Lessons Learned from Hero’s Song
All the signs were there. Only a week ago I posted that things looked grim for Smed's startup studio. Sadly, they were the embodiment (even if unintentionally) of what's wrong in…
All the signs were there. Only a week ago I posted that things looked grim for Smed's startup studio. Sadly, they were the embodiment (even if unintentionally) of what's wrong in…
As of this very moment, 39 minutes ago the Kickstarter for Hero's Song was cancelled. Hero's Song is Smed's new game from his new company called Pixelmage Games. Hero's Song…
So here's a fascinating turn of events. Remember when Smed (John Smedley) was all about the F2P? The "our games will be free forever!!" mantra that was being preached from…
We all knew Smed would be starting something new after parting ways with Daybreak/SOE. So what has he been working on? Thanks to a Periscope video, Smedley accidentally showed something they…
Okay, who had 170 days? Pay the man. I was thinking Smedley would last at least 6 months at Daybreak after SOE was acquired, but it turns out he lasted just…
In a recent interview discussing mostly 'company vision' stuff, John Smedley made the following statement: "I firmly believe the days of the WoW-style MMO are over." He went on to…
I wasn't expecting this when I started my morning browsing of Twitter and Reddit. http://t.co/Ac5dvfCS3l — John Smedley (@j_smedley) February 2, 2015 My immediate reaction: Spine-chilling fear for the future of…
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past 4 days, you probably saw something about H1Z1's early-access launch debacle. SOE clearly stated several times that guns, ammo, etc., would…
SOE was building up to yesterday's H1Z1 announcement with a modest level of hype. Lots of "It's coming!" and "Soon®©™" and "Be sure to tune in for our live stream…
SOE just officially revealed (sort of) H1Z1, the game John Smedley hinted at 2 months ago when he said:  “SWG PLAYERS – OUR NEXT GAME (not announced yet) IS DEDICATED…