# Gamers-Does Studio 38 (Amalur) Have a Chance of Survival?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamers-does-studio-38-amalur-have-a-chance-of-survival/622306
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [May 18, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamers-does-studio-38-amalur-have-a-chance-of-survival/622306 "2012-05-18T12:31:41Z")
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### Author:  [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamers-does-studio-38-amalur-have-a-chance-of-survival/622306/41 "2012-06-22T22:51:53Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#):
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> Many of 38 studios employees knew it was doomed to fail from their first job offer.
Yeah, the structural problems with 38 Studios were so huge some people HAD to have seen the writing on the wall. It sounds like it was a good gig while it lasted – nice offices, higher than average pay, a gregarious fanboy for a boss. Of course, a less-nice company would have had a more cutthroat approach to development that might have actually allowed them to ship.
In his latest interview Schilling comes off less as evil than as woefully naive. The money he made as a ballplayer allowed him to play dress-up as an industry big-shot for few years, but he didn’t know the first thing about making games. If he didn’t have such a reputation as a pompous blowhard, I’d almost feel sorry for the guy.
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### Author:  [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamers-does-studio-38-amalur-have-a-chance-of-survival/622306/42 "2012-07-02T20:15:26Z")
So it turns out that the 38 Studios board had [already voted to seek bankruptcy protection](http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/providence/providence-memo-38-studios-sought-help-in-may) before Chafee announced the company’s problems publicly on May 14. Thus proving even further that Schilling is a lying moron for claiming Chafee’s actions were what killed any future investments.
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