To this day, the first thing he does when he wakes up in the morning is check Twitter to see how people are responding to the game. Pearce’s ambition and drive are evident from everything he says in our interview.
You’ve got to rise to the challenge because there’s no other option.” When PC Gamer publicly bags your game and says it's incredibly janky, it's a wake up call. There's this weird thing with the legal profession where if you spend too much time out of it, you can't get back in because the skills and experience atrophy over time.
It would have been embarrassing, but also it would have been devastating because I can't go back.
“I always had in the back of my mind, if I fail, if I fuck this up and the game flops, then I've walked away from a ten-year career for nothing.