[UrkTheSlayer]

I wish I didn’t share that pic, I feel cheap and sleezy.

Let me be honest: Brad McQuaid wasn’t just my top 5. He was my idol. EQ had such a profound positive effect on my childhood: it kept me out of trouble when I was getting into a lot of it. The lore itself is virtuous in its core: almost every epic quest has some deeper life
lesson ect ect. There’s a lot of resentment in it also, super appealing to a first world suburban anarchist filled with teen angst.

After meeting Brad I felt so good, I’ve programmed a few stupid little hybrid clone games myself and was daydreaming about how this was my foot in the game dev industry. He passed away a few days later and I was crushed. I know Pantheon will carry on and still be a great game: All those dudes for sure had faith and confidence in what they were doing and doing it great. Now if anything, from my experience when a leading team member is lost, the dev team has permanently cemented their conviction to the project.

Thanks for reading, I already feel better.

Sorry for getting bummer summer.