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This week we’ve got Doug aboard with the cast as well, he’s a regular on the Everyday Drinkers Podcast. We’re chatting about some of the recent game news, hitting the community comments hard and tackling some of lifes meaningful questions. This week’s gaming flashback includes Baseball Stars for the Nintendo Entertainment system and, in our gaming history… who is Jane Jensen?
DJ Jazzy Jeff in DJ HeroThis week’s question of the week is simple: Do video game delays effect your buying decisions?
This weeks gaming podcast is epic, as per the usual, we had some really thought out community comments about DRM, game history on Krull and a bit of history on D. Gottleib & Co. This weeks news includes:
And, our question of the week, would you give up your job to be a video game tester?
If you’ve ever been through an acquisition or merger you’d have expected this news to come, but for those new to the concept it’s simple: you can’t keep everyone. After a complete merger you end up with two sales departments, two IT departments, etc.
Do you really need them all? No, not really. You’ll need to keep some on board in order to “brain dump” your job onto others and hopefully stick around for the long hall. Some employees will probably be shuffled to other job responsibilities while some get packages and a thank you card.
These are some of the growing pains when working towards a successful merger, so don’t be surprised or start spreading rumors when a few people are let go. As someone who’s gone through it in two big mergers I can say that certain departments already know their fate ahead of time. Many IT and sales folk start looking for new jobs the minute the merger is announced.
