Caen on Interplay: "We're still here"

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Gamespot's Tor Thorsen managed to get a hold of Herve Caen, who denied Interplay was shut down right now, but really couldn't deny much else:<blockquote>That is, until now. Last night, GameSpot talked with the surprisingly affable Caen, who denied the end was nigh for Interplay. His proof? "You can see our stock is trading, so we're still here."

But when asked whether or not Interplay was facing eviction from its Irvine, CA offices and laying off staffers, Caen's answers grew less direct. "I can't comment one way or the other," he said. "I'm bound by disclosure rules because we're a publicly traded company, so I can't say anything outside of press releases or official SEC filings." When asked when the next official SEC filing would be, Herve said, "I can't answer that--if I tell you, I'll have to tell everyone." </blockquote>Yeah the stock's still trading, and how

Thanks kumquatq3

Link: article on Gamespot
 
And this:
On Thursday, visitors to the Interplay offices found the doors locked, but some employees were lingering outside the back. While expressing optimism about the company's prospects, the workers admitted they hadn't been paid in weeks and had heard that there was a chance that Arden Realty, Interplay's landlords, were going to padlock the offices by the end of the week.
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Wich at the end did happen.


Great article, congrats to Gamespot.
 
French Fairy Tales

"We're still here"
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The above quote is an excerpt from the new French Fairy Tale, "Horton hears a Herve."

- No offices to work from (at least for the next couple of weeks)
- No developmental staff
- Massive debt
- Lawsuits (and more to come)
- Stock prices at their lowest

Yep, it's good to be Herve. I'm glad he's still around. :twisted:
 
Briosafreak said:
And this:
On Thursday, visitors to the Interplay offices found the doors locked, but some employees were lingering outside the back. While expressing optimism about the company's prospects, the workers admitted they hadn't been paid in weeks and had heard that there was a chance that Arden Realty, Interplay's landlords, were going to padlock the offices by the end of the week.
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Wich at the end did happen.


Great article, congrats to Gamespot.
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Yea, that confirms what I just heard:

::today:: the same crew which is always hanging around at the back (HR girls, mailroom people, and some Facilities guys) were there loading stuff a van. No sign of padlocks yet.
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So, it seems that they didn't close down yesterday
 
Well the front door was closed, and only a few members of staff were there, probably still working on the SEC filling, if it ever gets out...
 
Briosafreak said:
Well the front door was closed, and only a few members of staff were there, probably still working on the SEC filling, if it ever gets out...
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Yea, but my post indicates people were still there today. So if someone locked the front door yesterday, it was largely ceremonial.

EDIT: at least it was today, not sure what happens at the end of the day
 
This is starting to remind me of that scene from Me, Myself and Irene when Jim Carey comes across that cow laying in the middle of road and he tries to put it out of it's misery.
 
All I can say is this clown never ceases to make me shake my head and say "wtf are you on?".
 
I'm thankful that the Caen brothers aren't running Sega. They would probably be run into the ground as well, not that it probably didn't happen... :cry:

A perfect example of mismanagement at it's worst... as that isn't obvious already. :evil:
 
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