Ed Swain

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Father/Animator/Nerd🤘 Senior Gameplay Animator @ Jagex

Jagex CEO Jon Bellamy tells us that RuneScape is ready to take on World of Warcraft. He also talks about the financial 'pain' caused by changing monetization, the 12m RuneScape fans who play on Nintendo, and how Old School RuneScape won over young people www.thegamebusiness.com/p/runescape-...

RuneScape CEO: We want to be bigger than World of Warcraft

We speak to Jagex boss Jon Bellamy about the company's complete focus on its three RuneScape games

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Here's a 3-hit combo sketch from last year I found in the dusty corners of my hard drive. Spent a few hours this bank holiday cleaning it up. I don't have the time and motivation to take this into spline and polish, but it's still got some interesting bits that deserves to see the light of day.

If the CEOs want to move to a contractor / project based model in the UK then all the more reason to join a union folks. Everyone join. Then contracts require approval and have collective bargaining. It’s a start!

Jane Baer has died at 91. A titan, she worked on 'Sleeping Beauty,' co-founded Baer Animation, supervised 'Roger Rabbit,' and advocated for her fellow artists. Few careers trace the evolution of late-20th-century American animation as completely. www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/jane-bae...

'Sleeping Beauty,' 'Roger Rabbit' Animator Jane Baer Dies At 91

A world-class animator, producer, studio founder, and a founding member of Women in Animation (WIA) Baer worked with the Nine Old Men and into the digital age.

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