2023-09-25 19:00:03
Gaming News This Man Left His Regular Job at a Bank to Work at a Gaming Store and Through It He Changed the Industry Forever
Published on 09/25/2023 at 9:00 p.m.
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Before attempting the adventure of video games, many creators had very different careers. Today’s story reminds us how destiny can make us accomplish great things.
The crossroads of destinies
When we look at the careers of certain developers, we very often discover that their career in video games was absolutely not what they had envisioned. For example, for the oldest among us, a game like Pandemonium! was conceived by two men who initially wanted to be a novelist, work on space programs or become a scientist. One of them ultimately followed a completely different trajectory, embracing a career in board games during the Dungeons and Dragons era, eventually launching Electronic Arts’ very first games with The Keys of Acheron and Murder. of the ZInderneuf. In the absence of a space rocket or scientific experiments, it was another way to escape with role-playing games which gradually became video games.
From banking to board games
The story that interests us here is very reminiscent of these trajectories. In the 1990s, role-playing games enjoyed immense popularity and found themselves alongside board games like the giants Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit. Stephen Baker was nourished by the emergence of Dungeons and Dragons-style games and he did not hesitate, later, to leave a secure position as a banker to embark on an incredible adventure which would become… Games Workshop.
Specializing in the creation of figurines, this British company has become a true legend. Following an improbable imbroglio, Games Workshop began collaborating with the legendary brand MB and this association gave rise to a board game that has become cult: Hero Quest. Published in 1989, the game was an immense success, to the point of shaping ideas surrounding role-playing games for several years. And Hero Quest has, in turn, become a popular series in video games. This shows that you can follow a first career and become a pioneer in a field that has no connection with the original profession.
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