Rod Fergusson Departing from Irrational Games

<p>With <em><a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"BioShock Infinite" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bioshockinfinite&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"homepage">BioShock Infinite<&sol;a><&sol;em> now out and about and blowing the minds of people around the world&comma; VP of Development Rod Fergusson &lbrack;is&rsqb; departing from <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Irrational Games" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;irrationalgames&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"homepage">Irrational Games<&sol;a> in search of other projects&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2013&sol;4&sol;8&sol;4196156&sol;bioshock-infinites-rod-fergusson-leaves">Polygon<&sol;a>&comma; Fergusson&comma; who joined Irrational <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;gears-war-producer-joins-bioshock-team&sol;">last year<&sol;a> to help finish <em>BioShock Infinite<&sol;em>&comma; states that he saw working with the developer as &&num;8216&semi;a great opportunity to learn from Ken and his team&&num;8217&semi; due to him looking for better ways to tell stories in the games he works on&period; Prior to his employment at Irrational Games&comma; he was at <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Epic Games" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;epicgames&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"homepage">Epic Games<&sol;a> as a Producer for the <em>Gears of War<&sol;em> series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I am very proud of the work that I did and of the team and what they were able to accomplish on <i>Infinite<&sol;i>&period; Now with the game shipped successfully&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;ve done what I set out to do here and now I&&num;8217&semi;m looking forward to the next chapter in my life and career&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said to Polygon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One commentor&comma; whose suggestion I found particularly funny&comma; says that Fergusson should travel from one developer to another as &&num;8216&semi;a closer&period;&&num;8217&semi; I have to admit&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;d be a pretty awesome job title&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;b99d5c0b-1c39-400e-b6e9-b9ad5b24b4c1" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;