Meet your producer!

Killzig · Post by **Killzig** » Wed May 28, 2003 11:39 am

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Read this <a href="http://forums.interplay.com/viewtopic.p ... >thread</a> and you'll notice that BIS-French has been anointed producer of Van Buren aka Fallout 3. Though my request for him to change his avatar to something FO3 related was shot down, he seems pretty erm.... well here, draw your own conclusions...

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Apparently he can be bribed with robotic toys. I don't know if those include the sex toys but it never hurts to find out. Well actually, it might just hurt...

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Wed May 28, 2003 12:17 pm

everyone who works on fallout has facial hair

DrWacco · Post by **DrWacco** » Wed May 28, 2003 1:46 pm

Super...

I think...

I wonder if his band is any good...

Jimmyjay86 · Post by **Jimmyjay86** » Wed May 28, 2003 3:41 pm

:o It almost looked like he has a woody...

avenger69ie · Post by **avenger69ie** » Wed May 28, 2003 5:25 pm

LOL

Mr Carrot · Post by **Mr Carrot** » Wed May 28, 2003 6:44 pm

wtf does a producer do?

Raymondo · Post by **Raymondo** » Wed May 28, 2003 7:05 pm

Produce?

Mr Carrot · Post by **Mr Carrot** » Wed May 28, 2003 7:42 pm

Yeah but in BIS at least it seems all the powers with the head Dev.

Radoteur · Post by **Radoteur** » Wed May 28, 2003 7:53 pm

Um...
So, is it official that Van Buren = FO3, or are you trying to get my hopes up, so they can be dashed away again.
I have a very fragile heart, I can't handle that sort of thing.

SuperH · Post by **SuperH** » Wed May 28, 2003 8:13 pm

I dunno what a producer does exactly for a video game, but for movies it's the producer's job to make sure the whole thing stays in budget. They don't exactly have a say on how everything is done, but if something is getting too expensive they'll make the directory (or in this case, the lead designer?) cut back and do something realistic.
Might be different in video games, he might have more or different responsibilites, but i dunno.

Radoteur · Post by **Radoteur** » Wed May 28, 2003 8:26 pm

Sit on their ass and watch everyone else do all the work.
Maybe get up and walk around every now and then.

Raymondo · Post by **Raymondo** » Wed May 28, 2003 8:29 pm

SuperH wrote:I dunno what a producer does exactly for a video game, but for movies it's the producer's job to make sure the whole thing stays in budget. They don't exactly have a say on how everything is done, but if something is getting too expensive they'll make the directory (or in this case, the lead designer?) cut back and do something realistic.
Might be different in video games, he might have more or different responsibilites, but i dunno.

Yeah something like that, I find it unbelievable that no ones made a Game Company Tycoon

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Wed May 28, 2003 8:34 pm

Radoteur wrote:Um...
So, is it official that Van Buren = FO3, or are you trying to get my hopes up, so they can be dashed away again.
I have a very fragile heart, I can't handle that sort of thing.

It's called jumping to conclusions.

Killzig · Post by **Killzig** » Wed May 28, 2003 8:45 pm

you know he kind of looks like Dave Grohl. All in all he doesn't seem so bad. From his posts seems pretty laid back, sincere, but then again his credits include the icewind dale games bleh. Still, head and shoulders above numbskulls like Chuck.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Wed May 28, 2003 8:54 pm

plus he collects small robots lewl

he seems ok, he talks like a person and not an employee and stuff lol

Raymondo · Post by **Raymondo** » Wed May 28, 2003 8:59 pm

Hey I must be the only Fallout Fan that hates FO:BOS but has nothing against chuck or the FO:BOS Team.

Scary if you ask me :shock: Maybe IÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢m just that nice of a person.

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Wed May 28, 2003 9:56 pm

I think game producers do a fair bit, ie. the lead producer of GTA3 and GTAVice (Dan Houser) seemed to have a fair bit to do with every aspect of the game (if not total control).

Megatron wrote:everyone who works on fallout has facial hair

That would explain why everyone in FOT has a goatee.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed May 28, 2003 9:57 pm

FO:BOS is bad mainly cause of Chucky

Zetura Dracos · Post by **Zetura Dracos** » Wed May 28, 2003 10:15 pm

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Yeah something like that, I find it unbelievable that no ones made a Game Company Tycoon

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No one makes this game because it would mainly consist of watching short pudgy guys sit at computers and type in code at all hours of the day whilest taking short breaks to use the can and chug Sprite. Of course if you were to model your company after Interplay the game would consist of making crap titles, canning interesting projects, and puting out fires on the message boards. Personally I think a better game would be Interplay Tyconn. The slogan can be "Can you pull this dying company out of it ten million dollar hole?"As for the guy, Time will tell, He looks a bit like an old neighbour who I ruthlessly mocked at all hours of the day.

Killzig · Post by **Killzig** » Wed May 28, 2003 10:20 pm

atoga wrote:I think game producers do a fair bit, ie. the lead producer of GTA3 and GTAVice (Dan Houser) seemed to have a fair bit to do with every aspect of the game (if not total control).

Megatron wrote:everyone who works on fallout has facial hair
That would explain why everyone in FOT has a goatee.

Chris Avellone and JE Sawyer have no facial hair. I don't think MCA can even GROW facial hair.