Mattrick Goes to the Dogs

Not content with ruining one company, Mattrick sets his sights Zyngward.

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Not all our ideas are terrible!

Date: July 8, 2013

Written and Performed by: Graham Stark, Kathleen De Vere, Paul Saunders

Story Graphics: Paul Saunders

CheckPoint Graphics: Graham Stark

Boom!: Kate Stark

Edited by: Kathleen De Vere

Music: Bradley Rains

Produced by: Graham Stark, Paul Saunders

Today

Following the PR equivalent of salting the earth, Don Mattrick moves to Zynga.

Stories

• What we want: an HD remake of Final Fantasy 7. What we're getting: a Cloud costume for Lightning Returns, plus the FF7 victory music.
• Microsoft is using its player reputation system to make sure all the terrible people only play with other terrible people.
• After eleven years, Dwarf Fortress is still not complete.
• Relative prices of consoles change a lot when you adjust for inflation, but the Xbox One is still more expensive than the 360.
• Don Mattrick has moved from Microsoft to Zynga. Checkpoint finds this extremely apropos.

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