Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Dies In Plane Crash (techcrunch.com) 16
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Claude Guillemot, co-founder of French video game company Ubisoft, died Friday at the age of 69. According to French media (via Bloomberg), Guillemot died in a plane crash in the French resort town of La Baule. He was one of two people aboard the plane, both of whom died.
Guillemot founded Ubisoft with his four brothers in 1986. Since then, the company has published the Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Prince of Persia, and Tom Clancy video game franchises, as well as many other titles. The family retains control of Ubisoft, and Guillemot's brother Yves is still CEO. Guillemot was also chairman of Guillemot Corp., which makes gaming and audio accessories. "Ubisoft was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Claude Guillemot, co-founder of the group and chairman of Guillemot Corp., in an accident," Ubisoft said in a statement. "Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time. No further statements will be made at this time."
Guillemot founded Ubisoft with his four brothers in 1986. Since then, the company has published the Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Prince of Persia, and Tom Clancy video game franchises, as well as many other titles. The family retains control of Ubisoft, and Guillemot's brother Yves is still CEO. Guillemot was also chairman of Guillemot Corp., which makes gaming and audio accessories. "Ubisoft was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Claude Guillemot, co-founder of the group and chairman of Guillemot Corp., in an accident," Ubisoft said in a statement. "Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time. No further statements will be made at this time."
RIP to this pioneer (Score:2)
I remember having a 3DFX Guillemot graphics card. It was like the "creme de la creme" back in the days, end of the 90's if I am not mistaken.
It was like having a Rolls Royce.
69 nowadays is too young to die. RIP.
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Never heard of it. Was it one of these?
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Tragic, but . . . (Score:2)
At least he doesn't have to watch what's left of his company go down in flames.
Find Val... (Score:2)
Find Val, discover where the mercs are storing SAMs & RPGs and destroy the base.
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A huge portion Cessnas in the sky today (probably the majority) are 40 years old or more. Keep in mind that they have basically been completely rebuilt several times over by that age.
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A bit like the ship of thesus
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There's only one word you got wrong, which is "completely." And implications of the statement rest heavily on it; if the absolute is true, then they'd be safer than when new, due to improvements in manufacturing and metallurgy. But if the absolute isn't true, if it's only mostly-true, or almost true, then the implications completely flip because the hardest things to replace are structural elements that will stress over time in ways that you can't really measure while the aircraft is assembled.
The engines h
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Most of them are safer than new due to better avionics (things like GPS, storm scopes, etc.). The only things that typically haven't been redone are airframes, which are inspected on a regular basis.
Awe... (Score:1)
Why can't Yves be more like Claude?
Tragedy (Score:2)
So sad, he never got to realize his vision of making a good game.
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Some of Ubi's earlier games where fantastic. The earlier entries in Assasins creed where straight up great games. Kinda went off the cliff in recent years though. Far cry was pretty great too.
Prince of Persia (Score:2)
Price of Persia was the game that showed that you really could write an arcade-style platform game for a home computer.
It was probably the #1 piece of software that pushed home Apple ][ sales.
I didn't have a home computer so I'd hang out the public library to play it there.
Oregon Trail was the game the teachers let you play at school. Price of Persia was the game you wanted to play when you could choose.