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Freeman (65090) on 1/1/2018 11:47 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

New thread for the new year; same premise as the previous one.

There's a merge request for this David Cooke profile and this one. The comment was 'they are the same (both worked for Spidersoft aka Tarantula aka Rockstar Lincoln)'. However, I see that 521077 was split off from the 274713 profile at an earlier time. Are there 2 programmers named Dave Cooke?

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Kabushi (261192) on 1/2/2018 9:36 AM · Permalink · Report

The split was for the Legends of the Lost Realm credits. The rest has been added to it since.

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Freeman (65090) on 1/2/2018 11:53 PM · Permalink · Report

Thanks. I moved both the credits & photos over to the 274713 profile.

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Freeman (65090) on 1/14/2018 12:50 AM · Permalink · Report

1) You linked to 621597 which is K. Kato. I merged Minoru Maeda with M. Maeda (though I split off the AoF II credit which is very likely a different person). I also linked the producer 'K. Kato' with Keizo Kato.

2) I cleaned up the 2 Tom Higgins profiles.

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Foxhack (32100) on 1/15/2018 5:02 AM · Permalink · Report

Ricardo Ayasta
Ricardo Luis Ayasta Cabral

Based on his LinkedIn profile, these are the same person.

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Freeman (65090) on 1/16/2018 10:59 PM · Permalink · Report

Merged.

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Rounin (9351) on 1/23/2018 10:06 AM · Permalink · Report

http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,156228/

It is very unlikely that Nintendo's long time employee Satoru Okada was at the same time involved with games from SNK, Vic Tokai or Hudson. So programming, animation and audio credits should be moved to new entries.

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Freeman (65090) on 1/24/2018 5:27 AM · Permalink · Report

Split to:

  • Satoru Okada (animator, credited as 岡田 覚).
  • S. Okada (Programmer).
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    Foxhack (32100) on 1/23/2018 8:28 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

    Andrew S. Walsh (main)
    Andrew Walsh (dupe 1)
    Andy Walsh (dupe 2)

    Going by the first guy's list of credits on his website, these are all the same person.

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    Freeman (65090) on 1/24/2018 5:31 AM · Permalink · Report

    Merged.

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    Freeman (65090) on 1/24/2018 6:00 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

    There's a correction to merge the 3 Frank Saxon pages (all art/animation credits). However, I notice that 579625 was split off from 62813. Is there a source that shows that these are different people?

    Edit: Merged the 3 pages.

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    Freeman (65090) on 2/8/2018 12:27 AM · Permalink · Report

    Merged. The other profile at 4601 is also his. His LI confirms that he began in 1993 at Sculptured Software.

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    Foxhack (32100) on 2/7/2018 4:57 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

    Kurt Harland (main)
    Kurt Larson (please merge with above and add AKAs)
    Kurt Harlandl (typo)

    See Wikipedia

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    Rwolf (22823) on 2/7/2018 3:09 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

    Fixed the typo for devid 59042, I'll try to merge them.

    edit: this seemed to work ok. the remaining devid is: 53719

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    Foxhack (32100) on 2/7/2018 11:36 PM · Permalink · Report

    Yay thanks

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    Kabushi (261192) on 2/13/2018 8:55 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

    J. W. Connelley
    Jim Connelley
    James Connelley
    Jim Connelley (LinkedIn)

    Is the Z-Axis person same as the Epyx founder or was the bio just added to the wrong entry?

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    Sciere (930479) on 2/13/2018 10:22 AM · Permalink · Report

    Like you, I find nothing definitive that either links them or rules them out ... tricky. At least the latter two profiles can be merged.

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    Freeman (65090) on 2/18/2018 4:24 AM · Permalink · Report

    Yes, all three are the same people. His LI mentions 'President: Ishi Press International' and this link mentions that the same person in charge of the US operations of Ishi Press was also the same person behind The Connelley Group.

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    Kabushi (261192) on 2/18/2018 10:05 AM · Permalink · Report

    Great! Thanks for taking a look.

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    Freeman (65090) on 3/9/2018 12:33 AM · Permalink · Report

    Is there a source that John Brummet is actually an AKA of Jack Brummet? The user who submitted this picture is Jack Brummet. The name used on the LI profile (now defunct) was also 'Jack'. It's also the name used on his personal site & his Twitter profile.

