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Scandal: Gamecock's Harry Miller announces support for ESA incumbent photo

Back in May, Gamecock's Mike Wilson announced he was running for president of the ESA against the man currently holding the post, Mike Gallagher. The announcement drew many a raised eyebrow, especially considering all the recent departures and companies such as Activision bowing out of E3. Whether you agreed or disagreed with Wilson running, it certainly seemed like the ESA situation was ripe for change.

It was announced today that Gamecock president and Head of Development Harry Miller will be supporting the incumbent rather than Wilson, raising eyebrows even further and making me glad I'm not in the Gamecock offices (I assume if I was I could cut the tension with a knife). Game Informer spoke to Miller, who answered a few questions about his stance:

Game Informer: Was there one particular thing or event that prompted your decision to break ranks with your business partner to support Michael Gallagher for President of the ESA?
 
Harry Miller: There has been mention of possible connections between me, Michael Gallagher, and a certain government agency that may or may not actually exist, but I'm here to tell you my support has nothing to do with any supposed international incidents or back taxes. I, like my fellow Texan Rick Perry, support Mikey G, the ESA and E3, as an industry professional, a father and a Christian. Plus we all know that Wilson could use a good kick in the nuts.

Serious commentary, or tongue-in-cheek joke? It's hard to tell. There's definitely something going on behind the scenes, that's for sure. When contacted by Destructoid about the turn of events, Wilson said he would have some breaking news for us very soon, but wouldn't tell us any more. Are we about to witness a mud fight?


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Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 07/10/2008 18:16
Seems like an obvious tongue-in-cheek joke to me. I wouldn't be surprised if Mike Wilson is in on it.
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MaximusPaynicus at 07/10/2008 18:26
It seems like they're all just havin' a good ol' time, but then again I always got the feeling that the people at Gamecock all hate each other.
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Jim Sterling at 07/10/2008 18:30
They're fucking around.
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Alexradl at 07/10/2008 18:42
It's Gamecock...I'm guessing they are joking.
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BluFire at 07/10/2008 18:46
Gamecock pisses me off. To me, they look like a bunch of assholes who want to be the "rowdy" publisher that sticks it the man, that garners a large fanbase because of their personality. I wouldn't mind this, except they have yet to prove themselves as a competent group of people when it comes to making and publishing video games. Instead, I see them as a big group of assholes who think they're funny when they fuck with stuff for stupid reasons. I hope that Harry Miller can help the company get back on track and dumb down this stupidity. Hopefully this is the first step.
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elemenope at 07/10/2008 18:53
jeez... what's to get pissed off about? these guys don't make games, they just fund independent developers and do the marketing. and supposedly they give these developers the best deals in the biz and let them keep their IP and have creative control over their games. what's wrong with that? is it really important that they act all serious about the video games business?
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elemenope at 07/10/2008 18:53
jeez... what's to get pissed off about? these guys don't make games, they just fund independent developers and do the marketing. and supposedly they give these developers the best deals in the biz and let them keep their IP and have creative control over their games. what's wrong with that? is it really important that they act all serious about the video games business?
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Coonskin05 at 07/10/2008 20:13
Elemenope, apparently you didn't get the memo but videogames are very serious business, much like the internet.

Also, jokes.
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Sharpless at 07/10/2008 22:09
I think they're still just trying to drum up attention, since they have little else to warrant any.
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MechaMonkey at 07/10/2008 23:08
They just wanted folks to remember they exist is all.
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loopholezero at 07/11/2008 02:58
texan and christian? that's prolly a backhanded compliment. i don't like gamecock's way of presenting themselves, but i gotta say this was a nice one.
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arthritisankle at 07/11/2008 09:07
"a father and a Christian" I think I'm starting to like these assholes.
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