15 Minutes with Paul Barnett

27Jul09

I’ve never liked Paul Barnett much. Between the funky sunglasses and the not playing MMOs I really had no idea what he was trying to achieve, considering his position as a nerdy MMO designer.
With the recent shuffling around at EA, Paul is now creative director of the Bioware/Mythic MMO division. (Dead god I hope he [...]

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Paul Barnett = David Brent?,

08Dec08

This shocking similarity was pointed out to me recently, and it goes far deeper than just looks.
Has anyone ever seen them in a room together?
Videos for comparison after the jump. Apparently some Americans view this is ‘British humor’… Oh how I beg to differ.

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Scott Jennings’ MMO news headlines, and Paul Barnett doesn’t play MMOs?

18Sep08

In his latest blog post Scott Jennings goes over all the recent tidbits from the MMO world.

Wrath of the Lich King release date now official
Blizzard Releases some impressive numbers in a stockholder/analyst call
Age of Conan PvP updates
More on Age of Conan’s recent leadership change
Warhammer Online release
Paul Barnett on why WAR is better than WoW
Paul Barnett [...]

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Tags: Age of Conan, Broken Toys, Paul Barnett, Scott Jennings, Warhammer, World of Warcraft, WoW