    We also have a 2nd Jack Brummet profile, which is most likely the same person. But was John Brummet a separate person?

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    S Olafsson (59654) on 3/9/2018 8:58 AM · Permalink · Report

    And this, which is definitely a misspelling (either in-game or by contributor)

    http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,120342/

    Why not ask him on Twitter?

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    Freeman (65090) on 3/10/2018 3:23 AM · Permalink · Report

    Yeah, contributor typo. I merged the 3 pages - the 'Jack Brummet' page was just Foundation 9 credits as well.

    I'm not actually on Twitter so I can't message him. For now, I renamed the page to 'Jack Brummet' and left John as an AKA.

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    Freeman (65090) on 3/9/2018 6:39 AM · Permalink · Report

    Do both the Capcom Character Design & SE publicity credits belong to this same person? I wouldn't think so, but I couldn't find anything conclusive. Also, a) the years don't overlap and b) their names have the same JP spelling (Capcom dev, SE dev).

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    Freeman (65090) on 12/16/2018 6:13 AM · Permalink · Report

    I've split this entry. The 2008 role listed at GameStaff@wiki would seem to imply definitively that this isn't the same person as the SE one.

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    S Olafsson (59654) on 3/11/2018 3:48 PM · Permalink · Report

    Now in the correct thread:

    Deborah, responsible for some amount of Spanish originated loading screens is listed as Carmen Ferrera at WoS (without a source).

    I first made Deborah an entity here at Moby, and then when I came across the WoS link I made it an alias to Carmen.

    Then we have THIS?!?

    Graphics: Carmen Ferrer
    Loading Screen: Deborah

    How should I handle?

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    Freeman (65090) on 3/15/2018 12:27 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

    Just based on the given sources, Carmen Ferrer would seem to be a different person than Deborah. 'Deborah' seems to only be credited for 'Loading Screen' on each of the 4 credited games, so outside of the assertion by WoS, there doesn't seem to be anything to connect the 2 names.

    I would rename the 'Carmen Ferrer' profile to Deborah and leave it as an entry. Since the same name can reliably be tracked across multiple games there's no reason to convert it to an entity. Just add the name as Deborah (as Deborah) in case the full name is discovered.

    For now, Carmen Ferrer can be added as a new page. If it turns out that they are the same person then they can always be easily merged later.

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    S Olafsson (59654) on 3/26/2018 4:10 PM · Permalink · Report

    Thanks, is it possible to revert a conversion?

    813161 Deborah (hides in shame)

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    Freeman (65090) on 5/1/2018 7:21 AM · Permalink · Report

    Sorry for the late reply. As far as I know, it isn't possible to revert developer conversions.

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    Foxhack (32100) on 3/24/2018 6:33 PM · Permalink · Report

    David Mallow, Dave Mallow

    Confirmed via IMDB.

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    Rik Hideto (473490) on 3/24/2018 10:34 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

    We used the wrong thread so lemme copy/paste:

    [Q --start Foxhack wrote--]Hiroaki: 1, 2

    Former SNK in-house artist, turned freelance in 2011. His web site profile lists multiple games he's worked on.

    Edit: I guess we can add this too. Not sure why he was added as "Hiroaki Hashimoto", that's what some people think his full name is, but he's never revealed it himself. [/Q --end Foxhack wrote--] ...

    Shiori SHITou: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,817901/

    Siori Shutou: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,811371/

    Shiori Shuto: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,824162/

    Shiori Syuto: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,526029/

    Shiori Shudo: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,823752/

    Shihori Shudō: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,634930/

    Six pages.

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    Foxhack (32100) on 3/25/2018 1:03 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

    Thanks. I replied to that one because I was dumb. :P

    Edit: Daim Dziauddin (correct name), Daim Dziaudin (dupe misspelling.)

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    Freeman (65090) on 5/1/2018 7:37 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

    1) Merged the Dave Mallow pages.

    2) Merged the Hiroaki pages; I left Hiroaki Hashimoto as the main name. I'm assuming the page was correct and Hashimoto is his surname.

