Curt Schilling talks about Green Monster and MMOs

Posted Jan 3, 2007 at 3:11AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Interviews Tags: Boston, Boston Red Sox, Curt Schilling, Green Monster Games, R.A. Salvatore, Todd McFarlane
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CurtCurt Schilling. He may be the starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, he may be a self-confessed fan of EverQuest II. But does his Green Monster Games has what it takes to churn out a great MMO, or any MMO for that matter? Well, for now, nothing is certain, but Curt Shilling's recent interview with The Escapist may give us a glimpse of what he can or can't do with his team-up with Salvatore and McFarlane.

When he was asked if he sees Green Monster Games as a mere pet project or as something he'll be someday working on full-time, this is what he had to say:

This is something I will focus on explicitly and completely when I'm retired. Outside of working out for this season and my family right now, it's taking up every minute of my day.

Ok, we've settled that issue. So what would Curt do at Green Monster? He said that he is the founder and CEO of the company. He got a president and they'll be creating the core team over the next six months. That team will consist of 30 people. So what would be R.A. Salvatore and Todd McFarlane do with the company. Schilling has this to say:

R.A. was hired on as the creative director. R.A. will drive the creative vision, the story behind what we're doing. He's got a pretty decent track record of writing some pretty good stories.

Todd will literally be the art director. He will be behind the artistic vision of R.A.'s story. We will have an art director in house that will collaborate with Todd and Todd's team to take Todd's conceptual vision and turn it into a game world and game players and game characters.

Although he didn't mention anything about what kind of MMOs Green Monster Games are preparing for, a little optimism doesn't hurt. But then again, one can't live on optimism alone. To read more of Curt's interview, click on the Read link below.

 
 
 

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