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"It would've been impossible to make a good game": MindsEye CEO and Rockstar vet blamed for impossible design demands, on "temporary leave" as company forces monitoring software on devs in hunt for "saboteurs" blamed for flop

Not a lot of good news coming from Build A Rocket Boy

GamesRadar · Feb 9

The MindsEye fallout continues as axed staff allege crunch, mismanagement, and a total lack of direction: 'Leslie [Benzies] never decided what game he wanted to make'

"And it does mess with you. You really do start to see the morale go down, the little arguments starting to happen."

PC Gamer · Oct 20, 2025

Scots family 'forced to get boat home' after flight chaos on Australia trip

Ben Newbon travelled for nearly four days with his wife and their two young children as they desperately tried to return to their home in Edinburgh.

Daily Record · Apr 27, 2022