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Archive Something In The Water: Crystal Dynamics In The '90s at Game Informer (by Matt Helgeson)

  • Feb 25, 2013 at 06:24 AM
  • By Matt Helgeson, Amy Hennig, Jeronimo Barrera, Evan Wells, Glen Schofield, Noah Hughes, and Game Informer

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... Not all the partnerships would end well; Silicon Knights eventually sued Crystal Dynamics over the rights to the Legacy of Kain franchise, a legal battle that Crystal won. Jeronimo Barrera recalls a moment that may have foretold things to come: "You know who made a big impression on me at the time? [Silicon Knights founder] Denis Dyack. I remember, one time, something was going on and Denis was unhappy. There was screaming, the cops showed up, and it was all over the place. [Laughs] But, then, I thought, 'That's cool, that's rock 'n' roll, and that's why I'm in this industry.' I never looked at it as unprofessional, I always looked at like, 'Yeah, someone's got some strong opinions about how things should be done and that's that.'"

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Amy Hennig stayed on until 2003. Like many alumni, the next chapter in her career was opened up through an old Crystal connection.

"Evan [Wells] called me in 2003," she says. "We'd run into each other at trade shows and stuff like that. He called out of the blue in the spring of 2003 and said, 'Do you want to join us?' I was right in the middle of working on Legacy of Kane: Defiance. I said, 'Well I have a game to finish first, you know, it'd be lousy of me [to leave].' But he just said, 'Well, next time you're in L.A., come see the company and meet the team.' He knew at that point that [Naughty Dog founders] Jason Rubin and Andy Gavin were phasing themselves out and handing the reins over. He was looking for people that he could trust. It was really flattering that he thought of me to come in and be the game director on Jak 3." ...

―Matt Helgeson[1]

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  1. Archive Something In The Water: Crystal Dynamics In The '90s at Game Informer (by Matt Helgeson)

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