Mike Hayes

Artist, Designer, Creative Director, Video Games, Graphic Design

[Mike Hayes @MikeHayesDesign]

@andyblackmore @EnzoJay4 @xgabo @ScrumbleDotCA The Run was BBX last console release of NFS. NFS World carried on under a new banner (QuickLime Games. Stupid name. A needless rebrand). Then, a series of poor decisions resulted in our closure. And off to Ghost/Criterion, their fates sealed...

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@BlackPanthaaYT Weird flex. But then again, it's Twitter

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@time_extend Burnout. EA once again just scuttled one of their best IPs

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@Katsuki_M1999 The car is pretty slab sided with a lot of heft. There's a lack of real character lines to jump off of. Also, you're referencing arcade games directed at kids who wanted a ton of neon under-glow and fins. (As one of the artists who worked on those games)

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@andyblackmore @FSKrieger22 @Katsuki_M1999 @Normalaatsra That looks like either @xgabo or Dave's work. Not my linework. Hahaha my lines were much more staccato. Lots of marker and pencil back then. Pre-photoshop with lazy mouse

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@andyblackmore @NEO_NoiseBomb I still have a picture of the WALL of car presets that we made. Good lord. Most players saw 4-5 cars per play through. What a wasted effort. We could have tripled the car list, or made a second game with all of that time.

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@NEO_NoiseBomb @andyblackmore Hahahaha. Well. Didn't happen under the old guard for sure. 😉

[Mike Hayes @MikeHayesDesign]

@andyblackmore @NEO_NoiseBomb NFS was a ride. Nearly 10 years. So many games. But I got lifelong friends out of it. It paid my bills. We stood on our heads, shipping a game every year. But that team was magic.

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@s15phaux @NEO_NoiseBomb NFS World was destroyed from the inside, by EA. They wasted a perfect free to play platform through terrible choices outside of our studio. That game could still be going, and be profitable. At the end our crew was TINY. We cost nothing.

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@andyblackmore @BlackPanthaaYT @ArkadiuszKielar @EA @andyblackmore with the casual drive-by. And he has the receipts! We worked on THE definitive games in the franchise. From a quality standing AND sales. We ate everyone's lunch.

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@YoungBlight @FortniteGame You know that these are paid collaborations? These are effectively commercials for DooM and Witcher respectively.

Gatekeeping isn't going to work here.

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Is there a point to this platform any more?

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@dadakomachi Any drivetrain for any chassis. Choice is the essence of tuning

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@NVIDIAStudio #GiftRTX @andyblackmore

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@rofergz28 Throws money at phone... guuuurl. Gib them to meeee.

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@rofergz28 @itmedawg @TimOnTheTractor Go into Bellingham and hit up Mi Mexico!

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@rofergz28 I mean they have me pegged with "silver singles"... Is that a vibe that I just haven't experienced yet?

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@Dagoox @JayzTwoCents @DemocracyOneO1 @Drake @SnoopDogg @50cent @OfficialToomaj Water-cooling's sweaty, SSD's weak, 40 series GPU is heavy

There's thermal paste on his sweater already, cable management spaghetti...

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[Mike Hayes @MikeHayesDesign]

I hate everything about Twitter. But I'll use it for self promotion! Go watch my YouTube stuff instead of being on Twitter. https://t.co/i0iXdMARoX
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