Stainless Appoints Ben Gunstone as CEO

So, here’s the scoop. Stainless Games, the minds behind Carmageddon—I still don’t get why I was obsessed with it—decided to shake things up a bit. Ben Gunstone, who, by the way, hasn’t even been around that long, is now in the big CEO chair. Guess who he’s replacing? Patrick Buckland. Yup, the brainiac behind the company since, get this, 1994. Feel old yet?

Ben’s been hanging around since 2022, started off directing games, whatever that means officially, then shuffled up to operations director. And now, bam, CEO. Before Stainless, he dabbled at Dovetail Games. Not sure what they do, but it must’ve been something noteworthy.

So, Ben said, “I’m delighted.” Basic CEO stuff, right? Then he actually sounded genuine—something about continuing Patrick’s legacy. Good luck with that, mate. Patrick, who by the way jokes about looking ancient (he’s 62), is stepping back a bit. He’s doing the Executive Chairman jig now. More chill, maybe? Less frantic emails, I hope.

Patrick keeps calling Stainless his ‘baby,’ which is just… cute? He still owns the lion’s share, so I guess he can fuss over it as much as he wants. His plan? Staying involved but focusing more on the game-making side—sounds like a dream or a mid-life crisis. Anyway. Onwards and upwards, as they say. Or maybe sideways? I can never tell.