Why Gamecock Failed on 1UP.com is a postmortem on the rise and fall of publisher Gamecock, mainly told from the perspective of cofounder Mike Wilson, now of Devolver Digital. He describes the goals of the company and how these were impacted by breach of contract by its investors,
its acquisition by SouthPeak Interactive, and the fallout of an economic downturn. He also offers an explanation for the
the incident where they Gamecock-blocked Ken Levine's acceptance speech at the Video Game Awards. Thanks nin.