Registered: Jul 2000
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Posted by Orange:

No, there's nothing our favorite Lead Playstation 2 programmer could have to do with sucking except this. James Hague was recently interviewed by Suck.com about Summoner and some other things related to gaming and whatnot. Here's a little excerpt I thought would be appropriate:

How much influence do hard-core fanboys have over the industry and the direction of the games?

They don't tilt things in the sense of saying "I think the characters should carry umbrellas that give them +2 in combat when it's raining" and then we implement it. It's more that you see these guys all the time on forums like Usenet and you know that if you do something outside the usual fanboy realm you're going to get verbally smacked and have to deal with the negative vibes. But some of the biggest games in recent years have been completely outside the fanboy realm, like Roller Coaster Tycoon and The Sims. It is very tempting to put my fingers in my ears for the entire development cycle and shout "I can't hear you!" just so I don't get so stressed about everything. I'll try it in a meeting and see how it goes.

Yeah, the interview is pretty original, I suggest you check it out!

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Suck.com ... lol!

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