Design your own games industry CEO

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Riccitiello: gone. Wada: gone. There's a lot of director-level games industry talent out of a job this month, and between the silver-haired fox's departure and the events at Square Enix earlier this week that we're now referring to as 'Wadagate', there are gaps that need filling.
But how to fill them? With no obvious answer at EA, in particular, we decided the best thing for it was to design our own Frankenstein's CEO, assembled from all the things we believe are important in the ones who are currently at work in public companies. Hopefully our endeavours will give inspiration to the likes of EA chairman Larry Probst, those behind Square Enix's restructuring, and any other corporate leaders who find themselves floundering. We're here to help.
The big question was, how do we kick off this important thought experiment? Fortunately, inspiration lay within easy grasp. BioShock Infinite, released this week, includes a handy "Gear" system, where the right pair of boots or trousers can increase your chances of acquiring bonus loot from litter bins, or send forth fire-based splash damage upon landing from a skyline. All we had to do was package up the key facets of noted industry executives in hat, shirt, trouser and boot form, and then synergise (sorry, synthesise) our patchwork executive from these components.
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