Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[The comic nerds, sci-fi writers and grizzled vets of Industrial Toys]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/12/the-comic-nerds-sci-fi-writers-and-grizzled-vets-of-industrial/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/12/the-comic-nerds-sci-fi-writers-and-grizzled-vets-of-industrial/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/12/the-comic-nerds-sci-fi-writers-and-grizzled-vets-of-industrial/#commentsThe comic nerds, scifi writers, veterans and noobs of Industrial ToysIndustrial Toys was created by three self-described and proven industry veterans: Alex Seropian (Bungie founder), Tim Harris (Seven Lights founder) and Brent Pease (Bungie San Jose). They came together in Pasadena, California, in February 2012, with a mission to create hardcore games for mobile, touchscreen devices.

Since then, Industrial Toys has picked up sci-fi writer John Scalzi to help build its worlds, Marvel's Mike Choi and DC's Phil Tan as artists (and to balance the company's comic zen), and a handful of "grizzled veterans and fresh, new talent," president Tim Harris told Joystiq at E3.

There are a total of 15 employees at Industrial Toys, split down the middle between those new to the industry and those who may have seen too much of it, Harris said.

If splitting an odd number of employees into two even groups seems like an improbable feat, know that it isn't the most ambitious of Industrial Toys' goals: By the end of the month, Seropian and Harris plan to release information about their first title, a sci-fi shooter with a world potentially as large as World of Warcraft's.

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