Pitchford was pitching Opposing Force, which cast players in the role of the soldiers storming Black Mesa to "find Freeman," allowing players to see pivotal events from the original story from a completely different point of view. Go see if Sierra will buy it!' Then I drove down the street and pitched it to the Sierra guys and they were like, 'Sounds pretty cool, can you guys build it?' Wouldn't that be cool?' And they were like 'That would be kind of cool, we never thought of that. You are doing it from the point of view of one of the soldiers that went in. What if you went back to Black Mesa or what if you were in Black Mesa at the same the events in Half-Life went down, but it is kind of like Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead. Pitchford describes the process of pitching his idea for Half-Lifeexpansions to the guys at Valve: When I went up to Seattle, I sat down with Gabe, Rick Laidlaw and said 'Hey, I got this idea. Gearbox could have played it safe, tacked on a few extra levels to Black Mesa and called it a day instead, the developers recreated the original game from the points of view of different characters you met along the way.
HALF LIFE OPPOSING FORCE WELCOME TO BLACK MESA SOFTWARE
One of Gearbox's earliest projects involved working with Valve Software on expansion packs to Half-Life. They did this, over and again, by shipping games. And, like Bird and his Pixar colleagues, they've kicked the tires, lit the fires and rode those rockets skyward.
Gearbox has been entrusted with the magic. Although Gearbox isn't yet the Pixar of games, Randy's studio, like Bird's, has been entrusted with the keys to a number of cherished kingdoms. Pitchford, CEO and President of Gearbox Software, sees himself in a similar role. He believed the magic of Disney was a rocket, and he wanted to light it up. He knew the magic was something that came from its use, that it was a living thing, not a relic. The director of Pixar classics like The Incredibles and Ratatouille - and the recent film Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - knew the magic of Disney wasn't something based in the past, to be preserved under glass and never touched. He tells the story of filmmaker Brad Bird, and how Bird helped reinvent Disney while working at Pixar. A rocket that can go really fast, and really high and that he wants to just light up and see what happens. Randy Pitchford likens Gearbox to a rocket. We talk to CEO Randy Pitchford about Gearbox's past, present and possible future
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