inXile General Discussion Thread

[agris]

http://www.nolaba.org/whynola/findley-inxile-new-orleans-tech/

"Every single one of our employees has a commute that is the shortest of their lives. The impact to people’s quality of life that comes with this is amazing, and I can see it on their smiling faces every time they get to work.”

That's awesome, whatever you may think about the studio it sounds like the NO branch manager is a human.

 

[Sensuki]

Commuting isn't great.

 

[santino27]

I have a 2-3 hour (round trip) daily commute. I want to punch these smiling NO devs in their smiling dev faces.

Good for them! Short commutes are wonderful!

 

[Sensuki]

Yeah mine is 2.5-3 hrs round trip too

 

[StaticSpine]

 

[Infinitron]

srdobos leaves inXile: https://twitter.com/tonurics/status/826599927706836992

 

[Fry]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevedobos

They're losing the Torment lead programmer before the game even releases?

 

[Abu Antar]

srdobos leaves inXile: https://twitter.com/tonurics/status/826599927706836992

Maybe he's gonna work at Avalon Interactive.

 

[Joni Odin von Hassenstein]

What do we think of this?

 

[agris]

check their glassdoor vs obsidian, it's a bad company to work for.

 

[Fry]

check their glassdoor vs obsidian, it's a bad company to work for.

"Disorganized" sounds about right.

 

[Bester]

Maybe he decided to leave when Kevin Saunders "left", but stayed because he's a responsible individual - for a lead programmer to leave mid project would often be a disaster. So he stayed till it was ok to leave (which is about now), and then immediately resigned. The timing of his departure seems to indicate that he wanted to leave for a while.

 

[Infinitron]

If that's the case, he might end up at ksaun's new Nexon studio.

 

[Iznaliu]

Has anyone noticed the cult of personality around Fargo; he is treated like nobility or even royalty. InXile evidently wans an atmosphere of near-religious adoration.

EXAMPLE A:

Brian Fargo is called a 'king'. Enough said.

EXAMPLE B:

:

This looks like the modern Versailles: opulent and decadent.

Fargo 2020, anyone?

EXAMPLE C:

I would see talent and say, 'let's do it, make it happen'.
- Brian Fargo

This sounds like a man with a god complex.

ALSO REMEMBER:

"The whole reason why Bethesda has the rights to Fallout is because of me,"
- Brian Fargo

 

[Fairfax]

srdobos leaves inXile: https://twitter.com/tonurics/status/826599927706836992

Maybe he's gonna work at Avalon Interactive.

That's a good name. You should tweet it to MCA.

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

Guess Fargo's still following the Codex front page on the sly

 

[vortex]

http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/everythings-on-fire-and-no-one-knows-what-to-do

Everything's on Fire and No One Knows What to Do

George Ziets | Lead Designer/Writer, inXile Entertainment
Leanne Taylor-Giles | Scriptwriter, Ubisoft Montreal
Chris Avellone | Narrative Designer, Freelancer
Colin McComb | Narrative Designer/Creative Lead & President, 3lb Games LLC
Gavin Jurgens-Fyhrie | Lead Writer, inXile Entertainment

Everything's on Fire and No One Knows What to Do is about developing a common knowledge base for game writers, narrative designers, and cross-discipline communication. This panel focuses on the day-to-day aspects of game writing and working within a team, namely problem-solving, clear communication, and uncovering constraints after all the dialogue has already been recorded. Five industry experts share their experiences working on everything from AAA to indie and tabletop, discuss their strategies for remaining creative on varying budgets, and define common terms that may just result in you not needing to set everything on fire after all.

 

[Irenaeus]

srdobos leaves inXile: https://twitter.com/tonurics/status/826599927706836992

lol @ some dude with a fedora.

 

[Iznaliu]

Everything's on Fire and No One Knows What to Do

AKA "inXile's lighting and heating solution"

 

[StaticSpine]

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

For better or worse he certainly puts himself out there as the figurehead for everything Inxile does (although "Return of the King" is p embarrassing even as far as standard dev cocksucking goes). I guess that's why he also takes more heat when people see Inxile decisions they don't agree with - compared to someone like Feargus who is somewhat lower key and has Sawyer as a handy lightning rod.

 

[Joni Odin von Hassenstein]

"Hundreds of hours of gameplay confirmed" for T:ToN? Wtf am I reading!?

 

[Bester]

He's probably the shame of the family, hence his desire to compensate with these titles and all the asslicking he gets. Comes from a rich family, where everyone has a serious profession like lawyers, construction developers, etc, and he's doing video games. Basement dweller of the family.

 

[Infinitron]

I believe Brian Fargo is an only child.