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{{cquote|In the same way that Howard Stringer/the board/whomever is running the ship at any given time hands down mandates that trickle thru all of the companies Sony owns. Back in the 90's it was all about 'synergy' and making all the pieces of the massive Sony machine work together ... In the case of today, it seems ... that Blu Ray is a big deal for Sony and all hands on deck in whatever department you work for to push that agenda. I am not saying each individual employee gets a memo from Howard Stringer saying,' Here is how you will run your work life"...but I am saying there is a person or group of people at the top who make high level decisions that trickle down to every nook and cranny of the company in some fashion or another.
{{cquote|In the same way that Howard Stringer/the board/whomever is running the ship at any given time hands down mandates that trickle thru all of the companies Sony owns. Back in the 90's it was all about 'synergy' and making all the pieces of the massive Sony machine work together ... In the case of today, it seems ... that Blu Ray is a big deal for Sony and all hands on deck in whatever department you work for to push that agenda. I am not saying each individual employee gets a memo from Howard Stringer saying,' Here is how you will run your work life"...but I am saying there is a person or group of people at the top who make high level decisions that trickle down to every nook and cranny of the company in some fashion or another.


And so in the case of Msoft ... I don't really think this guy- even if MSNBC were owned by MSOFT- was taking his marching orders from the 360 division. But do I think it's possible that people try to impress the bosses and paint themselves in a good light by towing the company line? I do. I don't think that is that big of a leap. And agian, I think it's POSSIBLE. Not saying he did that or was doing that. But that is one of the reasons my guard went up: because it was a possible scenario in this situation.<ref>[https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36275738&postID=2105880441626470256 David Jaffe's blog response]</ref>}}
And so in the case of Msoft ... I don't really think this guy- even if MSNBC were owned by MSOFT- was taking his marching orders from the 360 division. But do I think it's possible that people try to impress the bosses and paint themselves in a good light by towing the company line? I do. I don't think that is that big of a leap. And again, I think it's POSSIBLE. Not saying he did that or was doing that. But that is one of the reasons my guard went up: because it was a possible scenario in this situation.<ref>[https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=36275738&postID=2105880441626470256 David Jaffe's blog response]</ref>}}
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David Jaffe

David Jaffe is a video game designer originally from Birmingham, Alabama and currently residing in San Diego, California.[1] He is divorced and has two children. Jaffe attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He applied to their prestigious film school, but was never admitted. After a few years pursuing his dream of directing movies, he turned to game design.

He is best known for directing the Twisted Metal series and, more recently, God of War. Jaffe's Twisted Metal: Black and God of War have both ranked into IGN's "Top 25 PS2 Games of All Time", with Twisted Metal: Black in ninth place and God of War winning first place as IGN's choice for best PS2 game of all time.[2] In 2007, Jaffe left SCEA to found Eat Sleep Play however the studio has signed a multi-year deal with Sony to create games exclusively for PlayStation platforms.

Jaffe is also somewhat unique amongst game developers in how directly he interfaces with the public, known for conducting plenty of interviews, regularly posting developer blogs, and communicating regularly through his own personal blog - where he also discusses things outside of the game industry, such as his personal politics. As such he has also gained a reputation for exercising little restraint in airing his views.

Works [3]

Controversy

After some negative press over Calling All Cars, Jaffe proceeded to post a vulgarity-laced tirade on his blog against a review author.[4] The action caused Jaffe to stop blogging for over a month[5], and called into question whether or not it was appropriate for someone from the game industry to put pressure on reviewers.[6][7][8]

More recently Jaffe has accused an unnamed MSNBC.com journalist of bias [9] and being paid by Microsoft [10]. Much of the controversy is in the part of Jaffe's allegations concerning the journalist being paid by Microsoft. While there is disagreement as to who exactly pays the staff of the journalists at MSNBC.com, critical responses to Jaffe's claims that Microsoft has nothing to do with MSNBC.com[11] are incorrect: While Microsoft indeed no longer owns MSNBC the cable network, the website (which the journalist works for) is indeed still co-owned by Microsoft.[12]

On February 21, Jaffe justified his comments on the journalist being paid by Microsoft in the comments on the post "Jaffe/Mysterious Journalist" at his official blog (posting as "da criminal"):

In the same way that Howard Stringer/the board/whomever is running the ship at any given time hands down mandates that trickle thru all of the companies Sony owns. Back in the 90's it was all about 'synergy' and making all the pieces of the massive Sony machine work together ... In the case of today, it seems ... that Blu Ray is a big deal for Sony and all hands on deck in whatever department you work for to push that agenda. I am not saying each individual employee gets a memo from Howard Stringer saying,' Here is how you will run your work life"...but I am saying there is a person or group of people at the top who make high level decisions that trickle down to every nook and cranny of the company in some fashion or another. And so in the case of Msoft ... I don't really think this guy- even if MSNBC were owned by MSOFT- was taking his marching orders from the 360 division. But do I think it's possible that people try to impress the bosses and paint themselves in a good light by towing the company line? I do. I don't think that is that big of a leap. And again, I think it's POSSIBLE. Not saying he did that or was doing that. But that is one of the reasons my guard went up: because it was a possible scenario in this situation.[13]

Jaffe and the journalist have since reconciled and have conducted a modified interview in which the journalist agreed to remove any artificial slant in his questions. The new interview has been posted on Jaffe's official blog.[14]

References

  1. ^ "David Jaffe Opens Up," GamePro 235 (April 2008): 23.
  2. ^ IGN PlayStation Team (2007-03-16). "The Top 25 PS2 Games of All Time". IGN.com. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
  3. ^ Jaffe's Blog with Project Listing
  4. ^ David Jaffe – "That's It for Now...See You Soon"
  5. ^ David Jaffe's Personal Blog
  6. ^ Video Game Features, PC Game Features
  7. ^ Jaffe swears off blogging ... was it something we said? - Joystiq
  8. ^ Jaffe Slams Joystiq Over Calling All Cars Flap | Game | Life from Wired.com
  9. ^ David Jaffe - "Is this biased journalism? Or is it just me?"
  10. ^ NeoGAF post by davidjaffe
  11. ^ NeoGAF post by Cheebs
  12. ^ MSNBC Cable owned by NBC, MSNBC.com still co-owned by Microsoft
  13. ^ David Jaffe's blog response
  14. ^ David Jaffe's official blog

External links

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