Soundbytes

Game commentary in snack-sized mouthfuls

A surprising exit, Thai military censorship, and THQ’s folly

“I have decided to hit the reset button and move on from BioWare. Though there’s never an easy time to make a change like this, I believe this is the best time for it.”

Casey Hudson finds the politest possible way of saying, “You can take your Mass Effect and stick it”

“The Board of Film and Video Censors deem some of the content too controversial. This does sound like it could have come from one of El Presidente’s edicts.”

Kalypso’s Stefan Marcinek calls the Thai junta out for enacting Tropico 5’ s satire

“It was very funny. [They said,] ‘We like to do original properties,’ and they were a 100 per cent licensed, sequel-driven company. It was beautiful.” InXile’s Brian Fargo recalls a Wasteland 2 pitch meeting with THQ. Lord knows how the publisher ever went bust

“People were on pins and needles about anything untoward I might say. First, they had me do interviews with someone from PR. Later, they just decided that I shouldn’t be in the press at all.” Nintendo’s former indie chief

Dan Adelman on why he quit