Posts tagged rod-humble

'The Incompetent Perfectionist': Inside SpyParty dev Chris Hecker's process

by Ben Gilbert (Feb 25th 2011 10:25AM)

"When you're trying to do that perfect jewel, there's a kind of bar you have to hit. People argue that Jon [Blow, developer of Braid] could've shipped with the programmer art -- I mean, it won the IGF design competition. And I don't think so. I think the game design was the most important part, ...

Rod Humble promoted to The Sims label lead

by Jason Dobson (Oct 7th 2008 11:00PM)

When we last spoke to The Sims' studio head, Rod Humble, he was applauding the franchise's retail success. Now the exec has another, albeit more personal reason to celebrate, having climbed up another rung on the corporate ladder, laying claim to the role of The Sims' brand's executive VP. The ...

GDC08: EA joins the user-generated bandwagon with 'The Sims Carnival'

by Scott Jon Siegel (Feb 23rd 2008 6:30AM)

GDC08 may have officially come to a close, but there's still plenty of news from the past week to catch up on. Lost in the mire of developer rants and ridiculously long lines was EA's announcement of The Sims Carnival, a "YouTube-style" site where users can create their own Sims-themed games, and ...