MatNomis

I apologize, this is a two parter:

How is the Boston game development scene compared to other places you have lived and worked? How important do you think geography is to success?

...and...

Did you go straight from school into the game industry? Or did you have a prior "real" (as you referred to it) job before your gaming career? I ask this because I am in a "real" industry, but find a lot of appeal in the notion of going solo.

As someone not involved in the field of journalism, I largely clung to my childhood assumption that all reporting was somewhat "investigative" (i.e. reporters uncovering facts). For me, the Spotlight film was how I learned that pure "investigative journalism" teams are even a thing--and I'm very glad they are. Apart from subscribing (which I've recently done), what can we do to support this kind of work? Also, can you name a few other papers have great investigative teams?