Remember when I said we need more rock stars?

Let me clarify, just to avoid confusion.

We need more stars, and not necessarily more Rockstar.

At least, according to one former employee.

Everyone always knew there was something about Rockstar. They were usually pretty rude to the press; they declined to participate in almost any type of forum; they pretty much told the ESRB repeatedly to fuck off. And, it turns out, they were very sloppy book-keepers too.

But you know, for all the juicy details of how every project Rockstar touched was a "clusterfuck", to quote the author of the article, I actually think Rockstar served a purpose. They were the assholes, the bullies, the ones everyone wanted to see fall down. Remember how much fun we had about Gizmondo? Stolen Ferraris! The Swedish mafia! Embezzling! A product that was clearly not ever meant to go to market! The games industry, tainted with a whiff of scandal, got just a little more interesting. Rockstar the company, at least, had swagger and style and everyone knew it.

Maybe that's the trade off: fame comes with a dirty underbelly.

Bring on the drug parties, the orgies, the thieving and lying and backstabbing! Bring on the show.

Found on Kotaku Posted by jane at July 25, 2007 05:28 PM | TrackBack