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Old June 25th, 2004, 08:12 PM
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Well, I'm in a Cyberstorm game (career) against my wife to see who can get the Cybrid final HQ the fastest. We have Excel spreadsheets for all our pilots, missions, ore, kills, hercs...(we're kinda sick like that!).

They've definitely had some hits (and reviews call their new Riddick game quite good).

Not sure this spells the end of them, though.
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Sierra did a series of games titled Hoyle Classic Card Games, Hoyle Classic Board Games, and Hoyle Casino.

My favorite of their titles was the World War I flight sim Red Baron II.
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Old June 25th, 2004, 08:38 PM
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Just goes to show that nothing good ever comes from mergeing with a larger Company. All it does is make the employees all the more expendable.



I wouldn't be surprised in the least if Vivendi posted a good sized profit Last year...
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Old June 25th, 2004, 09:12 PM
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Hopefully all those laid off game maker's will form their own independant company's and kick the legs out from under the big ones.
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That would be great but...who's going to pay for that?
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Old June 26th, 2004, 06:42 AM
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Pay for what? They presumably have compiler's and image software.
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Maybe, if the company didnt buy it for them.

But still its not like making up a name is enough to become a company. And making people aware of it would be a big part also even if the individuals are well known in the buisness. They would either have to take jobs and do it as a thing on the side, or it would take money to try and maintain a "I make games for a living" lifestyle
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