Humor: Have You Seen These BioWare Austin Faces?

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How could someone so handsome...be so hidden?

How could someone so handsome…be so hidden?

Name: James Ohlen

Title: Game Director, Star Wars: The Old Republic

Last Seen: E3 Expo Interview With J.W. Hollis

Info: Once a very public face of SWTOR, he is rarely seen or heard from.  His up front attitude and frequent twitter questions were the stuff that satiated fanboy desires for game developer communication.  His stories at the SWTOR Guild Summit explaining how Ewoks were almost in Endor left us in stitches.  Where has he gone?  Who has taken him from the hungry masses?  Could he be working on secret projects? Could he be trapped on Belsavis in the Republic prison for wearing this amazing Sith Empire shirt?  Could he be off saving orphans from angry tyrannosaurs in the cold mountains of mars?  Inquiring minds want to know!

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Hard to say no to this...

Hard to say no to this…

Name: Dallas Dickinson

Title: Director of Production, Star Wars: The Old Republic

Last Seen: Forum Post on 9/20/2012

Info: The man with the unmistakable beard has also gone missing from us, the SWTOR loving crowd.  Known for his dry wit and comedic timing, one wonders if he was just too much amazing for us to handle.  His flashpoint walk through videos and convention appearances were flashes of brilliance most of us will never see outside of baby laughs and romantic sunsets. The charisma that came from him is second to none and it is a noticeable absence.  Days seem darker.  Food tastes worse.  His last words to us were as follows:

I exist!
– Still periodically growing terrible facial hair
– Still producing the SWTORz
– Still beating up on Blaine Christine
– Still spelling my name like Emily Dickinson does

Peace (is a lie)
DD

Could this be another Republic plot to take away our SWTOR loved ones, as with James Ohlen?  Could rakghouls have infested both of them and quarantined them in the depths of a laboratory somewhere? Did his light shine too brightly and burned out too soon?

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Where has this fearless leader gone?

Where has this fearless leader gone?

 

Name: Matthew Bromberg

Title: General Manager, BioWare Austin

Last Seen: Interview with CVG on 8/30/2012

Info: A new face to the SWTOR and BioWare Austin team compared to the previous two, he made a big splash on the scene when he took over as General Manager from the very public departure of Greg Zeschuk from BioWare.  He made some great impressions at places like Gamescom the summer of 2012 but since the launch of the Cartel Market and Free To Play option, he has fallen off the radar as well. Could Dr. Z have recruited him to come work on his beer projects?  Was he absorbed into Dallas Dickinson’s beard? Is he a robot specially designed by EA that must remain indoors to avoid rain damage?  Did he himself go free to play and he is only allowed out in public if he pays a micro transaction?

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Have you seen these men?  Let us know, TORWarriors!  Keep your eyes and ears open!  We must find out where they are!  In all seriousness, we loved talking to and hearing from all three of these men and look forward to doing so again soon, so if you guys are listening, give us a call!


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7 Responses to “Humor: Have You Seen These BioWare Austin Faces?”

  1. Thoroughmas says:

    Yes! It’d actually mean far more to me that it probably should to hear from these familiar faces!

    I’m still hurt by people such as Daniel Erickson leaving… I need to know there are still smart, funny people at BioWare. (Apart from Eric Musco what a legend)

  2. lucks says:

    OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG, today i was looking james ohlen in google for see wtf is going on with him and more impportant

    MORE IMPPORTANT! that post about dallas dickenson was me from me!!!

    i made the only post which dallas dickenson responded ever!

    by the way he is still working on the game he was present in 1 cantina tour and he talked about the engine in the game

  3. lucks says:

    when i received that messege from Dallas dicken in my post, i was so happy because he is my favorite person in bioware and more impportant it was his first post in all the swtor forums and it was in my post!

    i am still happy about that post and yes i am lucascasadeis

  4. Rotak says:

    James O and Dallas have nothing to do with SWTOR anymore. They moved onto a new totally unrelated project 6 or so months ago. They took with them, the Art Director (Jeff Dobson), World Design Director, Lead End Game Designer (Gabe), and the lead Concept Artist.
    Add to that a number of important people leaving by quitting/laid off: Lead Environment Artist, a number of senior artists, Lead Environment concept artist, Lead Level Designer, Lead Scripter, Lead Spawning Designer, Lead Combat (Georg), Associate Lead Designer (Emmanuel), Lead Tech Artist, Lead Writer (Daniel E), and most of the senior writing staff….all gone now
    What you have left leading the team are a crew of field promotions running SWTOR on a skeleton crew.

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