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If carrying the weight of a beloved gaming franchise on his shoulders is a burden, Miles Jacobson certainly doesn't show it - in fact, if anything, listening back to my visit to Sports Interactive's head office, it was the interviewer that seemed under pressure.Interruptions, meandering non sequiturs and, worst of all, repeated attempts to steer the conversation towards my Tonbridge game - I'd had a nightmare. Composure 4, Match Rating 4.2. I'd let myself down, I'd let Eurogamer down, and worst of all, I'd let the fans down.
The thing is, interviewing Miles isn't quite like your standard studio producer pow-wow. His enthusiasm is so infectious you feel like you need to apply topical cream afterwards. Here's someone who lives and breathes Football Manager, a title that, in its 21 years, has grown from bedroom-coder hobby project to global empire. The studio director had just returned from Korea where a team, under his stewardship, is working on FM Live, yet another offshoot for the series. Add to that the success of FM Classic, mobile iterations and record sales for last year's FM13, it's no wonder he's excited.
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