darjr
I crit!
Hasbro was in the process of lobotomizing their golden goose.
They fired the kind of people you don't fire when you have the upcoming slate they do. That's the part that really gets down to it for me. It would be like trying to remove parts of an engine based on some dim intuition, or the twitchings of a dowsing rod: The people who transform creative work into products. Designers. A thirty-year vet. People who ensure that their brands arrive in one piece when they make projects with partners, the people who maintain communion with the player. There's people I know are gone that haven't even said so. I won't speculate on it; it's naughty word enough without me trying to crazywall this madness.
The Archfiend - Penny Arcade
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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