When EA cancelled the Star Wars FPS project at Respawn, Vince fought like hell to save the project behind the scenes. When EA refused to budge, Vince made sure nobody got laid off and that everyone was able to find a home within EA.

This is so tragic

And if they don’t - wow, that’s great for you! You’re going to leave your competition in the dust.

“Don’t be stuck in the past,”

Or what, Good Samaritan? Why are you so concerned for me? Won’t you benefit if I falter and stumble into the dust bin of history?

If devs are *licensing* their own tech, sure. But a dev saying “if you don’t use bump mapping / IK / Source Engine you’re a Luddite / stuck in the past / etc.” - why would they care?

IME if someone uses tech that has self-evident value, people scramble to adopt it.

Honorable mentions go to Dead or Alive 3 which I didn't actually own, but played the demo that came with the Official Xbox Magazine constantly, and Marvel vs. Capcom 2, which I have a fond memory of embarrassing some 20-something year old in front of his friends when I was like 13.

CvS2 was my first exposure to SNK characters, and also Kim Kaphwan was another Korean TKD fighter so I had to main him lol. Soul Calibur II was one of the most played fighting games at my college outside of Smash. Everyone underestimated me because I mained Yunsung and he was considered low tier.

There was a Street Fighter II: Champion Edition cabinet in the hotel my family stayed at every summer vacation so I played it all the time. Hwoarang got me interested in Tekken as a kid because he was also Korean and did Takewondo like I did.

I think I'm gonna save the rest for Christmas Oguri.