Akanu Nigel Franks has been on the management side of game development teams and studios since the early 2000s, and a manager of software development companies for ten years prior to that. His game credits include Executive Producer for Beefy Media's World Gone Sour platformer, Development Director on EA's titles Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, the Need for Speed series, and he was the Producer on The Suffering and NHL Hitz Pro for Next Level Games. He is currently studying psychology at the University of Ottawa. Akanu blogs on issues related to managers of game teams and studios at www.intrepidmanagementguy.com.
With new consoles being introduced this year, you can expect post-E3 hangovers to impact your team and studio management that contradict or even throw out your release plan.
