And gets it pretty well right. 

One of the most powerful brands to come out of Sony Online Entertainment is the Scott Hartsman brand. This brand has so much equity that when news broke that Vanguard development was moving to SOE, there were many calls for Scott to take control of it. Similar scenes occurred when Scott announced his departure from SOE and people decried that this would result in the end of EverQuest II’s period of steady improvements. Not a team. Not multiple people. A single person. The Scott Hartsman brand. 

I know that I, personally, have more interest in playing a game when people that I respect are running the damn thing. That’s one of the reasons I : Like WoW, am looking forward to Lum’s seekrit project, am looking forward to the combat in Damion’s seekrit game KOTORO, and have not dismissed Metaplace out of hand.