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04/05/09
The extra 14,900 hours aren't going to do anything to increase your chances.
I really don't feel sorry for the guy, because it's not a whole lot different from deciding you're going to work for IBM as a software engineer, devoting 5 years of your life to learning how to code, then applying to the job and not getting hired... and then blaming IBM for all that time and effort you put in. Sorry, dude, sometimes things just don't work out. Accept it, and maybe plan a little better next time so you don't waste so much of your life.
04/04/09
So a guy can't get a fair shake without, what? Previous experience in the game industry? A CS degree and some kind of BS certification?
Why Reggie essentially said was, "We don't judge games based only on their intrinsic merit."
As someone who wants to be a writer but has no "credentials" in writing, this pisses me off. If it's good, who gives a fuck about anything else?
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Robert Pelloni, however, has mental problems and created a game that isn't actually any good or fun. He did a stupid thing to try to get attention and only proved that his mental problems make him inadequate to be a real game developer.
All in all, both parties are stupid and shouldn't be talking about video games.
They're perfect for the industry! :D
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@Ted:And thus, he did pretty much what Reggie said.
04/04/09
Way to go.
Can't wait to play "Imagine:Bonerz".
04/04/09
If he was trying to make a 'splash' why didn't he jump though all of the hoops needed? Why didn't he release something other then a game with sprites and other stuff ripped from other titles? More so why didn't he release on the other systems, THEN come to Nintendo?
And finally, why did he throw a huge fit and not only shoot himself in the foot with Nintendo, but with any publisher worth his salt? Stop crying about Nintendo telling him no, cry how Bob couldn't be professional enough to do what he needed to do.
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Crappy commercial developers on the other hand... ;)
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This is good publicity though. It may work out for him in the end.
04/04/09
Do you remember when it "ended" by him ransacking his "chamber"?
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I never felt bad for the guy, the whole thing just seemed silly. Especially when he showed his like 8 minute long game play video which simply consisted of your character walking around really fast.
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To become a Wiiware developer you for example are not allowed to work from your home office, you have to have a seperate registered office space somewhere else to where they then deliver the stuff.
That is a big showstopper for many indies.
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I'd buy that except you can basically pirate anything in the Wii right now. It's most easily hacked console this generation.
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One of the big ones that cost the guy was his ability to estabilsh a secure working environment when he showed he was willing to post confidential contact information for Nintendo employees on his page.
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@Prinny1God:He acted like a huge raving tit. Did you think 'speaking his mind' in the manner that he did would have no flashbacks?
@grumbel:He could have brought someone on or even asked in various developer fourms HOW to do it. That's nobody's fault but his own, not Nintendo's.
04/04/09
The Tetris story is pretty funny, because Nintendo had to outwit and directly deal with the KGB in order to get the rights to that game and they KGB wasn't very friendly to say the least.
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Bob's Game. This Summer, one man... will stand up... to an empire.
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Frankly, If I had put 15,000 hours into making a game in the hopes that a developer known for their welcoming attitude towards indie development would pick it up only to be ignored then ultimately turned down, I'd probably have a nervous breakdown too.
I say Pelloni should look to Valve or even Microsoft to see if there's any hope for releasing the game. The publicity this story has gotten alone would warrent a few sales.
04/04/09
Robert isn't crazy, but "bob" is.
Robert Pelloni's story (at least, what he claims), is that this has all been a viral ploy. Basically, he was acting out the events of "bob's game" by becoming "bob." Therefore, without even realizing it, we were playing "bob's game" in real life.
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Sure, that Pelloni guy surely had some issues but that doesn't detract from the fact that his game did look better than 95% of all third party developed for Nintendo consoles released in the past 5 years and I would probably have bought a DSi for it. And now I won't...
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01/13/09
I do feel for the guy, but there are thousands of people that have spent the bulk of the last 5 years working on games and how many of them have a game named after them sitting on a shelf in Gamestop? None. Even if his game is quality, Nintendo (a.k.a. the guys that print money) aren't going to take a chance on an egomaniac. There's no reason for him to give up, but he has to decide for himself whether he wants a viable commercial game, or he wants accolades and full reign.
01/11/09
I've skimmed comments and decided that even in the suitably jaded state in which I allowed myself to read this update, you can always become more so.
The vast majority of you are, well, kind of jerks.
You don't understand, do you, the kind of physical and mental sapping that goes on behind the scenes of even a "mediocre" TWO years of a project like that, do you. I sure don't. Not firsthand. But I've seen people become gaunt and feverish over something they let themselves believe in, and when that collapses, you should give a damn. If you're worthwhile individuals, you should give a damn for at least as long as it takes you to be distracted by the lint clogging up your navel.
I'm not defending his tantrum. I've had them, we've all had them, but there's no need to smear it all over the interwebs. The Link/Gannon reference, that's childish, sure. But again: people believe dumb things, superstitions, philosophies, religions even, if it thinks it will further them in their efforts, on the rare occasion some creative/exploratory/whatever urge seizes them and refuses to let go. Even when they fail. Especially when they fail. And don't forget he'd been locked in a room for 30 days. It was his doing, and maybe for less than brilliant reasons, sure, but psychologically speaking that's not going to leave you in tip-top shape, so surprise at the venom and melodrama in his rant is misplaced. What did you expect?
Clearly, for him to have given up from the gitco, from what I gather from your comments. And that's sad. Not surprising, because you'd have to be as naive as this guy--beautiful, at times, naiveté, but look how much it hurts when it's rubbed away--to believe in any lasting decency on the internet or anywhere.
But it's sad. Even if he fucked up, even if he failed, even if the memory of this will plague him the rest of his life...at least he tried. He believed. That's more than you ever did.
01/11/09
Seriously? Your post has more sap than Vermont during syrup season.
The guy gave it his best, yes. Nintendo didn't take him up on his game. Yes, he went through all the steps, but even so Nintendo rejected him. Big deal. He isn't the first, last, or best to have (what he thinks is) a good idea rejected by [insert nameless corporation here].
He's a whiny childish crybaby who didn't get what he wanted. And he responded by one again being a whiny childish crybaby. And performing a publicity stunt.
His fifteen minutes are up. And not a moment too soon.
01/11/09
That he was childish doesn't matter. How many people who really put effort into something they do are likable, decent human beings? But regardless of his character flaws, he did something you all didn't--I didn't--and your knee-jerk rain of hate on him is sad, to me.