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> Last I heard he was arrested a few years back for some stuff I won't mention here.. Is this article about the person? [1] "Music School Owner Accused of Mol

by sasas 4y ago

> Last I heard he was arrested a few years back for some stuff I won't mention here.. Is this article about the person? [1] "Music School Owner Accused of Molesting Two Young Students" According to this article [2], he outright lied. "Presumably to get her on board, Art Data told Heinemann a huge lie while negotiating a contract. She was told by Randy that the game was 90% complete and just needed a few bug fixes. The reality, of course, was that development had barely started – Art Data had nothing but a long list of empty promises." Also the individual doesn't appear to hold much business acumen: "With DOOM now in a “shippable” (but far from finished) state, Randy Scott went ahead and did something magnificently stupid. He requested 50,000 copies to be printed, notching up $150K in licensing and manufacturing fees from 3DO in the process. The 3DO’s user base was sitting at around 250K at the time, with the system’s big releases selling somewhere between 10K-20K" [1] https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/music-school-owner-accused-of-molesting-two-young-students/20389/ https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/music-school-owner-accuse... [2] https://www.gamesasylum.com/2016/05/17/the-unfortunate-tale-of-3do-doom/ https://www.gamesasylum.com/2016/05/17/the-unfortunate-tale-...

aliqot 4y ago
This stuff is captivating. Are there any other writeups of clutch moments like this that you know of?
- sasas 4y ago
  Game industry related, Darknet Diaries episode 45 and 46 "Xbox Underground" [1][2] Things really start to escalate into episode two. Absolutely insane ending. I won't spoil it for you. [1] https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/45/ https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/45/ [2] https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/46/ https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/46/
  - aliqot 4y ago
    This is great, thank you so much
lordfrito 4y ago
Yeah, that article is about the same person. He played guitar I believe, so it's no wonder he ended up owning a music store. The music in the 3DO version was recorded by him and his church band... mainly because there was no time to write a music driver and it was much simpler just to stream regular AIFF audio... It's a "heavy metal guitar" version of the music, which is pretty fitting all things considered. Strangely enough, the music he provided was the only positive thing that reviewers had to say about the game at the time. Many consider the 3DO port music to be better superior to the original FM tunes.

by sasas 4y ago

aliqot 4y ago

This stuff is captivating. Are there any other writeups of clutch moments like this that you know of?

sasas 4y ago
Game industry related, Darknet Diaries episode 45 and 46 "Xbox Underground" [1][2] Things really start to escalate into episode two. Absolutely insane ending. I won't spoil it for you. [1] https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/45/ https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/45/ [2] https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/46/ https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/46/
- aliqot 4y ago
  This is great, thank you so much

lordfrito 4y ago

Yeah, that article is about the same person. He played guitar I believe, so it's no wonder he ended up owning a music store. The music in the 3DO version was recorded by him and his church band... mainly because there was no time to write a music driver and it was much simpler just to stream regular AIFF audio... It's a "heavy metal guitar" version of the music, which is pretty fitting all things considered. Strangely enough, the music he provided was the only positive thing that reviewers had to say about the game at the time. Many consider the 3DO port music to be better superior to the original FM tunes.