So cyrus_zuo...

[Chris Evans]

I saw it mentioned on a couple of blogs...

.. So cyrus_zuo (Russ from Gametunnel) when were you planning to tell the rest of us that you're now working for Reflexive? :) Welcome to California btw!

[Sakura Games]

Not hard to guess since he was selling reflexive games since beginning... ;)

[PoV]

Shhh.... it's a secret. Or at least it is until you read his blog at IWorkAtReflexive.com. :p

[GBGames]

Shhh.... it's a secret. Or at least it is until you read his blog at IWorkAtReflexive.com. :p

LOL I was just about to open up a tab in Firefox to go there, too. B-)

[Chris Evans]

LOL I was just about to open up a tab in Firefox to go there, too. B-)

I actually did....


<--- Sucker

[cyrus_zuo]

:)

No big secret...wasn't sure if it was good for an announcement here...definitely excited to be focusing my day hours to something I enjoy a ton :) I started two weeks ago yesterday (some may have noticed the 3 weeks of no updates to GT as I was moving...

Thanks for the welcomes...and yeah GT will continue to sell Reflexive stuff...roughly 1/4 of the games we cover on GT are available through Reflexive Arcade... ;)

[soniCron]

If you don't mind my asking: What's your position? What is it you do?

[Andy]

Well. This is great that now we've got a chance to know through GameTunnel website Reflexive opinion about all our games. :D

Sorry only that I was trying to promote the site in my latest interview without previous agreement with Reflexive. But I think James is fair guy so I could easily expect some amount of green money from him for my efforts. :D

[Savant]

Congrats Russell, that's great news!

[Coyote]

Aw, crap! I guess that means you won't be visiting us at the Utah Indie Meets anymore... :(

Still, congratulations!

[Hiro_Antagonist]

He's not the only one selling out. Starting tomorrow I'll be working over at Real as an associate producer on RealArcade. =)

-Hiro_Antagonist

[PoV]

You know, that's a tough one to know if you're joking or not. Thus, my response is either congratz or hahaha.

[cyrus_zuo]

Thanks again for all the kind words.

If you don't mind my asking: What's your position? What is it you do?

Officially I'm Director of Marketing, which I think really suits my strengths. Actually I'll be doing whatever possible to help spread the word about Reflexive and Reflexive Arcade.

I don't consider it selling out for my part...in fact GT is unaffected by the change...except that I don't have to be so stressed about it and just get to enjoy it without trying to always find ways to increase revenue. :)

I do consider it a great opportunity for my life and career and am very excited about what I do and the people I work with :).

[Hiro_Antagonist]

You know, that's a tough one to know if you're joking or not. Thus, my response is either congratz or hahaha.
Actually, it's true. But it's a low-on-the-totem-pole position, but also only short-term while I figure out what I want to do next.

The position is nowhere as cool as yours, Cyrus_zuo's, and of couse GRATZ! =)

-Hiro_Antagonist

[tolik]

He's not the only one selling out. Starting tomorrow I'll be working over at Real as an associate producer on RealArcade. =)

Congratulations!

Say Hello to Mark and Dan and find out whether Mark mastered Meteos and his Castlevania rating is more than 99.5% :)

[Chris Evans]

Actually, it's true. But it's a low-on-the-totem-pole position, but also only short-term while I figure out what I want to do next.


-Hiro_Antagonist

So what's the status with yor own company since you pretty much ran the show?

[Hiro_Antagonist]

So what's the status with yor own company since you pretty much ran the show?
Maintanance mode for now. New projects in the next couple of years are unlikely, though we continue to support LOL. I simply lost *way* too much money...

-Hiro_Antagonist

[PoV]

So, no LOL for Live Arcade, or a side distribution deal like Darwinia did with Steam? It's a shame it's done so poorly for you, as it is a really great game.

[Pyabo]

At least we have a regular to send our demos to now.... :rolleyes:

[Hiro_Antagonist]

So, no LOL for Live Arcade, or a side distribution deal like Darwinia did with Steam? It's a shame it's done so poorly for you, as it is a really great game.
Well, Shrapnel has exclusive rights to publish/distribute LOL for a while, so until/unless I renegotiate that (if it's even possible), I can't really do anything with it. If/when I'm motivated to get the rights back, I would expect it to be fairly trivial, given that the game is selling so poorly. I think the game is capable of more, I just think that it's not finding it's true audience through Shrapnel.

I would love to do an XLA port, and it's something I think about, but as of right now the scope that project exceeds my technical skills and budget. Of course, the recent announcement of C#/.NET support on the 360 goes a long way to making this (theoretically) more possible, since LOL is one of the few games out there written in C#/.NET...

At least we have a regular to send our demos to now....
Hehe. Unfortunately, I don't have any sort of decision-making capacity over there (yet), but I expect to settle into the team quite quickly and I'll be making sure the powers that be are aware of this community if they aren't already.

I have to say, for what it's worth, they seem like group of really cool people so far, and I think I'm going to enjoy working there even more than I was expecting...

Sorry about hijacking the thread, cyrus_zuo. I didn't mean to. =P

-Hiro_Antagonist

[yanuart]

so what's going to happen with gametunnel ? I can see it's starting to get the audience and it'll be bad if it's gone to oblivion

[cyrus_zuo]

so what's going to happen with gametunnel ? I can see it's starting to get the audience and it'll be bad if it's gone to oblivion

No changes to GT :)

[soniCron]

No changes to GT :) Whatever... (http://sites.gizoogle.com/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gametunnel.com%2F)

EDIT: That didn't turn out as neat as I thought it would. Hmmm... ;)