Gaming News This man left his regular job at a bank to work at a gaming store, and in doing so he changed the industry forever
Published on September 25, 2023 at 9:00 p.m
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Before embarking on the video game adventure, many developers had very different careers. Today’s story reminds us how fate can lead us to achieve great things.
The crossroads of fate
When we look at the careers of certain developers, we very often see that their career in video games was not at all what they expected. For the oldest among us, for example, a game like Pandemonium! was conceived by two men who initially wanted to be novelists, work on space programs or become scientists. One of them ended up taking a completely different path, starting a career in board games during the Dungeons and Dragons era and eventually coming up with The Keys of Acheron and Murder. of the ZInderneuf the very first games from Electronic Arts onto the market. In the absence of a space rocket or scientific experiments, this was another way out with role-playing games, which gradually became video games.
From banking to board games
The story that interests us here is very reminiscent of these trajectories. In the 1990s, role-playing games were hugely popular, alongside board games like the giants Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit. Stephen Baker was nourished by the advent of Dungeons and Dragons-style games and he later did not hesitate to leave his secure position as a banker to embark on an incredible adventure that would become… Games Workshop.
The British company specializing in the production of figurines has become a true legend. After an unlikely confusion, Games Workshop began collaborating with the legendary MB brand and this collaboration resulted in a board game that has become cult: Hero Quest. Released in 1989, the game was a huge success that shaped ideas around role-playing games for several years. And Hero Quest, in turn, has developed into a popular video game series. This shows that you can take up a first career and become a pioneer in a field that has nothing to do with the original profession.