Members of a preliminary focus group criticized Reaver piloting, calling it “uncomfortably similar” to the 1983 arcade game Root Beer Tapper. When asked to comment, Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley did nothing grimmace while eerily feeding hardware store washers into a broken arcade cabinet (Mr. Smedley insisted on a Skype* interview). After maybe 20 minutes of this, Mr. Smedley requested a “goddamn bucket of Jack” from his administrative assistant, which he downed with gusto.
*Mr. Smedley pronounces Skype “Skippy” and refused to be corrected, saying “I say Skippy just fine, thank you.”
