Bungie hires Uncharted Senior Environment Artist

[twesterm]

Mendicate Bias said:

twesterm said:

He's just a senior environmental artist...he alone isn't going to make that big of a difference....

And I'm not saying anything negative about him or Bungie, Bungie makes great environments and I'm sure that guy is great, it's just one guy who isn't even a lead isn't going to drastically change things. People change studios all the time for many reasons.

I thought the heading senior implied that he would be mostly in charge of the environments in the game?

There's a difference between lead environmental artist and a senior environmental artist.

Senior is only really a measure of experience/skill.  It means he has more responsibility than an associate env. artist or an env. artist, but does not mean he is a lead.

I guess that misunderstanding is why people think that could actually be news...

-edit-

Oh, I see, he was a lead at Naughty Dog but is going to a senior position at Bungie.  That just probably means he loves him some Halo or didn't like being a manager and would rather actually do some art.