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[Nirolak]

https://mobile.twitter.com/GearboxSoftware/status/840947103291580417
https://mobile.twitter.com/GearboxSoftware/status/840947790905769984

If someone could drag the two images over that would be wonderful. I can't get the images to copy on my phone.

 

[DOWN]

What a strange leap

 

[careless mango]

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[Nirolak]

Thanks.

 

[Crashdown]

Well, Randy Pitchford is a magician...

 

[Affeinvasion]

This feels like one of those classic gaming magazine April Fool's stories.

 

[kubev]

Desert Bus VR

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Yikes... Gearbox humor is shit.

 

[Crashdown]

From Randy Pitchford's wikipedia page:

"Philanthropy

In 2013, Pitchford pledged $25,000 US to Penn Jillette and Adam Rifkin's crowdfunded film Director's Cut. In return for pledging, Pitchford received an executive producer credit as well as Jillette's ponytail."

 

[Piston Hyundai]

What a strange leap

Gearbox Software making a game about sleight of hand is the least strange leap I can imagine.

 

[careless mango]

<snip>

 

[ashecitism]

I don't know what Penn and Teller is. Google says it's a magician act with humor?

 

[gogojira]

Magically fleece publishers out of money in a true VR environment!

 

[dh4niel]

Well, Randy Pitchford is a magician...

He's definitely something...

 

[Zukkoyaki]

Developing or is this something they're publishing through their new publishing arm?

 

[MUnited83]

I don't know what Penn and Teller is. Google says it's a magician act with humor?

Seems like the perfect fit, Gearbox loves to make people's wallet disappear then laugh about it.

 

[KZXcellent]

I hope they aren't writing it.

 

[CalamityPixel]

It's pretty well known Randy is a huge magic fan, so this aint a big surprise.

 

[Permanently A]

 

[EdReedFan20]

What a strange leap

Not really. Randy Pitchford does magic, I think as a side thing (not joking) and did some panel or something a while back with Penn Jillette (don't remember what that was about). They must've decided to team up on a project.

Edit- D.I.C.E. Summit 2016 - Penn Jillette & Gearbox Software's Randy Pitchford

Check out Penn Jillette & Gearbox Software's Randy Pitchford speaking at the #DICE2016 Summit about "Assumptions and Expectations with Interactivity and Magic."

 

[Mohonky]

For some reason I keep equating VR to mid 90's FMV and thats what this news feels like....

 

[RionaaM]

Is this a new game, or an HD version of the unreleased Smoke and Mirrors? Or maybe it'd include both.

 

[Gabriel_Logan]

Its a Penn and Teller Bullshit episode about Colonial Marines in VR.

 

[Kifimbo]

Images are new, but the collaboration is a year old: http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/12/10756876/desert-bus-2-vr-oculus-rift-playstation-vr-penn-jillette

"He's calling it Desert Bus 2.0," Jillette said of the sequel. "I'm calling it Desert Bus 1.0003. It'll be a period piece, it'll be set in 1992, like the original Desert Bus, just high-fidelity. We're doing a couple other games. It'll be a bundle of things. We're talking to a bunch of people. It'll probably be agnostic in terms of platform. It'll probably be for the [Oculus] Rift and for the PlayStation VR."

The pics made me realize Teller probably had more fat weight the Penn nowadays.

 

[veloxStrix]

Gearbox has really been high rolling it these last few years. I'm always amazed by the brilliant creativity that comes from that studio and the excellent decision making skills they have.

 

[The Illiterati]

Gearbox has really been high rolling it these last few years. I'm always amazed by the brilliant creativity that comes from that studio and the excellent decision making skills they have.

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[collige]

This is the most excited I've been for a Gearbox game since BL2.

 

[Ban Puncher]

 

[Fisty]

Ok Randy, I like P&T as much as the next guy, but this is getting a bit creepy

 

[Anung]

Now watch dear audience as I make budget for Colonial Marines disappear.

*poof* and it's gone.

 

[MrCunningham]

For some reason I keep equating VR to mid 90's FMV and thats what this news feels like....

I honestly have a soft spot for '90's FMV games and I am kinda happy to see a small come back for the genre. Penn And Teller's Smoke and Mirrors was an FMV styled game for the Sega CD add-on, but it was never released.

Conceptually this game was way to out there (it was designed to troll the player), and was planned to be released on an add-on with a niche audience. It probably would not have sold very well. I think VR might be an interesting format to make a spiritual successor for Smoke and Mirrors . It is perfect for screwing with the player's heads. Desert Bus VR could be amazing too. But it all comes down to how well Gearbox will execute the game.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

P & T should have instead partnered with SCS Software for Desert Bus 2.0. "From the makers of Euro Truck Simulator" has a more authentic ring to it than "From the makers of Battleborn"