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[RedKing]

As online advertisements go, this one was pretty nice.

Also, apparently Peter Molyneaux left Microsoft-owned Lionhead and is going Independant. Wonder if this means a revival of inventive games from him, like Populus, Magic Carpet, and Dungeon Keeper? Who knows!

I'm not holding my breath. The problem at Lionhead wasn't MS, it was Molyneaux. Dude's got a great creative mind, but he bites off more than he can chew, and then doesn't know how to pare it down to a realistic project.

But hey, if he wants to do a Magic Carpet III, I'm totally down with that.

[Rose]

Suddenly, lionhead makes fable 4 and it's absolutely fantastic.

[Solifuge]

I know he is full of himself, I know he dreams big, and tends to promise more than he produces... I think he just gets so excited by ideas that he loses sight of practicality sometimes. Still, you have to give him credit, for having created the God Game genre with Populous, founding notable companies like Bullfrog, and producing some interesting concept-games through his career.

He seems to be excited to go Indie, because it lets him play with new concepts and technologies, such as Cloud Computing... that and working with a small team, where most of his time is spent working on games rather than running meetings to get others to make a game as an Executive Director.

Oh, and the next sans-Molyneaux Fable game? It's a Kinect-Only shooter. I'm not kidding. Good job Microsoft.

[Shinotsa]

No doubt that was purely to piss him off. Or do they actually think that was good business decisi-. Don't tell me people actually buy this crap. Please tell me people don't buy that crap.

[Vertigon]

Re: google zerg rush thing

The whole thing was entertaining, but I burst out laughing when they wrote out GG at the end. That is awesome.

[RedKing]

I know he is full of himself, I know he dreams big, and tends to promise more than he produces... I think he just gets so excited by ideas that he loses sight of practicality sometimes. Still, you have to give him credit, for having created the God Game genre with Populous, founding notable companies like Bullfrog, and producing some interesting concept-games through his career.

He seems to be excited to go Indie, because it lets him play with new concepts and technologies, such as Cloud Computing... that and working with a small team, where most of his time is spent working on games rather than running meetings to get others to make a game as an Executive Director.

Not trying to start an argument, but I could use the same logic to say "I know he uses the same "plot twist" device to death, I know he leaves plot holes big enough to drive a truck through. Still, "The Sixth Sense" was a great movie, so you have to still be interested whenever M. Night Shyamalan announces a new movie project!"

After a certain point, one's early successes can't counterbalance the recent failures.

[Solifuge]

I can see the sense to that... but maybe I'm strange in that regard. I like to recognize that even M. Night Shyamalan did make some enjoyable movies. George Lucas had a big hand in the first Star Wars movies too, despite having directed the new trilogy.

I can appreciate the old, and still find the new pretty silly and uninteresting. I am, however, interested to see how 22Cans studio does, and what changes. I can't flat-out hate Molyneaux, since I love several of the things he made, and appreciate his spirit, if nothing else.

Oh, and in an interview, Molyneaux admitted to having created the Molydeux character as a self-parody.

Spoiler: I can appreciate that sense of humor: (click to show/hide)

What if NPC's could load and save your game? You have to keep on their side otherwise they won't save your game, load old saves etc

Imagine if you had to secretly support your family via complex ventilation passages in your large industrial home?

Imagine a game in which you fight in order to stop it turning into a cinematic game

Game in which you transfer from body to body of people stuck in lifts all over the world, forever in time.

Just imagine a kart game where you spend most of the game building one with your mother in a shed, you are the only people alive on earth

I designed a point and click adventure many years ago where you had to gain the trust of the pointer so it didn't lie to you

[Sowelu]

Yeah, I lost faith in him around...uh, the time that the hype for "Project Ego" started hitting the fan of reality.  But he still gets my /respect/ for his old work.

Explanations are unnecessary.

Spoiler: moderately sized image (click to show/hide)

DROP BEAR OH GOD

[JoshuaFH]

Yeah, I lost faith in him around...uh, the time that the hype for "Project Ego" started hitting the fan of reality.  But he still gets my /respect/ for his old work.

Explanations are unnecessary.

Spoiler: moderately sized image (click to show/hide)

DROP BEAR OH GOD

Looking at this for the first time, I thought that was a trampoline.

[RedKing]

:fry.jpg
Not sure if bear, or guy in bear suit.

[Errol]

HAH!
Not only did I get through my latin exam today, I also got to the part of Touhou Labyrinth where the second battle theme starts playing. The only flaw with it is that the battles are far too short for it!

[Darvi]

Wait 'til the Boss Fight. You'll know once you get there.

[Ochita]

Well. I was just going around the internet when I found.

Spoiler: This (click to show/hide)

Yes, that is Touhou characters in a band. Honestly, its pretty damn awesome. Also there's Seiga robbing people:

Spoiler: Shown here. (click to show/hide)

These have both made me happy today.

[Flying Dice]

Well. I was just going around the internet when I found.

Spoiler: This (click to show/hide)

Yes, that is Touhou characters in a band. Honestly, its pretty damn awesome. Also there's Seiga robbing people:

Spoiler: Shown here. (click to show/hide)

These have both made me happy today.

That is amazing.

In personal happy, the people who tried to convert me today didn't do it by screaming about how I was going to burn in the lake of fire, for a change.

[Kadzar]

Not sure if bear, or guy in bear suit.

ftfy

Also, I found out today that Golden Crisp/Puffs go fantastic with yogurt. And I don't usually even like cereal with yogurt.

Also also, I had a dream about watching TV with Adam Savage. Then I woke up for a while, then went back to sleep, and apparently I had fathered a child with some woman he was close to, and he was ticked off at me for it. Also in that second dream, I was a wizard, sneaking around and sniping creatures with spells.