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Posted Fri, Jul 13, 2007 by Boomjack

The Fast and the FURYous.

My invitation to meet with the Auran team at the GameCock compound started out something like this (Note, video and sound). These guys took over a hotel on the beach called The Hotel California. Upon arrival the Eagles' song immediately began to play in my head. I was worried that we might be able to check-in, but never leave. As Jeff and I hopped out of the cab we noticed a bunch of vehicles with GameCockSucks.com stickers all over them. The hotel looked like it might disintegrate into rubble at any moment and there didn't appear to be any way to actually get inside to see the good folks for Auran, which was ironic give the hotel's moniker. Eventually I noticed some attractive women wearing tiny kilts and skin-tight shirts that read "A GameCock Taught Me To Yodel". We either had the right place or didn't care. We weren't sure.

A dashing young GameCock was waved over to usher us in, offer us food, booze and the run of the place before introducing us to our hosts from Auran. Bing, bang, boom and before I knew it I was plunked down in front of a machine to take on three of the Auran devs. Mike Hampden (Content Designer), Peter Hodge (Software Engineer) and Connie Hewitt (Lead QA) had obviously dealt with the press all day because they weren't taking any prisoners. It was like a car wreck. I wanted to look away as they took me out behind the shed and stripped me of my gaming pride, but I kept my eyes glued to the screen and my cursor glued to the "Respawn Now" button.

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