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Michael Rooney's Blog

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Comment In: Opinion: SimCity launch debacle comes down to mismanaged expectations [News - 03/15/2013 - 10:52]

@ The producers who do ...

@ The producers who do recognize failures publicly at GDC are few and far between - and often have so many years of distance, they risk no repercussions. r n r nThat 's not even close to accurate. Half of every post mortem in Game Developer Magazine is about everything ...

Comment In: Whaling VS Killing Children [Blog - 03/12/2013 - 08:23]

Why is it hard to ...

Why is it hard to believe Ubisoft is enforcing what is moral for the character rather than what is moral in modern society The character believes whaling is just a part of life I doubt the character believes murdering children is ok. r n r nMurdering children shouldn 't be ...

Comment In: Epic closes its newest studio after just 6 months [News - 02/08/2013 - 03:08]

Honestly, that 's a much ...

Honestly, that 's a much better spot for them to be in than had Epic never bought them. Crappy situations are always crappy, but at least they happened to fall a little more softly and even have a chance to rise again. r n r nI wonder how much this ...

Comment In: Gabe Newell's vision for Steam: More choice, more democracy, less Greenlight [News - 02/06/2013 - 03:14]

@ Well, Google have managed ...

@ Well, Google have managed a system with no manual review whatsoever r n r nI am fairly sure this is not the case.

Comment In: Carmack: Supporting Linux isn't worth the hassle at the moment [News - 02/06/2013 - 07:50]

I 'm not sure I ...

I 'm not sure I agree. The average user cares more about novelty, usability and availability than games. As much as I would like to believe games have that kind of power, I just don 't see it being the case. When I talk to people about why they don ...

Comment In: Why cross-functional? [Blog - 01/25/2013 - 05:26]

For example, the mythical man-month ...

For example, the mythical man-month can only happen if I increase the size of one department, but not the whole team on a project. r n r nThat 's not what the mythical man month is. The mythical man month phenomenon happens any time you increase the size of your ...

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