So one of the sites I frequent is The Escapist … mostly because they do some really good journalistic pieces on the gaming industry … they’re not just ‘THIS GAME IS GONNA OWNZ’ kind of pieces … instead they tend to be actual articles about the culture and society around gaming in general …
Anyway … they apparently just did a visit to Epic and talked to them about the upcoming Gears 2. The thing which got my attention thou was an interview with CliffyB … who I absolutely LOVED back in the day for the levels which he designed for Unreal Tournament … Any of the guys from the old days can tell you how into UT I was … and how infectious my love was as well …
A lot of that adoration came forth from the great game design … the game not only played well but it RAN well to boot … CliffyB was one of if not the lead designer and he evolved into this pseudo celebrity … bottom line? Epic has pushed out some fantastic games, and one of the biggest reasons that they’ve been so good is in at least some small part due to Cliff. So check out the interview …