August 25, 1987
Gary Cosay called to tell me that Virginia is leaving the agency. I need to sit down and think about this.
Had lunch Tuesday with Ed Badasov. I told him I’ll be done with the screenplay rewrite in a month, then we can sit down and work out a new timetable for Prince of Persia.
Ed tried to talk me into staying with video games as a career. He said I have an extraordinary talent and ability, possessed by only a few people, to actually conceive, design and execute a game all by myself. I felt like he was talking about somebody else. All I could do was stare at him and nod politely.
I have no idea what will happen now with Prince of Persia. Maybe I can hire someone else to finish it? Or sell it to Broderbund as it stands, as a work-in-progress? I can’t think about it. I’ll think about it a month from now.
