@ThomasTkalinske Hi Tom! Just wanted to let you know I've been reading Console Wars, and my friends and I really appreciate what you've done for video gaming, past and present. Take care!
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Tom was the most rationale, balanced, open, and on occasion a bit sleepy if you weren't really nailing demos & the best CEO I have ever worked with. Unlike some other Sega people I never got to work with him again but if Tom called me tomorrow I would drop everything & be there.
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Replying to @tempusfugitive @blakejharrisNYC and
Thomas is a class act. :) A standup guy!
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You have no idea on how much pressure he dealt with. I ran Omega, Test / QA, worked in the Toy Group, & part of Ops. Likely no one more than me would see Tom about key decisions. He always came down on our players. How much is this now missed. Note I was Activision 1.0 & BT UK.
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Replying to @tempusfugitive @retro_podcast and
Oh by the way I worked all these positions at once. So Tom saw me a lot darkening his door. I most loved our trip to Chicago to get John Hughes to approve my game design for the original Home Alone. Only time I lost it around a celebrity. it's okay to freak at the king of Gen-X.
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Replying to @tempusfugitive @retro_podcast and
Tell us more about that trip! Sounds amazing
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Here is the bottom line. Tom, Diane (head of licensing) and me fly to Chicago to present my design. I open up, at this point met tons of celebs. I lose it. My opening is all about how Ferris & BC defined me. I pour our questions about all of his MCU like universe. He answers it
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