    3) Merged the 6 pages (Shitou was a typo). Also added the JP name from Summon Night 5.

    4) Merged the Daim Dziauddin/Dziaudin pages.

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    S Olafsson (59654) on 3/28/2018 8:56 AM · Permalink · Report

    Narcissism is a boon in our book ;) Merged.

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    Jaap Jansen (57) on 3/28/2018 5:42 PM · Permalink · Report

    thank you so much!

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    Foxhack (32100) on 3/28/2018 1:33 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

    Teliesan Jaffe is a misspelling of Taliesin Jaffe; it's a typo by the person who submitted the X360 credits for Ultra Street Fighter IV. I checked the submission and verified this myself.

    I'm still fidgety on how to merge devs so I figured I'd leave a record of it here. :p

    Some more:
    Audrey Spoor with Audrey Spoor Adan and Adan Saenz Carta with Saenz Carta

    Apparently the submitter copied and pasted the names wrong, and the comma got added in the wrong spot. The names should be Audrey Spoor and Adan Saenz Carta, as seen here, all the way down in Product Operations / Quality Assurance Team. The dupes should be merged and the AKAs wiped.

    One more:
    Joseph C. Wolf, Joeseph Wolf, Joseph Wolf, Joe Wolf (not sure.) Joseph Wolf seems to be a QA specialist. I believe the first three are the same person based on the jobs he's taken, but I'm not sure about that fourth one.

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    S Olafsson (59654) on 3/28/2018 9:32 AM · Permalink · Report

    First three merged.

    Re Mr. Wolf, I verified that Joeseph is not a contributor typo (it's written like that in-game) so I did not merge at this time. I also left the Kickstarter backer separate and Joe alone.

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    Foxhack (32100) on 3/28/2018 6:56 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

    I know it's not a typo, I'm saying it might be the same person because of the QA work done for Capcom during that period (Joseph C: 2013-14, Joeseph: 2014.) The Capcom USA QA credits for Strider and Dead Rising 3 share a lot of the same staff, so I'm pretty sure it's the same person.

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    S Olafsson (59654) on 3/29/2018 9:45 AM · Permalink · Report

    I am not questioning your conclusions, rather I'll leave to to someone like Freeman to make the call (also on Joe, which I also suspect is the same person)

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    Foxhack (32100) on 3/31/2018 3:30 AM · Permalink · Report

    [Q --start S Olafsson wrote--]I am not questioning your conclusions, rather I'll leave to to someone like Freeman to make the call (also on Joe, which I also suspect is the same person) [/Q --end S Olafsson wrote--]It's fine to question my conclusions. I'm just stating my reasoning. :)

    I searched for some sort of a LinkedIn profile page for the guy but couldn't find anything.

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    Freeman (65090) on 5/1/2018 4:40 PM · Permalink · Report

    1) The 'Joeseph Wolf' profile was actually split off from id386141 after a June 2014 correction from Joseph Wolf where he stated he didn't work on Strider. However, the credits for Dead Rising 3 were added in Feb 2014 (to Joseph Wolf) and he didn't ask for it to be split off which makes it seem he was at Capcom USA but just didn't work on Strider. So it's likely Capcom just credited the QA Team in general (and misspelt the name). I'll leave it separate, though, since he doesn't actually list Capcom and asked for it to be split off.

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-wolf-2936b840/

    Left the backer & beta tester credits separate. I still think that Backer credits shouldn't be entered as entries.

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    Foxhack (32100) on 4/22/2018 4:56 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

    Christopher Judge, Chris Judge

    See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Judge#Filmography - he is credited as Chris Judge in a couple of games.

    Edit: Did it myself. I also split the single credit for Rise 2 Resurrection to its own profile. http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,913401/

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    S Olafsson (59654) on 4/23/2018 6:35 PM · Permalink · Report

    Junkyard?

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    Freeman (65090) on 5/1/2018 5:28 PM · Permalink · Report

    I split off the credits where I could find a source for the person`s identity. The remaining credits still belong to multiple people but it's probably fine for now.

