Some Light Reading
19 Nov 2018While being incredbly busy at work and with the boys, I’ve been stockpiling a few articles worth reading.
Kansas City Chiefs running backs coach Deland McCullough went searching for his biological parents. He found them where he never would have expected.
Just read it. It’s sort of amazing.
The Tragic End of Telltale Games
When employees showed up for work on Friday, September 21st, at Telltale Games, there was nothing to suggest the day would be different than any other. The second episode of The Walking Dead’s final season would ship the following week; developers across multiple teams were busy with plans for in-progress titles.
But only hours later, 250 people would find themselves with no job, no severance, and health insurance that would be gone by month’s end — just nine days.
The video games industry appropriately seems to mash together the worst of the tech world with the worst of the entertainment world.
If you heard last week’s Reply All, you’ll be familiar with sim swapping. Learn just how bad things are.