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08/11/09
This man's right to make games should be revoked based solely on his atrocious use of emboss, outer glow and drop shadow. No good can come of this. He's a hair's breadth from animated gifs of spinning, green wireframe skulls and animated flames!
Run! For the love of all that is holy, run!
08/05/09
Additional Question: Why does it matter who happens to be a member of an unimportant, non-influential organization?
This guy is a joke, and so are those who associate themselves with him (even through an irrelevant organization.)
08/05/09
They are relevant to anyone in the industry that wants things to improve on personal and professional level, and is a key part for breaking into the industry in the first place.
Perhaps your misplacing your anger about something else at an organization you know nothing about.
Chill out.
08/05/09
08/06/09
The IGDA is probably most influential in that the GDC sets the development tone for the next few years, and as such which games get greenlit and how that production takes place.
Langdell has been around for a long time. Pretty much anyone who was actually developing games in the early 80's and is still doing it is at the top of the IGDA somewhere, just by virtue of being around. The IGDA is full of a lot of really earnest people. It also has its fair share of both Prats and Earnest Prats.
08/06/09
08/05/09
Dear Owen Good,
on behalf of the people of Kotaku, i would like to file a motion to change the picture displayed in this story.
This picture of Yim Langdell is not 100% accurate and could be confusing to people new to this story. Which is why i suggest his most recent picture.......
This way we can make sure no more confusion will be caused.
Thank you
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08/06/09
You sir, are a genius!
08/05/09
08/05/09
However, this is really not the way to go about this. Honestly, this sort of vigilante action only hurts the cause by making its writers appear juvenile.
08/05/09
At least this is keeping it in the public eye, which I think makes any sort of action far more likely.
08/05/09
07/24/09
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=100713289870
you can also donate direct to mobigames via PAYPAL in their fight against this morally bankrupt shit
mobigame@gmail.com
07/19/09
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07/18/09
* Marble Madness is about getting from one end of a course to the other as quickly as possible. Bobby Bearing is about exploring an open landscape. They share an isometric viewpoint and inertia-based controls but the aims of the game are very different. If anything, BB is a ripoff of the game Spindizzy.
* BB was a very well-reviewed game in its day, in spite of its obvious similarities to MM and Spindizzy (which most reviews mentioned, but overlooked due to the game's quality); it would be a shame if, through Langdell's actions, it became known as "that crappy game from the lawsuit."
* I'm even not sure if Tim Langdell has ever actually developed a commercially-released game; a quick look through World of Spectrum and CPC Zone reveals nothing released under his name -- I can't check Lemon64 because it's down at the moment -- so it's not as if the game's he's laying claim to are even ones he's written.
07/18/09
07/18/09
"first wave of games released by The Edge": http://z.pe/eT7
Proof 1: http://z.pe/eT8
Proof 2: http://z.pe/fmd
07/18/09
07/17/09
Just lookin' out for #2 here. Er, 1.
07/17/09
Too funny. :D
07/18/09
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07/17/09
This is almost as bad as a Patent Troll but seems, to my limited legal knowledge, to be easier to fight. All anyone has to do is prove that not only do people not connect the word edge to this individual, but prove that he hasn't done anything with it in over a decade. Plus since the word is a fairly generic word, they also have that going for them.
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