Watch That First Step, It's A Doozy

Braid McQuaid gives the first part in a series of Vanguard post-mortems.

"The first mistake that would have a serious impact later in development was the verbal agreement with Microsoft that Vanguard was to be a first rate, AAA title...

...So the moral of the story is one that should have occurred to us:  get everything in writing, get it into the contract, because even a company like Microsoft can suddenly undergo significant changes to its management and teams."

Who says creative types don't make good managerial material?

Don't tell me how this ends. I'm sure the situation can only improve from here on in.