Tuesday, March 11, 2008

GDC stuff: Pick a card, any card

This year I caught up (once again) with Randy Pitchford, head of Gearbox Software. Apart from being a great guy to talk business with, Randy is also an accomplished magician. He was inspired to take up magic by the fact that his great uncle was the celebrated magician, Cardini.


He always has a pack of cards in his pocket and if you ask nicely, he's happy to bust out a few tricks, which is a refreshing break from the endless grind of commercial meetings. I love talents/skills that people can take anywhere with them and it's great to be utterly bemused by simple sleight of hand now and then.


Also, Gearbox are doing some interesting projects at the moment - Borderlands, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway and a game based on a movie you might have heard of.

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