Three giants come together to form Voltron
Ok, well maybe not Voltron, but something equally as humongous. For those that haven't heard, Todd McFarlane, R.A. Salvatore, and Curt Shilling have come together to form Green Monster Games, a new video game studio based out of Boston MA.
Their plan is to develop a next gen MMO experience unlike any other. Same old spiel I know. The big thing here is that they are planning on splitting 50 percent of the company's profits with its employees. This is not as new of an idea as it would seem, multiple companies have claimed they would do this in the past, but to date no major companies have actually followed through with this for very long.
Todd McFarlane, best known for his work as creator of the Spawn comic series will be acting Art Lead. Salvatore, aka the creator of that Drizzt character, will be Creative Director, and Shilling, the pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and avid MMO player (see: EverQuest) is rounding out the trinity as President.
This is a fairly big meeting of creative bigwigs here, well, minus Shilling, but hey I can't knock him too much since he's the poster child of what gamers are typically not. Namely, rich, successful athletes. But again, he's shown that not all video game players are basement dwelling lurkers. So thumbs up Shilling, you've got my vote.
Personally this would be a great chance to work for some truly creative minds, though in part I feel bad for the lead design on their first project as I can't see these three very creative and opinionated individuals giving someone on the outside much leeway in the grand scheme of things, but maybe I'm wrong.
\\drew
Their plan is to develop a next gen MMO experience unlike any other. Same old spiel I know. The big thing here is that they are planning on splitting 50 percent of the company's profits with its employees. This is not as new of an idea as it would seem, multiple companies have claimed they would do this in the past, but to date no major companies have actually followed through with this for very long.
Todd McFarlane, best known for his work as creator of the Spawn comic series will be acting Art Lead. Salvatore, aka the creator of that Drizzt character, will be Creative Director, and Shilling, the pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and avid MMO player (see: EverQuest) is rounding out the trinity as President.
This is a fairly big meeting of creative bigwigs here, well, minus Shilling, but hey I can't knock him too much since he's the poster child of what gamers are typically not. Namely, rich, successful athletes. But again, he's shown that not all video game players are basement dwelling lurkers. So thumbs up Shilling, you've got my vote.
Personally this would be a great chance to work for some truly creative minds, though in part I feel bad for the lead design on their first project as I can't see these three very creative and opinionated individuals giving someone on the outside much leeway in the grand scheme of things, but maybe I'm wrong.
\\drew
posted by Drew at 10:01 AM
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