Before we get into the next set of character capsules, here's an article from the independent news website Rascal that dropped about Eyeball to Eyeball. It includes an interview with designers Ray Kimball and Kimberly Redding. Reading the full post requires a subscription, but Rascal is a great site to support in the gaming industry, so check it out:
Onto the next set of character capsules. Next up: the Media roles in the game. Ray's commentary on the role is in italics below the description, as before.
Herbert Matthews
Herbert Matthews: Internationally recognized New York Times journalist. You are known to ask probing questions, and have a well-rounded grasp of international affairs. Can you get the scoop?
Matthews' picture is one of two images that we actually licensed for the game; everything else is public domain. The full shot (which is included in the game book as a primary source) is him interviewing Fidel Castro in the mountains of Cuba in the late 1950s. It was just too perfect to pass up.
William Turner Catledge
William Turner Catledge: NY Times Editor. You are strongly committed to freedom of speech and the responsibility of the press to expose truth at all costs. Can you get the scoop?
| I love roles like this that require players to exercise peer leadership. In this case, the coaching component as Catledge reviews the work of his two NYT reporters is always fun to watch.
Isidor Feinstein (I.F.) Stone
Isidor Feinstein (I.F.) Stone: American investigative journalist. Your left-wing positions and consistent engagement with Communists have led to whispers that you are a Soviet agent. Can you get the scoop?
We had a lot of fun with the ideologies of different media figures. We certainly had a wide range of options to choose from, so having a leftist like Stone versus a die-hard conservative like Paul Harvey was too good to pass up.
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite: new anchor of CBS’s nightly news broadcast. As “the most trusted man in America,” you are a shining star of modern journalism and professional rival of other journalists. Can you get the scoop?
Man, thank God for presidential libraries. This pic of Cronkite taken by a JFK White House photographer was the only one we could find that wasn't under copyright. Ditto for many of the Soviet roles.
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