Three Moves Ahead 81: Elemental Post Mortem with Brad Wardell

Three Moves Ahead

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Video Games, Games, War, War Games, Strategy, Games & Hobbies, Strategy Games

4.8 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2010

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

A terrible launch of a game I wanted to love turns what should have been a "WOW" show into another opportunity for Brad Wardell to explain how Stardock screwed up. Listen how imperfect QA practices, overconfidence, groupthink and not taking every beta crash report seriously turned one of the years most anticipated new IPs into a lesson for developers And also, how Stardock commits to make things right - including refunds. (Ask them. I have no idea what the mechanics are.) Rob's review Troy's review Tom's review

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0:00.0	You are listening to Three Moves Ahead, the official podcast of Flash of Steel.com.
0:06.7	This is episode 81, and I am your host, Troy Goodfellow.
0:11.5	And with me today is, for the moment, one of my regular panelists, freelance writer Rob Zakney.
0:16.7	Hello, everyone.
0:18.0	And we are hoping to be joined later in the show by Dr. Bruce Garrick.
0:21.8	He is, of course, out there being busy and miraculous and saving people from the terrible things that happen in their heads.
0:29.8	I do hope you can join us. I'm sure he has a lot to say.
0:33.9	This is an episode that has all of a sudden become highly anticipated, though, and it was meant to be so when we first scheduled this over a month ago.
0:41.9	I was thought, hey, let's talk about Elemental.
0:43.4	It's coming out.
0:44.0	It's going to kick some ass.
0:45.2	It's going to be a good game.
0:47.1	And we have a chance to talk about it.
0:48.2	So we set up the call with the CEO of Star Doc, Fred Wardell, who is a friend of the show and has always been very good for a quote or comment when I've needed one.
1:00.3	And then Elemental took a turn.
1:02.8	And the story took a turn.
1:04.4	Brad being the fourth right guy, he is, of course, would not say, I'm too busy to do this, but instead he still wants to come on the show.
1:10.4	So with us from Star Dock is the CEO, Mr. Radwardell, Brad.
1:16.4	Hi.
1:16.7	Good to be here again.
1:19.0	And from Tinsley, PR, Star Doc's Public Relations Maven and another former guest
1:29.2	on the show
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