The WoW team originally started off with a different project – they were making a game called Nomad, a role-playing game, but the decision was made that it was not making the progress we wanted.
We might have included classical music but to do that properly, we'd have to extend the timeline considerably, and the exercise would become unwieldy (later this summer we hope to make amends with a different project).
"The next time, you come back with a different project," Mr. Kaiser said, building a reputation that does not rely on one hit or miss but a steady series of exciting ventures.
"I used to come to school with a different project every few days on a floppy disk".
It's like this: allegedly, some members of the Bungie staff are all Halo'd-out and would like to get involved with a different project.
I also realise, with hindsight, that my transition into being a postdoc similarly followed the path of least resistance--I remained in the same lab, albeit with a different project.
