age...I wanna play that game!

    -Lee

    Posted by: moofie [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 24, 2007 05:59 AM

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