Interview Leonard Boyarsky Interview at Hellgate Guru

[Fat Dragon]

Hm. What do you think are the chances of someone like Leonard Boyarsky leaving Blizzard and Diablo 3 behind to work for Double Bear?

Like, 50/50 right?

Only a damn fool would leave a good position at Blizzard to work at a small indie. No offense to Double Bear, but I imagine Leon is quite enjoying those Blizzard cheques.

 

[Texas Red]

Hm. What do you think are the chances of someone like Leonard Boyarsky leaving Blizzard and Diablo 3 behind to work for Double Bear?

Like, 50/50 right?

Only a damn fool would leave a good position at Blizzard to work at a small indie. No offense to Double Bear, but I imagine Leon is quite enjoying those Blizzard cheques.

I wouldn't underestimate a new, different venture, especially if it has a few names to it and an almost finished, good looking project. Leonard can choose between being pushed around by the Marketing Department, working on games without actually creating anything, or being part of a new project where he will have a chance to materialize his visions and make games which he likes. The Double Bear/ITS option sounds at least compelling.

 

[J1M]

Hellgate fansite outlived hellgate game, hahaha.

 

[Dionysus]

I wouldn't underestimate a new, different venture, especially if it has a few names to it and an almost finished, good looking project. Leonard can choose between being pushed around by the Marketing Department, working on games without actually creating anything, or being part of a new project where he will have a chance to materialize his visions and make games which he likes. The Double Bear/ITS option sounds at least compelling.

It would be compelling for someone young, without serious financial responsibilities, and without a chance in hell to get a position like Boyarski's current job. It would be a retarded move for a life-long videogame artist that's working as the lead world designer for a huge game.

 

[Xor]

Hm. What do you think are the chances of someone like Leonard Boyarsky leaving Blizzard and Diablo 3 behind to work for Double Bear?

Like, 50/50 right?

Only a damn fool would leave a good position at Blizzard to work at a small indie. No offense to Double Bear, but I imagine Leon is quite enjoying those Blizzard cheques.

I wouldn't underestimate a new, different venture, especially if it has a few names to it and an almost finished, good looking project. Leonard can choose between being pushed around by the Marketing Department, working on games without actually creating anything, or being part of a new project where he will have a chance to materialize his visions and make games which he likes. The Double Bear/ITS option sounds at least compelling.

Leonard can chose between probably $80,000 a year working for Blizzard or maybe getting payed a fraction of that if whatever he produces working for an indie company is successful (which is in no way a certain thing).

 

[1eyedking]

He should start his own studio and get the gang back together

Troika, take two.

 

[thesheeep]

Yeah, but this time with a producer that knows his business and won't let them start anything they'd never be able to finish...

 

[Ch1ef]

THIS GOAT IS ANNOYING ME

 

[Pegultagol]

It'd be pretty ironic if what they develop as their first game after getting back together is a MMO.

 

[Lurkar]

Redding is teh hard

If you continue down this path, you'll soon be indistinguishable from the illiterate Bethesda fanboy crowd.

Not really.

Diablo never claimed to be a hardcore old school RPG. It knows from the start that it's firmly in the "Action" genre. Reading through long obtuse amounts of text wouldn't help the game, only hinder it.

In Oblivion, we saw a genre that's supposed to have depth lose it. In Diablo, a genre that's really not supposed to have any depth at all is gaining it.

 

[Davaris]

He should start his own studio and get the gang back together



Troika, take two.

 

[Hoodoo]

lovecraftian is a buzzword now