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Column: 'Blogged Out: Mythic, Narcissism, GTA'

The latest 'Blogged Out', news report, looking at the world of developer blogging and the conversations being had with the community at large, this week checks in on EA's...

Simon Carless, Blogger

June 30, 2006

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The latest 'Blogged Out', news report, looking at the world of developer blogging and the conversations being had with the community at large, this week checks in on EA's Mythic deal, blogs as homes, and the original GTA. This extract references a video game industry doomsayer who is casting around just a little more distractedly than normal in his tea leaves: "Greg Costikyan had this to say about the news that Electronic Arts had purchased MMO developer Mythic Entertainment: 'Either they desperately need to acquire a company like Mythic and tap its expertise and make Mark Jacobs leader of a new foray into MMOs (since he for damn sure does understand the field). Or else Mythic is doomed, doomed, I tell you.'" You can now read the full Gamasutra column on the subject, including plenty more on what the future augurs for the major MMO firms (no registration required, please feel free to link to this feature from external websites)

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Simon Carless

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Simon Carless is the founder of the GameDiscoverCo agency and creator of the popular GameDiscoverCo game discoverability newsletter. He consults with a number of PC/console publishers and developers, and was previously most known for his role helping to shape the Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Conference for many years.

He is also an investor and advisor to UK indie game publisher No More Robots (Descenders, Hypnospace Outlaw), a previous publisher and editor-in-chief at both Gamasutra and Game Developer magazine, and sits on the board of the Video Game History Foundation.

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