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    vedder (70767) on 4/23/2018 7:16 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

    nevermind, forgot I can do this myself now :D

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    Ajay Ahlawat on 4/27/2018 9:20 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

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    Freeman (65090) on 4/29/2018 8:50 PM · Permalink · Report

    Does anyone know if this profile (Airball Construction Kit, 1988) is the same person as this one?

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    Kabushi (261192) on 4/29/2018 9:58 PM · Permalink · Report

    He is not. The Broomsoft Mike Edwards is from the UK (source)

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    Freeman (65090) on 5/1/2018 7:18 AM · Permalink · Report

    Thanks, I should have checked where Broomsoft was located. And it seems he has a second credited title as well with 'The Immortal Strain'.

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    Freeman (65090) on 6/23/2018 4:21 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

    Is it confirmed that the Taito Sound Designer Shiro Imaoka went by the nickname 'Fummy'? This is how the credits break down:

    Shiro Imaoka

  • Continental Circus
  • Dino Rex
  • Don Doko Don
  • Gun Frontier
  • Metal Black Fummy Imaoka
  • Rastan
  • The Ninja Kids There was also a correction by Rounin which pointed out the Fumiaki Imaoka profile. So, were there 2 people surnamed Imaoka at Taito doing Sound Design during the same period or did Shiro also go by the name Fumiaki? I'm not able to find anything on Shiro Imaoka (just the useless IMDb profile). Fumiaki Imaoka does have a page at VGMdb but it's rather bare. Anyone else have any information? Edit: A Spanish page on the Taito Zuntata sound team. It lists Fumiaki "FUMMY" imaoka on Trumpet. Also, while Shiro Imaoka doesn't have a page at vgmdb, searching the site he is listed twice:
    1) Rom Cassette Disc In TAITO Vol.1
    2) TAITO RETRO GAME MUSIC COLLECTION 5 SHOOTING CLUSTER AGAIN
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    Plok (212305) on 6/28/2018 4:47 PM · Permalink · Report

    The Diablo III and Hearthstone credits from this Greg Black belongs to this Greg Black, who was with Blizzard at least since 2013.

    I'm in contact with the man, too, he says he hasn't worked on The Secret World from the former profile, but he also says that he hasn't worked on The Adventures of Willy Beamish nor Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer from the latter profile, so those two should be attached to a separate profile.

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    S Olafsson (59654) on 6/28/2018 4:57 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

    So it's 3 developers, Audio, The Secret World/Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer and the rest? Is his full name Gregory Black?

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    Plok (212305) on 6/29/2018 3:41 PM · Permalink · Report

    Kinda. As for his full name, it is apparently used in Diablo III: Reaper of Souls as is stated in the credits on MobyGames, so put that as an alias for the main entry.

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    S Olafsson (59654) on 6/29/2018 6:02 PM · Permalink · Report

    Done (I think), Now the LotR credits really stand out!

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    S Olafsson (59654) on 7/8/2018 10:11 AM · Permalink · Report

    Robert McMahon
    Robbie McMahon

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    Freeman (65090) on 7/10/2018 4:33 AM · Permalink · Report

    Merged.

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    S Olafsson (59654) on 7/10/2018 10:48 PM · Permalink · Report

    Orall
    Oral

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    Freeman (65090) on 7/10/2018 11:22 PM · Permalink · Report

    Merged.

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    Freeman (65090) on 10/29/2018 11:56 PM · Permalink · Report

    Merged the Magenta Artist credits. Split off the Voice credits from 201676 & the Backer credits from 669915.

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    S Olafsson (59654) on 7/19/2018 9:35 AM · Permalink · Report

    1. and 2.

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    Freeman (65090) on 10/30/2018 12:23 AM · Permalink · Report

    1) Merged the Vivid/MD Software music credits into 372686.

    2) Split off the Jane's Combat Simulations Thanks credit (credit was a Jane's credit, not an EA one).

    3) The 2 Lemmings' Foley Artists credits probably belong to the Programmer. a) Visual Science handled the ports and b) Marshall mentions audio programming work on his LI.

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    S Olafsson (59654) on 7/27/2018 11:10 AM · Permalink · Report

    One:
    1, 2, 3

    Two:
    1, 2

    There are also more suspect with that name

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    Freeman (65090) on 10/30/2018 12:41 AM · Permalink · Report

    1) Merged the Composer credits but split off the 'True Crime' credit for "Imprint" - this belongs to the Tim Williams of Vision of Disorder.

