<![CDATA[Kotaku: Mike Wilson]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Mike Wilson]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/mike wilson http://kotaku.com/tag/mike wilson <![CDATA[That Guy From Gamecock Is Also The Star of This Stoner Comedy]]> Mike Wilson, he of Ion Storm, Gamecock, Gathering of Developers and Devolver Digital video game company founding fame, is also the star and producer of Austin High, a "goofball stoner comedy" that has nothing to do with video games (I think) and everything to do with joints and bongs and slackerdom. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5848439&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[John Romero Is So Sorry About Trying To Make You His Bitch]]> Game designer John Romero and John Romero's hair ruled the roost during the 1990s. With titles like Doom and Quake, he not only helped popularize the first-person shooter, he defined it. Then the unthinkable happened. He made Daikatana. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5541406&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Gamecock Resurrected As Devolver Digital?]]> Today's announcement of Serious Sam: The First Encounter HD for Xbox Live Arcade had a hidden bonus announcement buried within, the existence of Devolver Digital. That's the new production company from the founders of the extinct Gamecock and G.O.D. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5302626&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Rumor Gamecock Founder Looking to Jump From Developer to Mag Publisher]]> Gamecock founder Mike Wilson has been in talks with the owner of eBay-listed gaming magazine Hardcore Gamer about a potential purchase, Wilson confirmed to Kotaku today. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5140438&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[John Romero and Mike Wilson Bickering Continues!]]> To recap: First Doom creator John Romero (above, flowing locks) blogged that former colleague Mike Wilson (above, skirt) from Gamecock was up to his usual "jackass stunts" and said Wilson was responsible for those "Bitch" ads. Then Wilson wrote an open letter to Kotaku, telling Romero that his "unparalleled work ethic and strong character has... left only a bloody trail of ex-wives, fatherless kids, and ill advised breast implants strewn across this fair nation." Ouch. Over the weekend, Romero replied to Wilson's barbs, writing: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=347075&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Gamecock Head Tears Into John Romero, It's Getting Ugly]]> It would seem that the ghost of Ion Storm hasn't quite faded into the night, as two of its more prominent employees, John "Suck It Down" Romero, also formerly of id, and Mike Wilson, now at Gamecock, are engaged in a nasty war of words. Romero posted on his personal blog this week that Wilson was up to his usual "jackass stunts" and recalled his former co-worker's time at Gathering of Developers/GodGames "where he pretty much just partied all the time and after the whole thing got reined in by Take 2 he went underground for a while, waiting for his next victim/investor so he could go hogwild all over again." More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=346816&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Gamecock Says To Preorder And Help Small Games]]> We always knew retailers loved pre-orders. I mean, you're giving them money to buy a product in the future—one that is often in excellent supply (at least in the big chains). But we never knew that pre-orders mattered so much to small developers. Gamecock's CEO Mike Wilson (no relation) fills us in on why the best way to support a game can be to pre-order it:
It's a really huge deal in the industry right now...[Gamestop's] pre-order program, which they base their buys off of, is so important now. It's like life or death for some of these original, independent titles.
But there's more... More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=317290&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[GameCock Site Flaps Its Wings, Goes Live]]> For website for indie publisher GameCock has gone live and is packed with game previews and general wackiness. Blog GameSetWatch directs our attention to the delightfully nutty "About" section on the website, which is penned by GameCock honcho Mike Wilson and contains buried nuggets like: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=259179&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Feature: GOD Reborn]]> By: Brian Crecente More »
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