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FROM GAMERTELL - Bob is upset. He just spent 5 years creating a game to be played on the Nintendo DS and Nintendo won’t sell him what he needs to actually market the game. So what is he doing? Sitting in his basement for 100 days to protest… MORE »
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Is this post a joke? I really can’t tell…
I don’t think Bob has done anything to deserve our support. Declaring himself the greatest game developer that ever lived and insulting/threatening Nintendo in order to get what he wants? My impression from his site is that he is a complete jerk and more than a little pathetic. He thinks he’s too good to take the usual routes to break into the games industry. He’s an egomaniac and all of the news coverage just feeds his delusions. I would call him crazy but honestly, there are a lot of good people out there with serious mental problems that don’t deserve to be tainted by any sort of psychological association with him.
on January 7, 2009 at 06:55 AM - LINKBased upon everything he has said on his website (and the fact that this game is known as “Bob’s Game”), I’d say Bob does not deserve any support. I’m sorry, but one person having produced a game all on his or her own does not speak absolute greatness and means that the game should be published no matter what.
This would probably be better off being published as a PC game; talking to people and using items all on the Nintendo DS? Yeah, that really sounds like a lot of fun…
on January 7, 2009 at 12:46 PM - LINKWhy did he make such a generic game? He could have made that game in an RPG maker in a month. I’ve seen games with less content get published. Why would Nintendo not want it? Maybe because it doesn’t meet their standards. I hope he wises up and uses the 100 days do make a really groundbreaking game that is current gen.
on January 7, 2009 at 12:49 PM - LINKno this is not a joke olie
and for what it’s worth, i think he deserves a shot at publishing his game. He put a lot of effort into it and cares about his product, how is he any different then any other publisher?
How often have games been shunned because we never heard of the publisher, then it turned out to be great?
No one said you had to buy the game! Just help the guy accomplish his dream that’s all….
on January 7, 2009 at 01:57 PM - LINKi think he deserves a shot at publishing his game.
If he really wanted to get his game out there to the public, he could do it. Release it for free online and, if it really is as good as he claims, make a name for himself that way. Have he never heard of N+? But he is more concerned with having things happen on his terms exactly how he wants them (reality be damned) when, as every rational human being knows, doesn’t happen when you’re at the bottom rung of any industry. You start with scraps and work your way up by proving your worth. But Bob thinks he’s too good for that.
He put a lot of effort into it and cares about his product, how is he any different then any other publisher?
Well, most game developers don’t stage high profile temper tantrums when they don’t get their way, declare themselves the greatest developer that has ever lived, threaten and bully Nintendo CEOs, declare that they are a genius above and beyond the likes of Miyamoto and Wright or publicly announce that they will use illegal means to destroy Nintendo if they don’t get their way. So those are a few key differences, from my point of view.
Also? He goes on and on about how he has devoted so many hours to this game and has worked so hard to build it from scratch all by himself, and the conclusion is that he therefore deserves to have his game published? Quantity does not equal quality, and it’s not like anyone forced him to do this. He invested the time and energy to make this game of his own free will. I could spend five years writing a 5, 000 page novel that I think is the greatest thing ever written and tell people that I am a better author than Neil Gaiman could ever dream of being—does that mean HarperCollins owes me a publishing contract? Um, no.
How often have games been shunned because we never heard of the publisher, then it turned out to be great?
*shrug* Beats me. Like I said, if his game is really that fantastic, he should just put it out there online and let it stand on its own merits. If it’s good enough, it will take him somewhere and he might even pick up a publisher. It’s because he thinks his greatness is such that he deserves special treatment that it has come to this. Why should Bob get a free pass to skip all of the obstacles to legitimate game development that others have had to work hard to overcome? Just because he says he has the greatest game ever made (and why would anyone take him at his word on that for that matter)? Bob is not a special snowflake and he does not deserve special treatment. He needs to grow up and learn how to function like a mature, responsible and reasonable adult.
Just help the guy accomplish his dream that’s all….
But why? He hasn’t done anything but insult and threaten others while egotistically blowing his own horn. He’s not based in reality and I actively do not want to support his childish antics. If Nintendo were to capitulate to his ridiculous demands that would send a bad message to other would-be game developers and set a standard that would be harmful to the industry.
Though to be honest, Bob is just so ridiculous that I am starting to wonder if this is all just an elaborate ARG…
on January 7, 2009 at 11:32 PM - LINKhaha ok Olie I see you point!!
a lot of people (including everyone who posted here) think it’s ridiculous, maybe he’ll end up sititng in his basement for 100 days before it dawns on him that he should settle for making it a computer game.
on January 8, 2009 at 02:41 AM - LINK