Tag archive: Tim Schafer

Published on Kickstarter during Wednesday night, Double Fine Productions, founded by Tim Schafer, created a new video game project on the site with the goal of raising $400,000 over a period of  33 days. Double Fine Productions is responsible for games such as Psychonauts, Brutal Legend starring Jack Black, Costume Quest and Stacking. Detailed in the outline of the project, the $400,000 would be invested in the development of an unnamed,… Read More

Bill was and is unique in this industry and changed a lot over the course of time he ran Microsoft. He started out as one of the barbarians challenging the hated status quo and eventually became a part of the new hated status quo for the following generation. He, and Microsoft, provide a cautionary tale for Google in that just as Google has positioned itself with its “do no evil” model as the anti-Microsoft, Microsoft… Read More

With the recent release of publishing rights to the latest Oddworld Inhabitant's project, Stranger, and the announcement of a hiatus for some XSN sports titles, the drop of Psychonauts contributes to the belief that Microsoft is taking a more risk-free approach to its first-party line-up. DoubleFine Productions, the studio founded by LucasArts adventure genius Tim Schafer, is currently shopping the title to other publishers and the… Read More