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Entire staff of game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned

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Re: Entire staff of game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned

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Post by flohofwoe »

darby_nine wrote: post #14
flohofwoe wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It sounds like a good decision by the team tbh. Blurring the lines by 'integrating' functioning teams into a bigger entity which does completely unrelated things (TV, film and theater) never goes well. The team will most likely found their independent 'spin-off' company as they had planned already, no talent or knowledge is lost, only risk is financing for new projects.

It seems like all their other IP is derived from the game IPs, so I'm a little confused how this leaves Annapurna in a better position.

Not the parent company, but the game team that resigned is in a better position. They can continue focus on building games, instead of being 'integrated' with the TV, film and theater people (I bet most of that 'integration' is about 'outsourcing' CGI work to the 3D artists in the game team - e.g. a distraction from making games).

Re: Entire staff of game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned

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Post by teamonkey »

Torkel wrote: post #28
eleveriven wrote: post #25

I am a big fan of Stray! The atmosphere was both haunting and beautiful, and the emotional connection you feel as you guide the cat through puzzles, etc. Hearing about the uncertainty at Annapurna Interactive feels personal a little

I have feelings about Stray... What an awesome game it could have been! I played it with one of my daughers. Lovely father/daughter playing session. Guiding the cat through the maze/puzzles. Cat can't fall, it's just calm and nice. And then, out of nowhere - blinking screaming wildly stressful and awful rats come chase us. My daughter dropped the controller, I played it through. But after that the game lost its charm…

My kids had a similar experience. They had more luck with Little Kitty Big City, which has a more cartoony vibe but fewer sticking points.

Re: Entire staff of game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned

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Post by Sammi »

Torkel wrote: post #28
eleveriven wrote: post #25

I am a big fan of Stray! The atmosphere was both haunting and beautiful, and the emotional connection you feel as you guide the cat through puzzles, etc. Hearing about the uncertainty at Annapurna Interactive feels personal a little

I have feelings about Stray... What an awesome game it could have been! I played it with one of my daughers. Lovely father/daughter playing session. Guiding the cat through the maze/puzzles. Cat can't fall, it's just calm and nice. And then, out of nowhere - blinking screaming wildly stressful and awful rats come chase us. My daughter dropped the controller, I played it through. But after that the game lost its charm…

> Totally breaks the contract that I felt was established with us as players.

Lots of people like surprise and excitement. The game is rated: Age 12+ Violence

Re: Entire staff of game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned

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Post by pcl »

robjwells wrote: post #29
hinkley wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another lawnmower is born.

For those who don’t get the lawnmower reference, take 5 minutes and have a hearty laugh: https://youtube.com/watch?t=1980&v=-zRN7XLCRhc (Start at the 33 minute mark if it doesn’t jump you there.)

PSA: it’s a link to Bryan Cantrill ranting about the Sun / Oracle acquisition. I couldn’t make it through 5 minutes of his ranting to get to an accurate summary of the joke though.

Re: Entire staff of game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned

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Post by stavros »

pcl wrote: post #34
robjwells wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For those who don’t get the lawnmower reference, take 5 minutes and have a hearty laugh: https://youtube.com/watch?t=1980&v=-zRN7XLCRhc (Start at the 33 minute mark if it doesn’t jump you there.)

PSA: it’s a link to Bryan Cantrill ranting about the Sun / Oracle acquisition. I couldn’t make it through 5 minutes of his ranting to get to an accurate summary of the joke though.

> You need to think of Larry Ellison the way you think of a lawnmower. You don't anthropomorphize your lawnmower, the lawnmower just mows the lawn, you stick your hand in there and it'll chop it off, the end. You don't think 'oh, the lawnmower hates me' -- lawnmower doesn't give a shit about you, lawnmower can't hate you. Don't anthropomorphize the lawnmower. Don't fall into that trap about Oracle.

Re: Entire staff of game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned

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Post by stefan_ »

sonofhans wrote: post #5

> “The report, which IGN can confirm based on conversations with our own sources, states that Annapurna Interactive president Nathan Gary had recently been in negotiations with Annapurna founder and billionaire Megan Ellison to spin the gaming segment off as its own company. However, Ellison eventually pulled out of negotiations, at which point Gary resigned. Almost 30 other individuals, including division co-heads D…

Imagine having to negotiate with Larry Ellisons nepo daughter, how can you even keep a straight face. "It says here you are a film producer?"

Re: Entire staff of game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned

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Post by whstl »

pcl wrote: post #34
robjwells wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For those who don’t get the lawnmower reference, take 5 minutes and have a hearty laugh: https://youtube.com/watch?t=1980&v=-zRN7XLCRhc (Start at the 33 minute mark if it doesn’t jump you there.)

PSA: it’s a link to Bryan Cantrill ranting about the Sun / Oracle acquisition. I couldn’t make it through 5 minutes of his ranting to get to an accurate summary of the joke though.

The lawnmower joke is here: https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc?feature=shared&t=2303 at the 38:23 mark.

Re: Entire staff of game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned

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Post by ZeroGravitas »

stefan_ wrote: post #37
sonofhans wrote: post #5

> “The report, which IGN can confirm based on conversations with our own sources, states that Annapurna Interactive president Nathan Gary had recently been in negotiations with Annapurna founder and billionaire Megan Ellison to spin the gaming segment off as its own company. However, Ellison eventually pulled out of negotiations, at which point Gary resigned. Almost 30 other individuals, including division co-heads D…

Imagine having to negotiate with Larry Ellisons nepo daughter, how can you even keep a straight face. "It says here you are a film producer?"

I only found out recently that animated film company Laika was created after Nike founder Phil Knight bought his son a new career after he failed at being a rapper.

He bought into Will Vinton studios and then forced Oscar winning animation pioneer Will Vinton out of his own company.

There's a whole documentary, sad and interesting.

Re: Entire staff of game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned

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Post by msh »

Torkel wrote: post #28
eleveriven wrote: post #25

I am a big fan of Stray! The atmosphere was both haunting and beautiful, and the emotional connection you feel as you guide the cat through puzzles, etc. Hearing about the uncertainty at Annapurna Interactive feels personal a little

I have feelings about Stray... What an awesome game it could have been! I played it with one of my daughers. Lovely father/daughter playing session. Guiding the cat through the maze/puzzles. Cat can't fall, it's just calm and nice. And then, out of nowhere - blinking screaming wildly stressful and awful rats come chase us. My daughter dropped the controller, I played it through. But after that the game lost its charm…

They are not rats and they are quite essential to the story so they would not be easy to remove.
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