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Old 11-25-2016, 12:28 PM   #1
William Cloud Hicklin
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An interesting snippet

A new collective interview with the principals of game developer Bioware (Baldur's Gate, Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect, Dragon Age), including this notable item:

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Originally Posted by James Ohlen, studio Creative Director
We actually were thinking about doing the Silmarillion MMO, because at that time Elevation was our private equity partner, and Bono was one of the partners. Ray and Greg convinced Bono to phone Christopher Tolkien to see if he would be willing to allow us to work on The Silmarillion as a game, and Tolkien wouldn't even take Bono's call! [laughs]. He's a grumpy guy.
Grumpy? No. Unwilling to see his father's Legendarium turned into World of Warcraft?* You bet.

What I find most amusing is the notion that Bono would have some sort of in, because....why? Because he's a celebrity and sorta almost British? I somehow doubt that CT's (born 1924) musical tastes run to U2.

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*That's a bit overstated; Bioware makes much more sophisticated games than Blizzard. But they're till just videogames
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