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Richard Putney's Blog

Richard is an SDET with more years of experience than he'd like to admit. Having grown up in silicon valley amidst the advent of home video games they have always held a special place in his life : center stage. Richard is always looking for opportunities to contribute to video game design and would eventually like to transition in to a jr. game design role. Currently Richard is working on several game design documents in different genres including casual social, tower defense, FPS and MMO.

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Comment In: Capcom To Seek Player Input With Prototype Mega Man Legends 3 On 3DS eShop [News - 04/21/2011 - 01:10]

This is a big step ...

This is a big step for Japanese game companies. Typically they shun user feedback in favor of the obscure sentiments of some legendary game designer in an ivory tower somewhere. My advice to Capcom et al. - Learning to take customer feedback is an art. Why Because customers are liars ...

Comment In: Hacker Group Anonymous Threatens Sony Sites Over PS3 Hacking Lawsuit [News - 04/04/2011 - 10:45]

@ Adam srsly I feel ...

@ Adam srsly I feel like I've been trolled. a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control. What part is slightly fascist trying to tell me how I can use my PS3 beyond prosecution of existing laws is fascist. By definition. Dictatorial oppressive to or arrogantly ...

Comment In: White-Hat Hacker Helps Solve Rift Security Exploit [News - 03/21/2011 - 05:12]

Cool to hear about quick ...

Cool to hear about quick deployments for important fixes, conscientious hackers, and player - dev interaction. Now I want to hear about your set up and process that let you QA that build and get it out so fast //begin troll food Personally I'd rather play a WoW clone than ...

Comment In: Rift's Hartsman: Targeting Experienced MMO Gamers A Solid Business Strategy [News - 03/28/2011 - 11:25]

I've been curious about the ...

I've been curious about the reception of Rift due to my morbid interest in the failures of so many a large budget MMO who thought they could draft off of WoW's lead position. I've played WoW at various levels from casual to ludicrously hard core and dabbled in most other ...

Comment In: Opinion: Why Activision & EA's Feud Embarrasses The Game Industry [News - 09/28/2010 - 03:59]

I agree with your sentiment ...

I agree with your sentiment that the unprofessionalism is sad. To me, however, it indicates the lack of connection that investors and business people who tend to be executives, CEOs, and product owners have with their specific industries. The software industry among others is being ruined by investors and business ...

Comment In: Kotick: Studio Autonomy An 'Unassailable Rule' At Activision [News - 09/27/2010 - 09:55]

I put Bobby's comments in ...

I put Bobby's comments in to Google's new CEOSpeak - English translator and here's what I got : 'Hi, I'm Bobby Kotick and I'm the gaming industry's biggest dbag. After I shafted multiple groups of developers out of money and control of the intellectual properties they had created and labored ...

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