    2) I'm not sure whether the Rare tester on PDZ is the same as the one who worked on the Kinect Sports titles. His LI only mentions time spent at Rare from 2010-14 so I split it off.

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    Cavalary (11445) on 7/27/2018 7:36 PM · Permalink · Report

    I'd say Kimberly Rizzo and Kimberley Rizzo are the same... Thinking the Kim Rizzo mentioned in Ember credits under writing and lore (but for N-Fusion, not 505, but 505 does publish that too) is also the same, but unsure, so added for the moment as I'm starting to work my way through that, merge if you think so.

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    Foxhack (32100) on 7/27/2018 10:49 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

    [Q --start Cavalary wrote--]I'd say Kimberly Rizzo and Kimberley Rizzo are the same... Thinking the Kim Rizzo mentioned in Ember credits under writing and lore (but for N-Fusion, not 505, but 505 does publish that too) is also the same, but unsure, so added for the moment as I'm starting to work my way through that, merge if you think so. [/Q --end Cavalary wrote--]Her LinkedIn seems to confirm it's the same person. She's listed as a business associate, but there's comments there about her writing abilities. She's also a freelance writer. I wouldn't be surprised if it's her in there, too.

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberley-rizzo-a2531419/

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    Cavalary (11445) on 7/28/2018 2:47 PM · Permalink · Report

    LinkedIn seems to require having an account to view, so no clue what it says there.

    Now, another one noticed may go the other way around, possible split. Mathieu Poliquin. Tester and programmer, for at least 4 (didn't check each entry) companies?
    Then again, one of the companies is Beenox, and that brings me to another situation: Maxime Lamy-Landry (tester, Enzyme) and Maxime Landry (designer, Beenox). Seems to make sense that they're separate people, but may they actually be the same person, due to some relationship between those companies?

    Then a quite simple one, seems quite clear that Colin Roy and Colin Roy-Beulence are the same person.

    But then there's a mess with Alexandre Cote. Alexandre Coté-Benoit (QA consultant - WB), Alexandre Cote-Benoit (tester - EA), Alexandre Côté Malo (tester - Enzyme), Alexandre Côtè-Malo (tester - Enzyme), Alexandre Coté (tester - Enzyme but not only, see a few different companies, and one entry that's just as a company, no specified role). (Alexandre Cote seems different, mobile art.) At least Côté Malo, Côtè-Malo and the Enzyme roles of Coté should be the same person, the rest, no idea.

    And decided to make a new entry for the John Hamill listed there as tester for N-Fusion, since the existing entry has just a list of technology entries, DemonWare. But don't know. Did pick the existing Chase Wade though, contractor can mean anything, so no clue.

    Likely will get right back to staying away from credits after this, but they were right there and not in database, so giving it a shot...

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    Foxhack (32100) on 7/28/2018 3:57 PM · Permalink · Report

    [Q --start Cavalary wrote--]LinkedIn seems to require having an account to view, so no clue what it says there.[/Q --end Cavalary wrote--]... then... make... one?

    Seriously, I have a throwaway LinkedIn account and it's made checking stuff for profiles MUCH easier.

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    Freeman (65090) on 10/30/2018 1:50 AM · Permalink · Report

    1) Merged the 3 Rizzo entries.

    2) Split Mathieu Poliquin entry: a) Ubisoft/Beenox & b) Enzyme testing.

    3) Maxime Landry/Maxime Landry Lamy: Yes, these are separate people (both have their own LI profiles).

    4) Merged the Colin Roy entries.

    5) Re: Alexandre Coté entries:

  • Alexandre Cote-Benoit: I'm not sure whether the WB Games & EA testers are the same people. It seems likely, but his LI profile doesn't mention WB Games. I left them separate.
  • Merged the Côté Malo entries. Côtè-Malo was a typo from the Painkiller manual.
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    torridgristle (124) on 8/7/2018 12:09 AM · Permalink · Report

    Yoshiyasu Horiuchi has a few duplicates.

    http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,378532/ is the main that seems to be most populated.

    http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,297699/ is a duplicate only with a thanks in Pocket Fighter and a possibly misspelled name.

    http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,416450/ is only listed as the producer for a single Natsume game, while the main Yoshiyasu Horiuchi has several production credits in Natsume games.

    http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,712719/ is only listed as the producer for a single BEC game, and BEC is a Bandai + Human Entertainment company.

