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How a Quake 3 Mod Team Turned Into a Successful Studio

Posted by Soulskill on from the attention-to-detail dept.

Paul Williams writes "Develop Magazine has an interesting profile up looking at UK studio Splash Damage, charting its humble beginnings as a Quake 3 mod team through to its status as one of Britain's leading studios — it's currently developing a new game for Bethesda. Most interesting is the assertion by studio founder Paul Wedgwood that UK studios should shake off their low-rent reputation and start modeling their businesses on the likes of Valve, id, and the other envied American independents: 'We'd been to the US and seen companies like Ritual, Gearbox and id, and to us it seemed like the game development industry was seen as better in the US. People sat in cool chairs in cool offices surrounded by action figures — it was nothing like the UK's approach, which was more like a workhouse.'"

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  1. Ever read Dickins, son? by jollyreaper · · Score: 4, Funny

    "It was nothing like the UK's approach, which was more like a workhouse."

    It's either the prison or the workhouse, consider yourself lucky. Now get back to work and don't you dare open your gob about having another bowl of porridge, laddie!

    "If you don't beat your meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don't beat yer meat!"

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    1. Re:Ever read Dickins, son? by Chris+Burke · · Score: 4, Funny

      Did you know that the original line is from a Pink Floyd song titled "Another Brick in the Wall"? Pink Floyd is a famous psychedelic rock band that started in the 60s. You might be wondering which member of the band is named Pink, but the band isn't actually named for one of its members or any real person at all, similar to Jethro Tull or Dave Matthew's Band. However in the movie "The Wall", which features music from the album of the same name and includes the line about meat and pudding, the lead character is actually named Pink.

      Just thought you might want to know a little more about the source of the line that you found humorously modified. You can google "Pink Floyd" if you'd like to learn more.

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    2. Re:Ever read Dickins, son? by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 3, Funny

      So wait a second. It's from a song? Can you tell me who it's by?

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