Broken Toys Random Comments About Games and Tractors

1. 

   blachawk
   December 16th, 2006 - 13:10

   Now that he has complete control over his game, it will be interesting to see if Raph can produce a game that will have mass appeal. Right now, I’m sensing this ‘game’ will fill a niche in the market similar to Mihaly’s Iron Realms.
2. 

   brent
   December 16th, 2006 - 13:10

   Given the collective Latin education levels of the target demo populace and their logo design, I call it’ll be two weeks before the consensus on the boards is that Raph is running “Area E”.

   Or if he’s less fortunate, ‘Areolae’.
3. 

   Jessica Mulligan
   December 16th, 2006 - 13:56

   I like option #2: A game all about personalizing virtual nipples.

   Oh, the co-marketing possibilities…
4. 

   Jeff Freeman
   December 16th, 2006 - 14:21

   It is very difficult for my fingers to resist typing arena.net when my brain is telling them areae.net…
5. 

   Amber
   December 16th, 2006 - 14:34

   So…Tertio Life?
6. 

   Apache
   December 16th, 2006 - 14:59

   >>Or if he\’e2\’80\’99s less fortunate, \’e2\’80\’98Areolae\’e2\’80\’99.

   lol
7. 

   VPellen
   December 16th, 2006 - 20:05

   Hmm. I don’t know if this is good or bad omen.
8. 

   Evangolis
   December 16th, 2006 - 22:24

   Having had some experience with being management, I can say that control is an illusion. Influence, sure. Responsibility, certainly. But control is a myth. It’s all herding cats.
9. 

   Riprend
   December 16th, 2006 - 23:46

   Their VP of production was responsible for Omens of War? EQ2, Planetside, etc… it doesn’t look like Donham has a single game on his resume that’s not marred either by low sales and staying power (Planetside), bad gameplay (Omens) or unmet expectations (EQ2). That doesn’t seem like the most auspicious omen. [rimshot]
10. 

    Jiffy
    December 17th, 2006 - 02:11

    >>Or if he\’e2\’80\’99s less fortunate, \’e2\’80\’98Areolae\’e2\’80\’99.

    Yes!! OWNOO! (Our World’s Nipples Origen Online). Nipples sell, so therefore there should be an MMOG about it.
11. 

    Fear of BV
    December 17th, 2006 - 05:31

    OMG, what next? Broken Gamez dot Org featuring Scott?

    Good luck Raph, plz bring back pre-casting beotch! k-thx
12. 

    Aufero
    December 17th, 2006 - 11:42

    Interesting mix of designers and idea people (Between Raph, Richard Bartle, Christopher Allen and Cory Doctorow, I’d be as interested in reading the design docs as in playing the game they make) and a VP who obviously knows the production ropes. I hope they can bring it all together.
13. 

    Raph
    December 17th, 2006 - 13:57

    John Donham got started on Gemstone at Simutronics. He’s been doing online games a very long time. He was in charge of all production at the San Diego studio for SOE, so *every* game from SOE-SD for the last few years is on his credits.
14. 

    Evangolis
    December 18th, 2006 - 05:37

    So does he get credit for the successes, or blame for the failures? It’s a busy world out here, and we need to get people pigeonholed ASAP. An armchair designer’s work is never done.
15. 

    No.6
    December 18th, 2006 - 09:29

    “John Donham got started on Gemstone at Simutronics. He\’e2\’80\’99s been doing online games a very long time.”

    That is a long time. Suddenly I’m again grateful I’m no longer paying $6/hour ($12/hour at primetime) for online gaming…
16. 

    Boanerges
    December 19th, 2006 - 09:56

    bad gameplay (Omens)

    I think you’re thinking Gates of Discord, not Omens. OoW wasn’t a bad expansion really. Why some people remember it unkindly is that EQ2 and a little known game called Worlds of Warcraft launched in the middle which caused EQ servers to implode in terms of population.

    I think I know who this guy is tho. He’s not bad in terms of development. I think Raph made a good call.
17. 

    Michael Chui
    December 23rd, 2006 - 01:13

    “John Donham got started on Gemstone at Simutronics.”

    Whoa. No kidding? That makes me even more optimistic.

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