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About Lucasarts' president...

Bad AspBad Asp
edited April 2008 in General Chat
I've seen many articles about Jim Ward leaving LucasArts and about how his interim replacement is Lucasfilm's Howard Roffman.

I think I know who Howard Roffman is...

Click on this link:

http://www.lucasfilm.com/inside/bio/howardroffman.html

Now click on this link:

www.howardroffman.com

When I looked on both of those sites, I was thinking "no freakin' way, this can't be real". I'm pretty sure both the Howard Roffman who works for LucasArts and the Howard Roffman who works for... well, the other company... are the same person. Both bios indicate their Howard Roffman had Philadelphia roots, and the pictures of both of them look very similar to me.

Don't believe me? Look at this picture...

howardroffman.jpg

Now look at this picture...

howard_pop.jpg

Coincidence?

Oh, and by the way, this is not an April Fool's joke. Look at the date I posted this. Does it even say 4/1/08?

Comments

  • MysterysheepMysterysheep
    edited March 2008
    AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!:D I think I just wet myself!
  • HaggisHaggis
    edited March 2008
    Well, if Wikipedia is right, it's the same person: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Roffman

    This is easily one of the craziest things I've read about lately. Man...
  • UdvarnokyUdvarnoky
    edited March 2008
    Still, there could be far greater shocks, such as that he's planning to fund an adventure game.
  • wispwisp
    edited March 2008
    ohh great...i clicked the second link and probably now i will get fired...
  • r00tb33rr00tb33r
    edited March 2008
    wisp wrote: »
    ohh great...i clicked the second link and probably now i will get fired...

    yeah you people kinda need to warn us about those things... ugh...
    at first i was was like... wtf did just happen? this some kinda sick joke?
    Waitohooru wrote: »
    I think I know who Howard Roffman is...

    your neighbor or something?
  • LaserschwertLaserschwert
    edited March 2008
    Wow, a lot of homophobes on this forum ;)
  • xChri5xxChri5x
    edited March 2008
    hahahahaha
  • Guybrush ThreepwoodGuybrush Threepwood
    edited April 2008
    I look forward to the exciting new games LucasArts will produce with this new talent.
  • doom saberdoom saber
    edited April 2008
    wisp wrote: »
    ohh great...i clicked the second link and probably now i will get fired...

    It was a good thing I overlooked those sites and instead, clicked on Haggis's Wiki link; I am at a very public and crowded room, using a campus pc and the last thing I want to be caught with is looking at photos that are NFWS.
  • doom saberdoom saber
    edited April 2008
    Hopefully, this doesn't mean a Star Wars related slide show game that has iconic SW characters in the buff. *shudders at the thought of a hairless wookie posing for the camera*
  • TrogLlamaTrogLlama
    edited April 2008
    doom saber wrote: »
    It was a good thing I overlooked those sites and instead, clicked on Haggis's Wiki link; I am at a very public and crowded room, using a campus pc and the last thing I want to be caught with is looking at photos that are NFWS.
    ...
    Not Free Wax Sunday?
    Not For Walrus Snacks?
    Not For Work Safe?
  • jp-30jp-30
    edited April 2008
    The front page of howardroffman.com is (probably) fine for most workplaces. Book covers, no genitalia.

    In fact the whole site is pretty tasteful, and while you might get embarrassed if caught looking at it at work, there's really nothing that I could see that would get you in much trouble.
  • r00tb33rr00tb33r
    edited April 2008
    jp-30 wrote: »
    The front page of howardroffman.com is (probably) fine for most workplaces. Book covers, no genitalia.

    In fact the whole site is pretty tasteful, and while you might get embarrassed if caught looking at it at work, there's really nothing that I could see that would get you in much trouble.

    yeah... just the looks. and colorful jokes in the break room.
    and bye bye bosses secretary.
  • doom saberdoom saber
    edited April 2008
    jp-30 wrote: »
    The front page of howardroffman.com is (probably) fine for most workplaces. Book covers, no genitalia.

    In fact the whole site is pretty tasteful, and while you might get embarrassed if caught looking at it at work, there's really nothing that I could see that would get you in much trouble.

    I checked the site at a more secure and private place and yeah, you are right. Although, lookng at photos of topless men isn't my cup of tea(I prefer topless chicks,) the site is tasteful and not NSFW as the previous poster claimed it was; it isn't as bad the ads seen on myspace or any other site.
  • wispwisp
    edited April 2008
    i didn't see the page at all...i just got a huge "blocked because of homosexual pornography"-message. okay, it also gave me a similar warning when a girl i know posted a link to the actual picture she has on her id card...
  • doom saberdoom saber
    edited April 2008
    Accordin to joystiq, Darrel Rodriguez and not Howard Roffman is the new president for LA
  • glenfxglenfx
    edited April 2008
    "LucasArts, the videogame arm of Lucasfilm, has tapped Darrell Rodriguez as its new president."
  • Hero1Hero1
    edited April 2008
    rodriguez is from EA known for pumping out the same crap over n over..expect plenty more star wars titles.. :(
  • Bad AspBad Asp
    edited April 2008
    Hero1 wrote: »
    rodriguez is from EA known for pumping out the same crap over n over..expect plenty more star wars titles.. :(

    Or we can bombard Lucasarts with angry phone calls demanding that Rodriguez (or any employee who answers) treat "Sam and Max: Freelance Police" with respect and stop throwing it under the bus. It needs to be released this year! It's been long enough!
  • LuigiHannLuigiHann
    edited April 2008
    doom saber wrote: »
    Accordin to joystiq, Darrel Rodriguez and not Howard Roffman is the new president for LA

    I wasn't paying attention, but it would seem that, at least according to Waitohooru, Roffman was the interim replacement, acting as president temporarily in the time after Ward left but before Rodriguez was chosen. Don't know if that's true (and too lazy to check), but it seems plausible and doesn't contradict anything. Just funny timing that the permanent replacement was chosen so soon after this post about the temporary replacement was made.
  • TrogLlamaTrogLlama
    edited April 2008
    Hero1 wrote: »
    rodriguez is from EA known for pumping out the same crap over n over..expect plenty more star wars titles.. :(
    Oh, so no change then. That's good to know.
  • LinqueLinque
    edited April 2008
    Meh, this seemed so interesting until the last few posts. :(
  • TrogLlamaTrogLlama
    edited April 2008
    Linque wrote: »
    Meh, this seemed so interesting until the last few posts. :(
    You mean the part where we all just kind of decided that there's no way LA would put out anything other than Star Wars and of course Indiana Jones, but only because there's a new movie coming out?
  • LinqueLinque
    edited April 2008
    Do I need to answer?
  • wispwisp
    edited April 2008
    who's this indiana jones guy i keep hearing about lately??
  • jmmjmm
    edited April 2008
    I don't know, name sounds like a dog's name though
  • Bad AspBad Asp
    edited April 2008
    wisp wrote: »
    who's this indiana jones guy i keep hearing about lately??

    And what's this "Star Wars" I keep hearing about... is that like "Battle of the Network Stars" or something?

    (AAAAWWWWW SNAP!)
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