    Yoshiyasu Horiuchi doesn't appear to be a common name and all the duplicates have strong connections to each other.

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    Foxhack (32100) on 8/7/2018 12:31 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

    [Q --start torridgristle wrote--]Yoshiyasu Horiuchi has a few duplicates.

    http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,378532/ is the main that seems to be most populated.

    http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,297699/ is a duplicate only with a thanks in Pocket Fighter and a possibly misspelled name.[/Q --end torridgristle wrote--]I checked the credits for Pocket Fighter and can confirm the name in this submission is misspelled. See here..

    [Q --start torridgristle wrote--]http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,416450/ is only listed as the producer for a single Natsume game, while the main Yoshiyasu Horiuchi has several production credits in Natsume games.[/Q --end torridgristle wrote--]The images included with the credit submission list his name as "Yoshiyasu Horuichi", so if it's a typo, it's documented. I wouldn't merge this until we can compare this to the Japanese version's credits and figure out if it's the same person or not.

    [Q --start torridgristle wrote--]http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,712719/ is only listed as the producer for a single BEC game, and BEC is a Bandai + Human Entertainment company.

    Yoshiyasu Horiuchi doesn't appear to be a common name and all the duplicates have strong connections to each other. [/Q --end torridgristle wrote--]The included images list his name as Yasuyoshi Horiuchi. Again, if we can compare this to the Japanese, we'll have an answer.

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    Freeman (65090) on 10/30/2018 4:39 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

    I'm going to merge all 4.

  • Horuichi isn't actually a Japanese name so it's likely just a typo. I'll add it as a comment in () just to make note of the typo.
  • Re: Yasuyoshi Horiuchi. Based on the company/position, I'm thinking that this is Yoshiyasu Horiuchi. The JP credits list the Chief Producer (チーフプロデューサー) as 掘内 康美. I'm thinking that this is a typo and 美康 (Yoshiyasu) was probably intended. If you search for 康美, it doesn't seem to be a spelling for 'Yasuyoshi'. I'll merge it based on the fact that Yoshiyasu Horiuchi was credited as a Producer for Bandai during this same time-frame.
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    Terok Nor (41968) on 8/7/2018 2:30 PM · Permalink · Report

    How so? The site only proves his cinematic credits, the others are all for thanks to friends and family. It's probably a relative, and the image is with the wrong guy.

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    Foxhack (32100) on 8/7/2018 5:52 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

    [Q --start Terok Nor wrote--]How so? The site only proves his cinematic credits, the others are all for thanks to friends and family. It's probably a relative, and the image is with the wrong guy. [/Q --end Terok Nor wrote--]I agree. Richard Winn Taylor is not Richard Sinn Taylor. :D

    If anything the portrait in that second profile should be moved to the first.

    Edit: I found RWT's Facebook profile, and he has a son named Richard Taylor, so that second profile is very likely his son.

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    Foxhack (32100) on 8/22/2018 10:40 PM · Permalink · Report

    Main: Fausto De Martini
    Dupe 1: Fausto Demartini
    Dupe 2: Fausto Di Martini

    The first profile is correct, this guy worked at Blizzard for 10 years, then left to become a freelance artist who works in the movies.

    The other two profiles are listed just like that in the credits - they're not typos. But judging by the fact that they've got credits for concept artwork, I'm fairly sure they're all of the same person - but he doesn't list the work done on those two games on his personal website or his LinkedIn profile.

    So I'm just making this post to say that I'm fairly certain they're the same guy, but I don't feel confident enough to merge the profiles.

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    Freeman (65090) on 11/2/2018 3:46 AM · Permalink · Report

    I merged them. He was freelance during that period so it's possible. Also CoD: IW was credited to De Martini, not Di Martini, so BOIII was probably just a typo.

