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New colleagues shower praise on Phil Harrison

Category: Industry, Posted: 03/04/2008 at 07:17AM CST by Eddie Inzauto, Senior Editor

Phil HarrisonNow that you've read the news about Phil Harrison doning his metaphorical suit of armor and weilding his mighty baldness like a true hero attempting to rescue the aging Atari from a less-than-pleasant fate (you HAVE read about that, right?), it's time to see how the company is responding to the move.

David Nadal, head of Alone in the Dark developer Eden Studios, had plenty of kind words to say about Mr. Harrison upon his arrival to Atari's NY headquarters. Speaking with Eurogamer, he commented:

"I don't know Phil very well, but what I know about his job and what he's done in the past, he has very strong feelings about games and where the industry should go. I think he had the casual turn before everybody [else]. I was one of the first to be amazed by EyeToy and then SingStar and Buzz. This vision will help us a lot."

"We're really excited and very happy he's coming on board," said Alone In The Dark producer Nour Polloni.

"It's really great he's finally here. This is looking like being a great year for Atari," added an unnamed employee.

All hail Phil? Or is he just setting himself up for a gigantic failure?

Posted by Brendon on 03/04/2008 at 12:32PM

Surely something as revolutionary as the EyeToy will save Atari!

Posted by ninjalegend on 03/04/2008 at 02:33PM

I hope he has something to give. Atari made some OK games in the past.

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