Warren Spector is one of the most creative game developers in America, but it seems odd that the man who worked on Thief and Deus Ex would be crafting a Mickey Mouse game for Disney. Yet here he is, working on Epic Mickey
So I’m stood there in a room full of Disney Interactive execs, and midway through my pitch I see they are all looking down at their BlackBerrys checking their email. I thought: ‘I was right! I am going kill Seamus’.
What was actually going on was that they were interested, but they were texting each other, asking ‘Shall we ask him if he’s interested in this Mickey game?’ It gets to the end of my pitch and they ask me how I felt about licensed games I said, ‘Actually, I am really interested in them’.
While I would never have predicted a Warren Spector/Mickey Mouse pairing, I have to admit that the possibilities are tremendous. Spector makes fantastic games and I can’t wait to see what he can do with an iconic character like Mickey Mouse. Who would have guessed that “the Deus Ex guy” + Mickey Mouse = the most anticipated Wii game of 2010.
[And Seamus, if your assistant happens to send this your way, you should really round out your stable of world class game developers with some guy writing a game blog. If anyone could get this site funding, it’s you. Ha!]
My Wii inexplicably started working again the standby light was off for about a month.I assumed it had come unplugged it hadnt.However plugged it in yesterday and it burst into life.I had left it unplugged for awhile and plugged it back in to no avail previously.
Working now though which is good.Considering picking up new mario and keeping an eye on mickey here.
Almost sold/traded it off to fund more PS3 games.Decided to give it a stay of execution I guess. :)
I'll be able to donate more $ this Friday, Ray. (Finally got people out of my wallet I didn't want in it.)