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    Foxhack (32100) on 8/30/2018 8:21 PM · Permalink · Report

    Patrice Désilets and Patrick Désilets - Patrice says it's him, but I'm not sure all the credits on the second profile are his. Any thoughts?

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    vedder (70767) on 8/30/2018 9:13 PM · Permalink · Report

    I'd say they are all him except maybe not the Dora the Explorer animation credit.

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    Foxhack (32100) on 8/30/2018 10:04 PM · Permalink · Report

    [Q --start vedder wrote--]I'd say they are all him except maybe not the Dora the Explorer animation credit. [/Q --end vedder wrote--]Ha, true.

    Looking at the Konami credits he's filed under Ubisoft so I guess it's safe to merge both of these.

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    Foxhack (32100) on 8/30/2018 9:24 PM · Permalink · Report

    Wow, this hashtag is a goldmine for merging.

    Liz Stewart / Elizabeth Stewart. Her Twitter says she's worked for Devolver and Squeenix, so they're definitely the same person.

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    MAT (240793) on 8/31/2018 12:51 AM · Permalink · Report

    It looks she was credited as Elizabeth at first, around 2010-11, then afterwards mostly as Liz.

    However, her producer role for Broderbund's "Rugrats Adventure Game (1998)" probably belongs to another Liz Stewart, imho.

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    Foxhack (32100) on 8/31/2018 2:16 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

    [Q --start MAT wrote--]It looks she was credited as Elizabeth at first, around 2010-11, then afterwards mostly as Liz.

    However, her producer role for Broderbund's "Rugrats Adventure Game (1998)" probably belongs to another Liz Stewart, imho. [/Q --end MAT wrote--]Agreed. The only two places with that list her credits for a game are us and cough Giant Site That Ripped Off All Our Content cough.

    Edit: Looks like the name in those Rugrats credits are a typo: There's a Liz Stuart credited in the Mac version, and she has a LOT of production credits. The submission on file has the wrong Liz credited according to the photos included in the submission so I'll fix that and do the merge in a bit.

    Edit 2: Annnnnnnnnnd I just found a THIRD profile: Lizze Stewart. I thought it would be a different person... but Elizabeth Stewart's LinkedIn profile says she worked at Octagon during that time period. It's her.

    I've merged all three profiles and edited the credits that have her as Lizze so they mention the name.

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    Mark Carter (2) on 8/31/2018 8:17 PM · Permalink · Report

    All the same person (me):

    http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,497274/ Please remove (different person)-> Localization Driver (2000) (Localization)

    http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,839071/ Art/Graphics FIFA 17 (2016) (Senior Technical Artists)

    http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,63979/ (the 'R' middle initial is incorrect - should have been an 'A').

    These are correct:

    Design Jagged Alliance 2 (1999) (Additional Design)

    Programming/Engineering Need for Speed: Undercover (2008) (Rendering Engineers) Need for Speed: Carbon (2006) (Rendering) Need for Speed: Carbon (Collector's Edition) (2006) (NIS/FMV) Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business (2000) (Additional Programming) Jagged Alliance 2 (1999) (Additional Programming)

    Writers Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business (2000) (Additional Writing) Jagged Alliance 2 (1999) (Additional Writing)

    Art/Graphics Need for Speed: ProStreet (2007) (Rendering)

    The remainder are someone else.

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    Foxhack (32100) on 8/31/2018 9:44 PM · Permalink · Report

    Just to be sure:

    You had nothing to do with the Localization credits, nor with the Big Blue Disk #44 testing credit. But the writing, rendering engineer, senior Technical Artist (FIFA) and additional programming credits are all yours, right?

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    Mark Carter (2) on 9/1/2018 1:22 AM · Permalink · Report

    Sounds about right.

    Writing/design credits had to do with writing the weapon descs and weapon selection + additional programming on the map screen and laptop within JA2.

    Rendering/Tools was mostly NFS @ EAX + Driver @ Ubi Van.

    STA on FIFA17 for the Frostbite transition. Guess UFC3 credits has yet to make the list.

    Here is the LI (sans the period of Sir-Tech since that was late 90's, and ageism is a thing for us 'oldtimers' ;)): https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-c-806b24153/

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    Foxhack (32100) on 9/1/2018 2:00 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

    Fantastic. I'll start to untangle this mess in a little bit.

