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My record made another step toward 'perfect' status today. The following is the
complete list of companies I have worked for to date and their current
operational status:
Sorenson Vision:
Their website is still up, but the most recent date on it is 1999
Evans and Sutherland:
Still technically in operation, but would have long since been delisted except
for the recent changes to such rules. Anyway, the business units I was engaged
with have long since been disintegrated. I hear the CEO was escorted out by
armed guards when he came under SEC investigation. I can only hope it is true.
Acclaim Entertainment:
Dead. Fishy, fishy, Fisch.
Shaba Games/Activision:
Still in operation, I gather. In the same office where I was working back in
2001.
Midway Home Entertainment:
Filed for bankruptcy today. The studio I worked in shut its doors long ago. We
did warn them that John Romero was going to be a net loss and we were painfully
correct. I wonder if the lawsuit was ever filed.
Sun Microsystems:
Also still in operation, but as Brian Scearce put it recently, they are pretty
much in the business of laying people off - and they're very good at it. The
acquire and fire and that's their way.
Perpetual Entertainment:
Dead. Who the hell hands $20-$30 Million to a couple of morons who have already
lost ten times that figure? Seriously, it was high comedy from day one. If you
ever have a chance to work for the clowns who founded this disaster - run. They
see engineering as a plugin business module that works by magic.
Stormfront Studios:
Dead. They still owe me $$$$$$. You probably don't want to go work for the
Lazarus version of this company either. I prefer to think in terms of Zombies,
though.
UPDATE 20090921
I received my letter from the California State Franchise Tax Board last
month, along with a number of others. I heard shortly thereafter that
Stormfront had been forced into liquidation as a result. So, Stormfront is
now entirely dead.
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