So how was Curt Schilling managing expenses as he furnished his nascent 38 Studios? The Providence Journal reports that among the items for sale in yesterday’s depressing auction were “dozens of Aeron office chairs.” These trendy ergonomic chairs — which come in at just under $1,000 — have become one of those signifying must-haves for …
The next time someone suggests that a man will make a great governor (or president) because of his business background, just remind them of the “Reckoning” that Governor Donald Carcieri (Republican) has left behind for the taxpayers of Rhode Island. The news that Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios has missed a payment on the $75-million loan, …
Curt Schilling, 38 Studios, and the February 7th unveiling of the new single-player, role-playing video game ‘Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning’ got a sizable write-up yesterday in the Sunday New York Times — “Take this Mitt, and Pass me the Broadsword.” This may not be the paper of record for the target demographic, but it’s publicity …
“Forge Your Destiny” is the tagline of this soon-to-be-released video game. Should the game fail to thrive, our new state motto may well be “Forget Your Destiny.” It is well known at this point that Rhode Island’s future is linked, to the tune of a $75-million loan guarantee, to the success of this new game, …
(12.14) Tonight at AS220 join the Providence Geeks for a sneak preview of the new 38 Studios game. Providence-based 38 Studios will be giving an early look at their first game — the highly anticipated RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. There will even be an opportunity to get hands-on — yes, you read that right …
It has been a month now since the 40-minute public gameplay demo of 38 Studios’ Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning™ at the semi-annual gamer festival, Pax East 2011 up in Boston. I thought it might be interesting to see how well the game had been received. Complete disclosure, I know absolutely nothing about this stuff, but, …
Governor Carcieri does not seem able to distinguish between jobs and the promise of jobs. And what does this man know about the video game industry? Gubernatorial candidate Lincoln Chafee however is not blinded by celebrity and asks the RIEDC to slow down before guaranteeing the $75 million loan to Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios video …