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Offline Jad

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Re: has anyone heard of bobs game?

Reply #10 on: January 11, 2009, 05:28:00 pm
Oh, his indoor protest is now over and he's all depressed and stuff ): Hey guy, don't be so bipolar! Don't go EITHER I GET SDK AND RETAIL-GAME AND AWESOME OR NOTHING, just do whatever you can and smiling happy time.

Daaw. Poor bob.
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Re: has anyone heard of bobs game?

Reply #11 on: January 12, 2009, 09:24:51 am
http://kotaku.com/5128206/[updated]-bobs-protest--and-bobs-game--is-over

From all accounts he's lost the plot.
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Re: has anyone heard of bobs game?

Reply #12 on: January 12, 2009, 06:02:30 pm
He backed down on that as well! talk about bipolar...it actualy changed yesterday....check HIS site for updates on what happens to him, not Kotaku :p

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This is my 100 day challenge to Yuu, Nintendo.

I, the magnificent, omnicient Bob- legendary developer of the greatest game ever made-
hereby challenge Yuu in the First Interdimensional "bob's game" Championship!





I have had ENOUGH.
YUU JUST WON'T LISTEN!
I'm not playing around here. This isn't some kind of game.
I've spent FIVE YEARS trying to play by the rules.
I've tried going by the book, reading the manual, following the instructions - but Yuu just won't play fair, Nintendo.

This time, Yuu will play by MY rules.

It's time for a surprisingly surprising turn of events- a twisted plot twist!
By playing "bob's game," Yuu will destroy the evil, corrupted GANTENDO organization!
(EVERY TIME Yuu plays "bob's game," Bob kills a Pikachu!)

But I like Nintendo! This is terrible!
YUU MUST NOT PLAY "bob's game!"
YUU MUST DEFEAT ME!

YUU MUST BE STOPPED!
YUU CANNOT WIN!

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!
THIS SENSELESS REVENGE MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE!

I ASSURE YUU- I AM VERY SERIOUS!



I'll see Yuu there on day 100, REGGIE!
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I dont know if this means he's back to his confinement, but I saw him sitting there yesterday...now it's all dark

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Re: has anyone heard of bobs game?

Reply #13 on: January 12, 2009, 06:13:16 pm
It's difficult to pass judgment on something so internet-ish as this (though there is another judgment in this statement). The line between what is a honest concern and what is just an attention stunt is very blurred. I don't know if I should be worried about his wellbeing or annoyed by how he's trying to sell his product. Perhaps this sort of ambiguity is the marketing of the future. We're talking about it, other places online are talking about it and the reason is because it's not clear-cut. Perhaps the ads of the future will be incomprehensible pieces of abstract video art that confuse the viewer and at the end they have a big http://www.checkoutmyproduct.com address.


More on the point his pixel art suffers from simple faults to fix that he should come to Pixelation and get critique about :D I == happy because amongst all this internet ambiguity at least Pixelation has a very clear purpose that doesn't suffer from biting-your-own-tail syndrome.

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Re: has anyone heard of bobs game?

Reply #14 on: January 12, 2009, 06:22:41 pm
I doubt he's actually bipolar or mentally unstable. I think he realized the only way anyone would care about his game is through cheap publicity stunts.
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Re: has anyone heard of bobs game?

Reply #15 on: January 12, 2009, 07:41:26 pm
the weirdest thing to me is that it looked like every rpgmaker game graphics stuck onto every story-driven japanese high school junk game.  cast of characters include guys like "the goths" and "the fat kids."  If the story is the ONLY part of the game, you'd better hope it's like....Oedipus.  impressive for one person but not worth developing, let alone publishing...

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I dont know if this means he's back to his confinement, but I saw him sitting there yesterday...now it's all dark

I'm pretty sure that's still his office, crazy or not :P
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Re: has anyone heard of bobs game?

Reply #16 on: January 12, 2009, 09:11:11 pm
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I'm pretty sure that's still his office, crazy or not

You mean parents basement?

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Re: has anyone heard of bobs game?

Reply #17 on: January 12, 2009, 09:51:10 pm
Cmon now, that's a little harsh, no?  It's sort of funny, but we've all made our stupid mistakes.  If it's over, let him be.  If you're poking fun for the sake of poking fun, then stop.


I myself never heard of this until now, and the project seems to have lost it's relative luster.  Nothing really to add, since I have to do school homework atm.

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Re: has anyone heard of bobs game?

Reply #18 on: January 12, 2009, 10:15:45 pm
I don't know why this guy doesn't download XNA, pay $100 and try to get his game on XBOX. the Dishwasher guy, James Silva, got his game onto XBOX and he did everything himself. Greatest opportunity ever for indie developers to get their stuff on a real live console and here's this guy throwing a fit over the Wii.

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Re: has anyone heard of bobs game?

Reply #19 on: January 12, 2009, 10:42:40 pm
It's DS i think.  this game would be laughed off anything but a handheld (and even on an handheld forgotten in seconds).

there are single-man dev teams out there that produce commercial games, but they need to be special.  Combat Mission, for instance, was made by one man in a basement, but it had a hybrid turn system gimmick in addition to playable graphics and an assload of realism/historicity that made it worth playing.
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