Comments on: 38 Studios tweets preview of game funded with RI-backed loan

By: Schilling links to leaked ‘Copernicus’ art – ’38 isn’t dead yet’ | WPRI.com Blogs

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:01:22 +0000

[...] look at “Project Copernicus” the public has received within the last week. 38 Studios posted a YouTube video on Friday showing the game’s [...]

By: Ted Nesi

Ted Nesi — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:38:01 +0000

Oh drat. Thanks.

By: Jef Nickerson

Jef Nickerson — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:34:51 +0000

Ted:
Aspire is in the Hotel Providence, not the Renaissance.

By: Another game studio to recruit in RI with 38 Studios struggling | WPRI.com Blogs

Tue, 22 May 2012 17:51:51 +0000

[...] failing to pay them last week. Turbine, a Boston-based developer and Warner Bros. subsidiary, is hosting a recruitment event this evening at the Renaissance Providence Hotel. Tags: 38 studios, avalanche studios, games, [...]

By: Joe Sousa

Joe Sousa — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:16:42 +0000

So basically to “protect” the state, the governor has gone out of his own way, to help his dear friend Keith W. Stokes resign and so that the governor and his comrades can now be the head of the board.

So now he’s cutting off 38 Studios so the state ends up with another 350 jobs of unemployment if they don’t find private funding, which seems like less of a chance for them now that this “governor” went on the public stage to shame this company as much as he could in the public eye. Many companies have financial issues at times, particularly times like these. Many also go into default on payments for a month or two. Why did he have to turn this particular one into a high stakes debacle? Something smells fishy… but besides that point.

The game looks amazing, and if the taxpayers are that worried about the company going under and having to foot the bill they should go out and buy a copy of Reckoning for $60 they may just keep that studio alive long enough to finish their game and possibly never have to pay a damn penny for the place.

By: snow

snow — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:35:17 +0000

I do hope 38 Studios comes out of this and makes money in RI. I must say, the game’s world does look beautiful, and I feel badly that all the imagination that went into it might go to waste. Hope it turns the corner for everyone’s sake.

By: pitbull tickler

pitbull tickler — Sat, 19 May 2012 05:42:53 +0000

To commemorate this scandal, I propose we add some new expressions to Rhode Island slang. Here are a few suggestions:

“Wave a bloody sock” — To insist that you deserve extra special treatment because you’re so full of wonderfulness. Example: “He waved a bloody sock and told the EDC to write him another fat check.”

“go paint a sock” — Peddle that bullcrap elsewhere. Example: “Curt asked the state for a few million more, but the governor told him to go paint a sock.”

“schillingesque” — An adjective used when someone suggests welfare mothers and Obama are to blame for all America’s problem … Example: “The Woonsocket mayor made the schillingesque claim that his city’s fiscal problems would be solved if he could tear down all the subsidized housing. Then he waved a bloody sock.”