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I don't doubt it. Making games with a few folks operating out of a garage when you are 20 is probably a fun time.

The problem with Interplay was that the old timers BECAME management. None of them had any management experience - hell, Fargo never even graduated from college. Suddenly these folks, whose only claim to fame was that they were creative game developers, were handed the reins to a public...

There was a nanosecond when Interplay was a top 10 publisher. Not for long, however.

Haha... What I mean is that TTWO has set up Rockstar as their "bad boy" publisher to handle hot properties with mature content (though they are all the same company). Fallout would thrive in an environment where the developers could actually embrace the mature content without being worried...

The story about VUG cuts was also in the LA Times. Cuts primarily in their swank LA Offices, though it sounds like the NW ops got hit as well (the old Sierra offices). Lot of Sr. VUG mgt. got axed about 6 months ago; new mgt. started in January, 2004. This is just the other boot dropping...

Sorry for you Europeans, but I have found the credibility of Euro Game Press to be even more lacking than the Press in the States. The reality is that Troika and Obsidian are busy doing other work, and that no developer in their right mind would touch a product from Interplay - the only reason...

Wow some very witty posts here - I needed a grin today... That said, ignorance of the law is not a defense. Hiding / losing / not having access to your financial records does not excuse you from having to follow California Employee Benefits Law.