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While doing a little research for news to talk about, I wandered down a deep rabbit hole.
https://www.enworld.org/threads/evil-genius-games-attempts-to-remove-bad-press.709776/
Evil Genius Games, the publishers of Everyday Heroes and a slew of IP content like Escape From New York, Crow, Highlander, and Pacific Rim have been in and out of the business news for more than a year now about problems at the company. Rumors of broken promises, no employee payroll, and bad management practices have peppered my feeds, but the most recent news about the CEO of Evil Genius Games Dave Scott sending emails asking people to remove links to bad press articles got me interested. That followed up with a deep dive into an article written by Russ Morrissey the owner of EN World. He does a great job of listing, investigating, and discussing the issues that have plagued Evil Genius Games since the summer of 2023.
https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-rise-and-fall-of-evil-genius-games.702617/
https://www.enworld.org/threads/is-evil-genius-games-doubling-down-on-nfts-blockchain.704819/
I wanted to spend some time talking about these issues. I felt that some of them were very concerning, some of them were a little vague or based on “anonymous sources”, and some of them seemed to be a product of just working for a small company in the modern age. But this look behind the curtain of a game company that seemed to go from being a top contributor in the hobby to one step ahead of the bankruptcy lawyers is very interesting.
We can get into the details in a minute, but what were some of your guys first thoughts?
[Kick to Mike and Christina]
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