It's because there likely isn't a source. A lot of it appears to be speculation wrapped up in the aura of legitimacy.Yeah really all he has to do is apologize that his source was wrong on this. He isn't even doing that
True. People leave game studios all the time.
Well, I have to say that I don't appreciate the stuff he posted:
Factually incorrect, speculative and way too personal. Hence my need to put the record straight.
I'm not calling for a witch hunt for Pete Dodd. Whatever issues we have are between he and I. What I am doing is protecting my professional integrity by correcting comments which ended up being posted as news on games industry websites. Websites that are read by my potential employers. Really, I'm not too worried about people talking about me on forums - my work has been praised and criticised over the years by loads of people - what I'm concerned about is when posts on forums become personally damaging.
Oh dear. So much drama! Can't he just apologize to Col, take back his comments and move on?
Uhhhh not the time man.While you are here........
Can you tell us if the polish the game has gone through has resulted in the game better than its original vision ? Is the game Better than what they envisioned it to be at launch ?
yes, they might be. need more skins, LoL is all about skins ya know.You think RIOT is spending all that money they are making on hiring top tier talent to make skins for LoL?
wasn't Verendus always right about his 'insider info'? Or I missed something.Just another 'insider' like Thuway. He has been wrong way more than he has been right.
DemonNite and Gopher are the only two people, who are in the capacity to post actual 'insider scoop'. Although, they don't do it for obvious reasons.
couldn't he write that here? :-(He has.
See you're only seeing one side of it. To me I see "doom and gloom sony is fucked", and then the other side "LOL hyperbole sony fine!"
People keep saying this happens all the time, and yet I haven't seen a single link to an article of this amount of people leaving one company at one from different studios. It's all linked to WWS and within a month of eachother, obviously something big is happening.
Congrats your transition to modern gaming journalist has become complete.
Did he even have a source? Rereading it in light of the facts looks like wild speculation.
That's just my thoughts tho. Just really crappy for that dude to have his rep smeared when he's dealing w this family issue.
He never had the intention to speak badly about Col...he offered what he heard, that's what he always does.
While you are here........
Can you tell us if the polish the game has gone through has resulted in the game better than its original vision ? Is the game Better than what they envisioned it to be at launch ?
It's because there likely isn't a source. A lot of it appears to be speculation wrapped up in the aura of legitimacy.
wasn't Verendus always right about his 'insider info'? Or I missed something.
Congrats your transition to modern gaming journalist has become complete.
wasn't Verendus always right about his 'insider info'? Or I missed something.
Oh dear. So much drama! Can't he just apologize to Col, take back his comments and move on?
You will unfortunately always get the personalities on any forum that go on a witch hunt and call for peoples head. What would have been ideal would be, first Mort perhaps not speculating to the point of personal negativity and 2, quelling the flames before they rise, he may have his reasons as to why he said what he did, he may even have a source. He should get involved and say what he needs to.
I would take a stab in the dark and assume he is pretty pissed at the minute, judging by his tweet, either at himself for causing direct friction with Col or a combination with that and the people in the thread that have had their tampon's set on fire.
There is genuinely sometimes a need to relax. Mort's post was initially useful and had a calming influence, he made a lot of sense, we need people here to radiate that sometimes and give rational explanations but im sure he will admit now he should have put the full stop after the blanket statements.
Congrats your transition to modern gaming journalist has become complete.
He fucking better be, dude promised me my FF7 remake.
You know, he never painted a good picture of Sony, it was actually a desaster if the stuff about SSM is right.
The message behind it was clear, people leave all the time, once in a while a project fails or people leave for personal reasons.
And he explained that Sony had alof of structuring to do after they made alot of false decisions with the PS3.
You might renember the arcticle from Kotaku about Sony Japan...
It pretty much fit's the picture...
So we've got people leaving for personal reasons, creative differences and of course a new structure for the company.
This is nothing unusual...
won't be missedThe time of GAF "insiders" is coming to an end
No this is the internet things have to be blown out of proportion, there has to be a twitter witch hunt and finally someone has to lose their job.
Is this your first day here or what?
He has.
This is where his credibility lies for me as well. It's been so long since that tech demo...
I respect you for what you did here. I saw the news getting spread on various website, and it sure made me annoyed that people were passing it off as news, even though it didn't exactly read as one.I'm not calling for a witch hunt for Pete Dodd. Whatever issues we have are between he and I. What I am doing is protecting my professional integrity by correcting comments which ended up being posted as news on games industry websites. Websites that are read by my potential employers. Really, I'm not too worried about people talking about me on forums - my work has been praised and criticised over the years by loads of people - what I'm concerned about is when posts on forums become personally damaging.
He'd be a perfect fit at Polygon.
Daaaaaamn
Well, at least someone said it. Thanks Patrick.
He has.
Daaaaaamn
Dat colleague callout
I agree, I didn't really mean that as an excuse, it's more of a point to say it's likely he's got no more real info on much of this than many here, so he should be more clear that's he speculating rather than letting people take his posts more seriously than they should be taken. The fact that people think he has "sources" on a lot of this though is sort of their own fault though; I'm sometimes amazed at the lack of skepticism I see sometimes on things like this.This is very true but he still needs to apologize. Pulling crap like this is amateur league junior high levels of immaturity. It's going to be very interesting to see if he gets banned or not.
Originally Posted by famousmortimer
The director of Driveclub doesn't deliver the game on time. Given more time the game still needs work. He is replaced.
Wouldn't you replace him? ...
Col Rogers (driveclub) is about failing to deliver.
He has.
Hello, all. <snip>
Col.
Daaaaaamn
Dat colleague callout
WelpIt's not an official retirement yet.
Now it is.
He has.
Pfft, I have zero faith in that. Even if true, I'm expecting it to be cancelled because SE.
Yakuza Ishin localisation.
A third-party exclusive from a western publisher.
Let's see how those pan out first.
Dodd is hardly Patrick Klepek's peer.