Company News BioWare is still alive

[Rhalle]

so i guess it's save to say bioware is dead now

What old-timers are still there besides Gaider?

 

[Roguey]

Pete Hines is a fucking idiot to. Codexers tend to portray him as being some ultra clever cynical mastermind when he's just some retarded Kwan-centric sports coach who digs some AAA gaming on his free time.

He's the VP of PR and marketing and those are things Bethesda excels at.

What old-timers are still there besides Gaider?

Lukas Kristjanson, Mark Darrah, Aidan Scalan, David Falkner, Nathan Plewes, Paul Roffel, N. Borstad, Brenon Holmes, Preston Watamaniuk, Matt Goldman, John Epp, Nathan Frederick, Chris Christou, Aaryn Flynn, Casey Hudson, Steve Gilmour.

 

[Infinitron]

You forgot Ohlen. Tsk tsk.

 

[Angthoron]

Actually Bethesdians seem smarter than Bio/Blizz execs, since even on a relatively small-pop Codex they elected to shut up and pack bags rather than start going all-out YOU FUCKING VIRGINAL MORONS.

That's not to say that those dudes are any good, just, you know - context, lulz.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Here's the thing though, really.
If this were a Blizzard Activision company under Bobby Kotick, I firmly believe that this guy would not be permitted to make those comments on twitter.
I always get this vibe from Bobby that despite all the BS and this and that and the exploitation of genres and constant milking, he has a tendency to conduct himself in a professional manner, and expects the same from his employees.

 

[Malpercio]

General Fucking Manager.

What's happening here?

 

[Mikko Moilanen]

It is a lesson how to behave if you have a high paying position.

 

[skuphundaku]

General Fucking Manager.

What's happening here?

AWESOME is happening here. With this guy at the helm, I bet that it's going to be a lot of fun watching BioWare. The Schadenfreude is overcoming me.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Does anyone else think we need an animated one of these?
Only way to really express things about bioware.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Still amazed he didn't lose his job over that. Telling fans to fuck off is not how someone in that position should be seen to behave. But the whole Jennifer Derpler thing went out of control. The proper reaction would have been to fire her before it turned into such a huge deal.

 

[Humanity has risen!]

Still amazed he didn't lose his job over that. Telling fans to fuck off is not how someone in that position should be seen to behave. But the whole Jennifer Derpler thing went out of control. The proper reaction would have been to fire her before it turned into such a huge deal.

The whole Bioware is a zoo at this point.

 

[Jaesun]

Still amazed he didn't lose his job over that. Telling fans to fuck off

All the people he was responding to were "fans" who were telling him very insightful and friendly constructive criticism of Bioware games?

 

[Major_Blackhart]

What Jennifer Derpler thing?

 

[Curious_Tongue]

What Jennifer Derpler thing?

http://www.destructoid.com/bioware-writer-s-vagina-versus-the-internet-222206.phtml

 

[Curious_Tongue]

NSFW

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[Brother None]

Still amazed he didn't lose his job over that. Telling fans to fuck off is not how someone in that position should be seen to behave. But the whole Jennifer Derpler thing went out of control. The proper reaction would have been to fire her before it turned into such a huge deal.

I don't think BioWare has a culture of accountability. That's just based on their external communication. But you get that strong vibe for them. Their response to any fan behavior other than adoration is passive aggressive sniping or trying to skew a debate with sexism (I am no fan of sexism, but the Hepler thing really wasn't about that, it was about her being bad at her job)

 

[Curious_Tongue]

(I am no fan of sexism, but the Hepler thing really wasn't about that, it was about her being bad at her job)

That implies that her job is to write quality material.

 

[Brother None]

Her obsession with hot gay elf sexytimes is fine, that's part of her job, but her disdain of videogames is a bit much, even for BioWare. Their split writer/designer model is highly dubious anyway, but it's worse when you hire that kind of writer.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

So, this guy is upset that gamers called her out on her idiocy?

 

[Excommunicator]

I feel obligated to get as annoyed at this guy's responses as I did with Jay Wilson's comments but given that he's just a general manager with only a circumstantial connection to the gaming industry I can't seem to muster the care to do so. It feels a bit like wasted energy. He's obviously an unprofessional clown either way.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Here's the thing though, really.
If this were a Blizzard Activision company under Bobby Kotick, I firmly believe that this guy would not be permitted to make those comments on twitter.
I always get this vibe from Bobby that despite all the BS and this and that and the exploitation of genres and constant milking, he has a tendency to conduct himself in a professional manner, and expects the same from his employees.

Like I said, professionalism.

 

[Daemongar]

so i guess it's save to say bioware is dead now

Someone should have warned them!

 

[PunkPkunk]

What Jennifer Derpler thing?

http://www.destructoid.com/bioware-writer-s-vagina-versus-the-internet-222206.phtml

Rofl awesome.

The article sucked, but the rage...

 

[waywardOne]

Her obsession with hot gay elf sexytimes is fine, that's part of her job, but her disdain of videogames is a bit much, even for BioWare. Their split writer/designer model is highly dubious anyway, but it's worse when you hire that kind of writer.

But that's the point. As a writer without restrictions or goals, she's still terrible. Splitting writers and coders and designers isn't dubious at all; you're just less able to compensate when one faction sucks at their only task.

 

[tuluse]

Her obsession with hot gay elf sexytimes is fine, that's part of her job, but her disdain of videogames is a bit much, even for BioWare. Their split writer/designer model is highly dubious anyway, but it's worse when you hire that kind of writer.

But that's the point. As a writer without restrictions or goals, she's still terrible. Splitting writers and coders and designers isn't dubious at all; you're just less able to compensate when one faction sucks at their only task.

It's dubious because their not writing for a game, they're just writing for a movie/comic book, and it's getting translated into a game. The current buzzword with Fargo and Obsidian is "reactivity" Bioware's dichotomy pretty much guarantees there will be no reactivity. There are paths you can go down and that's it.