One thing I especially appreciate about Phil is that he always seems confident in the future of Xbox. To the extent that he is never afraid to talk up the successes of his competitors and he doesn’t seem to want to rush any of their games. While the internet clamours constantly at both ends of “Xbox has no games” and…

I feel like in western media, Tomoyuki Takechi doesn’t get nearly enough credit for what Squaresoft was. He was the President of Squaresoft from 1990 - 2000, and the Chairman of Squaresoft from 2000-’01, shortly before the merger with Enix (‘03).

But games? To the execs of a large company they’re just fucking slot machines.

When was the last time you heard an anecdote of a major corporate videogame exec, like, actually doing something constructive? (not counting the Miyazakis of the world) ... instead of, you know, chasing trends, pushing microtransactions, adding ads, etc. “What if you released it sooner rather than later? Then we’d…

As someone who is in a similar position (LOVED square during and before the psone days and into the ps2 and feel like I have watched the company deteriorate ever since) I think its some combination of Sakaguchi leaving and the merger with Enix, which I believe happened relatively close together and are likely related.…

“Expecting $65 million profit in a year without a product launch" sounds like solid Failson Executive territory

100%

Frankly I love that he’s talking shit about SE, even if it’s all just stuff people had already figured out from the outside.

Having worked with SE in the past (I was part of a smaller company they owned), I can say it is the most soulless, rapacious, clueless bunch of morons I have ever worked with in an industry that has no shortage of those.

Been around many and don’t feel safe until nothing is moving, if something is moving something can probably kill you, and it definitely sounds like it can kill you.

Industry players used to talk shit like this ALL THE TIME, and I deeply miss it. 

I came into the article to say “I can’t believe it’s not being reported as ‘Riot doxxes and bans two pro players in teabagging controversy, inappropriately revealing their real names”

Maybe, but you could damn well hear it and feel it. 

Not for nothing, but wouldn’t he be able to hear the tail rotor spinning even if he wasn’t actively looking at the rotor? Granted, they’re at an airfield, and there’s probably other aircraft/helicopters whirring around, but at a certain point, you gotta possess some spatial and situational awareness when it comes to…

The family seems to indicate that the person knew to be cautious so I don’t know why there is a need to show that a person wouldn’t understand a general sense of danger. The person HAD, by admission, a general sense of danger of what was going on, they simple showed a lack of judgement in a dangerous situation. It…

Exactly. You can’t see any given blade but the disk is clearly visible if you are paying any attention whatsoever. And that last bit may be the crux of this whole matter.

If eSports want to be like other sports there would be a players union to balance the power that owners have over players 

I feel like “pro” gamers are forgetting the part where “pro” stands for professional and they should learn to act like it. It’s not just about getting paid to do this but also bringing in a level of maturity as well.

He’s not the manager of the team. If eSports wants to be a sport like others, then it’ll run like others. You’re going to have teammates you don’t like, and there’s going to be people you do like traded or released. As a player you don’t get to just hold out because you don’t like a decision that wasn’t yours to make…