Dave Perry Quits Shiny, Except Not Really

It's Presidents' Day and I think everybody is off work, so technically I don't even think I'm supposed to be updating. But I noticed this Gamasutra story and, after I was done wondering why they're updating today, figured I'd link it.

Dave Perry is the founder of Shiny Entertainment, which is one of the Atari studios that Bruno Bonnell is selling off. In the wake of that announcement, we now know that Perry is planning to quit Shiny. This would seem like some kind of horrible disaster, except apparently what he's going to do is use his newfound freedom to work with potential buyers, then rejoin once the sale goes through. I don't get it either, but this is what he says:

"If I’m an employee of Atari, then I’d be stepping all over them. This way, I’m representing a buyer. I can act swiftly and get buyers on the table … To be clear, I cannot sell the company but I can get publishers excited about the company enough to get a bidding war going on."

Okay. Hopefully this all goes well and the new Earthworm Jim game will get a publisher...