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Unlikely. You are missing a key point in the article. The reason Hasbro was able to get the Transformers and GI Joe movies off the ground is because the CEO tied the films to financiers from the military/arms industry. Both movies are steeped in American military propaganda (well, we haven't...

Ugh. A world where the Transformers movie is considered a success is not a world I care to live in anymore. If it weren't for my hyperactive imagination, I'd off myself now.

I don't know. I think a lot of businesses are using the "economic crisis" as an excuse to cut the fat. I don't really think WotC have been, nor will they be, that adversely affected by a crisis that is primarily a concern to the financial industry, the luxury industry, housing and auto...

Shadowrange.

Perhaps not... but I don't think the point is to compare CEOs to fry cooks. Rather, the point, if I understand correctly, is that the CEOs and Executive Staff often lack the insight or the passion that the -CREATIVE STAFF- do, and that -CREATIVE STAFF- most often get the shaft. In the current...

But why go through the expensive process of design and production only to throw it all away? Talisman 4e could have been a good magnet game for young players, who would get funnelled into the GW minis machine, and then onto the novels, provided it was tied into the larger GW line. And that was...

Does anyone know the real story behind the Black Industries/Talisman debacle? I worked at a game store at the time of the release (last year), and from my perspective, Talisman was about as big as game industry news gets. Presales were high. It was outselling Settlers for a while, all despite a...

I agree that we need more titles like Heroquest. Lately, I've been enjoying it more than any RPGs. There's just something satisfying about an adventure you can complete in one evening. There's one more Heroquest expansion that is super-rare called "Heroquest Advanced Quest". It basically...

The worst part is: they couldn't even wait until Friday afternoon to do it!

Buehler took personal responsibility for the failures of D&D Insider and Gleemax back in August. Online play was, and is, one the principle bases for 4E, so it doesn't surprise me that they had to let him go. The fact that WotC still haven't launched their online components is devastating. I'm...

I love HeroQuest... I think it's more fun than Descent. Maybe Descent is a more sophisticated game, but it doesn't have furniture. Interesting factoid: In 2002, Hasbro (owners of MB) reconfigured HeroQuest and re-released it exclusively in Europe as "The Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Adventure...