I was wondering about the whole QA thing myself, Mark. I mean, seriously. I’m pretty sure Tri Synergy knew what was up, but are only admitting it now.

You can actually HEAR Tri Synergy’s desperate pleas of “We didn’t know! We didn’t know!”, while they quickly burn proof that they DID know.

It could explain why they were searching for another background designer.

I’m guessing that Majestic found themselves being pushed to meet a deadline. Rather than admit defeat and violate the terms of their contract, they undoubtedly decided to purloin content from other games by way of a quick fix. Either that or this “borrowed” content was already in the game, functioning as placeholders in lieu of original content from the artists (a la WW2 dogfighting footage in place of X-Wings and TIE-Fighters while Star Wars was being edited).

Tri Synergy must also accept some of the blame. I’m assuming they have some sort of QA department, or at the very least a producer with some responsibility for viewing the game’s content before allowing the game to go to press.

In the end, it all boiled down to desperation, laziness and greed. Unfortunate for all those involved, but it makes for one heck of a riveting read for the rest of us.

I want this!

I really hope they release it. Should be hilarious

The actual game has an intro too, but it tells you nothing. The official intro on the disc is a bizarre mix – it’s about the story, but looks more like an extended trailer.

I just hope the “making of…” was honest enough to say “To make a background, first load up Oblivion… now walk to here… then press Print Screen. There, that’s one. Now onto the next…”