» Weisman gets new gig infiltrating physical world with old-timey modern-fantasy mecha
Friday, December 7, 2007
Weisman gets new gig infiltrating physical world with old-timey modern-fantasy mecha
“Jordan Weisman, founder of FASA, has licensed the rights to MechWarrior, Shadowrun and Crimson Skies from Microsoft to his latest startup, Smith & Tinker.” S&T apparently aims to draw on the lessons of ARGs, the medium Weisman helped pioneer at his company 42 Entertainment, and carry them into the realm of Internet-connected real-world objects (in the form of games and toys). No announcement has yet been made that gets more specific than that. But if you put CS, SR and MW in a blender and poured the resulting paste all over a website, it would indeed look like Smith & Tinker’s.
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Dai Oni Says: December 7th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
Microsoft is better off selling the rights back to Weisman, since their HALO franchise is doing too well.
James S. Says: December 8th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
This has promise… I know I’d be all over a Crimson Skies web-based RPG/ARG/whathaveyou.
Troy_Costisick Says: December 12th, 2007 at 10:02 am
This makes, what, his third or fourth company to help found? Amazing. I hope he has as much success with this one as he did with FASA and WizKids
Chris Says: December 12th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
If I can get a Battletech MMORPG out of this, I will never be seen again. (See there is incentive for a write in campaign for you guys).
Josh Street Says: December 15th, 2007 at 8:04 am
Chris - I hadn’t thought of that. Trying to stop from being insanely giddy…
Dai Oni Says: December 15th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Not a fan of MMORPG, except those with free online play services.