    Would you mind if I added your LinkedIn page on your profile?

    Edit: Done.
    Mark R. Carter (you), Mark Carter (localization guy), Mark Carter (Blue Disk guy). There's also Mark Carter, thanked in the credits for Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs, but since you didn't mention him I don't think it's you.

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    MAT (240793) on 9/1/2018 12:50 PM · edited · Permalink · Report

    Also associated developer with your user so it's linkable from your user page. Can easily be removed if you don't like that, though, but many developers have that. We usually connect users with developers when we are certain that it's the same person.

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    Mark Carter (2) on 9/1/2018 1:36 PM · Permalink · Report

    Much appreciated to you both! One small request - the R. should be an A. for the middle initial. And yes, feel free to link the LI account.

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    Foxhack (32100) on 9/1/2018 6:39 PM · Permalink · Report

    [Q --start Mark Carter wrote--]Much appreciated to you both! One small request - the R. should be an A. for the middle initial. And yes, feel free to link the LI account. [/Q --end Mark Carter wrote--]I fixed the typo, sorry for forgetting about it. And I see you submitted your sites, thanks. :)

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    Foxhack (32100) on 9/8/2018 3:07 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

    So it turns out I've been friends with Josh Green for several years and I had no idea. He told me via Discord that he has never worked on the Bakugan, Animal Planet, Cabela's or Civil War games, so I'll be splitting those to a separate profile.

    He also told me that he worked on Titanfall 2 and Medal of Honor Allied Assault: Breakthrough Expansion, so I'll be merging those to his main profile.

    Edit: And of course he tells me after I do this that the Secret Service and Monkey Mischief aren't him either... editing those credits to move them to the split profile.

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    S Olafsson (59654) on 9/24/2018 7:09 PM · Permalink · Report

    As per the Star Control approval comments, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe are the Pet Shop Boys (as in the music group).
    Luckily the ingame credits reveal the actual name of the coder, but the graphic artist is credited as Chris K Lowe here at Moby.

    WoS has Chris Lowe as an pseudonym for Tahir Rashid, which is confirmed by the games mentioned in his LinkedIn Profile.

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    Freeman (65090) on 11/2/2018 4:17 AM · Permalink · Report

    Chris K. Lowe is the programmer on 007: Licence to Kill (Highlander doesn't have screens on file). I split off the programming credits & merged the Chris Lowe artist credits with Tahir Rashid (HOL also lists the alias).

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    S Olafsson (59654) on 11/3/2018 12:14 AM · Permalink · Report

    Great to see you back;)

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    Jess Reed on 12/21/2018 6:50 PM · Permalink · Report

    Hi - These profiles are both the same person (me).

    This is the correct page to keep (Jess Reed), all of the credits here are correct. https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,432247/

    This is also me, could it be merged into the credits on 'Jess Reed'? https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,745043/

    Thanks!

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    Freeman (65090) on 12/21/2018 11:54 PM · Permalink · Report

    Thanks for letting us know. Both profiles are now merged.

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    MAT (240793) on 12/22/2018 2:36 AM · edited · Permalink · Report

    Also associated user's account with the developer, so it's linkable from user's page to developer page.

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    Jess Reed on 12/28/2018 5:35 PM · Permalink · Report

    Awesome, thank you!

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    Deleted (15788) on 12/22/2018 12:24 PM · Permalink · Report

    Hi guys, I left a merge request back in late October for Eiichiro Nakazato and Ray E. Nakazato. I linked to the Gamasutra interview with Ray where he talked about his first job working at Bothtec and his move to the USA to work at Broderbund bringing Japanese games to the US. Is there any extra info I should've added for you to look into this? :)

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    Freeman (65090) on 12/22/2018 6:12 PM · Permalink · Report

    Thanks, the pages are now merged. I haven't gone through the corrections queue in a while so I hadn't seen your entry. I'll try to get to that soon.

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    Deleted (15788) on 12/22/2018 7:16 PM · Permalink · Report

    Thank you, Sir. I was thinking that I may have overlooked something since nobody had looked into that correction all this time. :-[