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Jonathan Blow doesn't read contracts carefully.
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GoodCoffeeJoey
Banned
Lol. What a rube.
MightyHedgehog
Member
Then do the reasonable thing and simply ignore the creators and enjoy their works. Endless numbers of personalities have created great works in the arts and craft, and games are no exception. Chances are things you like are made by assholes and you don't know it. Doesn't change their works and how you can enjoy them fine.
Turkishflavor
Banned
Miles Quaritch
Member
Oh dear, how embarrassing for Blow.
I guess he blew a gasket for no reason.
Yeah.jog
I guess he blew a gasket for no reason.
Yeah.jog
Kill Your Masters
Member
Blow took some acid over the weekend, is on a Braid-esque time traveling trip.
exmachina64
Banned
And before they became known for these wildly successful games, they probably struggled to make ends meet.
You don't have to stop yourself from playing well-known indie games like the ones you listed either. Even though Jonathan Blow, Phil Fish, and Notch are well-off, other people work at their companies and would like to continue earning a paycheck.
Dr. Black Jack
Member
It's hard to keep track of the specifics of your contracts when you spend all of your time convincing everyone how smart/special/unique/genius you are.
Fuck this guy. Dude makes Super Mario World with the PoP time reversal mechanic and suddenly he's a top designer?
Fuck this guy. Dude makes Super Mario World with the PoP time reversal mechanic and suddenly he's a top designer?
Have you played Braid at all? That's not a very apt comparison.
Being an adult and all he probably doesn't give any fucks about what people who don't even know him think of him.
The guy is a genius, he can say what he likes in my eyes, still nothing but respect for him. He gave us Braid for Christ's sake.
jakonovski
Member
"Oh I forgot everything about my main source of income, lol."
Not even first world problems, this is 1% problems.
Not even first world problems, this is 1% problems.
inpHilltr8r
Member
The rich and hedonistic life of indie game devs. You know "Blow" is not his real name?
Sparrowhawk
Member
So he's saying he'll take it off the 360 Marketplace because he's mad and it sells better on Steam? I'm pretty sure 9/10 people bought it on PC when it was on sale for like a buck.
How is this hedonism? Was he in a coked gang bang when he posted it?
What's with all the hate?
People like this dude for singlehandidly fixed MS indie-policies to a huge extent, by airing out their troubles.
If these sucesfull indies hadn't compained about their experience/treatment before, Sony/Nintendo wouldn't have known what MS did wrong, and provide a better service, then MS would never get a incentive to fix their policies..
I saw alot of threads were people were bragging of MS and XBLA last generation, just because Fez/Braid/etc. turned out sucesfull.
If MS had informed him on e-mail, this wouldn't have been a twitter-issue.. :-/
People like this dude for singlehandidly fixed MS indie-policies to a huge extent, by airing out their troubles.
If these sucesfull indies hadn't compained about their experience/treatment before, Sony/Nintendo wouldn't have known what MS did wrong, and provide a better service, then MS would never get a incentive to fix their policies..
I saw alot of threads were people were bragging of MS and XBLA last generation, just because Fez/Braid/etc. turned out sucesfull.
If MS had informed him on e-mail, this wouldn't have been a twitter-issue.. :-/
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Metallix87
Member
Don't you mean "game"?
Right, so a dev being "rather emotional" about his own game on Twitter justfies slagging him off, calling him a fucking idiot, etc?
No, him signing a contract and complaining when the other party executes the contract as they agreed upon is reason to call him an idiot...
Him bitching about a price change that happened four years ago is reason to call him an idiot...
Him noticing it after four years is reason to call him an idiot...
That he probably was notified when it happened, and/or gave permission and now bitching about it is a reason to call him an idiot...
Teletraan1
Banned
Good thing we can see what happened on the internet forever and deleting tweets cant erase the rich tapestry and nuance of how this played out. This story will make for a great book series or movie trilogy that will be worth much more than any game will because I care more about the personalities of game developers than the actual games they produce.
There are a lot of assholes and people with enlarged egos in the industry. But that doesn't stop me from playing good games. It shouldn't stop you either.
People refusing to buy someone's game because of what that person may have said (that has no effect on the game's quality whatsoever) are being just as whiny, bitchy and unreasonable as the one they are "boycotting". What the fuck are standing up for? What are you fighting? Seriously. Faux outrage GAF is by far the most obnoxious part of our community. Just shut the hell up. Sure poke fun at him and make jokes, but there is no need to get pitch forks and be offended. Just stop.
Devs so mindlessly dumb shit all the time. Doesn't stop me from enjoying their work.
People refusing to buy someone's game because of what that person may have said (that has no effect on the game's quality whatsoever) are being just as whiny, bitchy and unreasonable as the one they are "boycotting". What the fuck are standing up for? What are you fighting? Seriously. Faux outrage GAF is by far the most obnoxious part of our community. Just shut the hell up. Sure poke fun at him and make jokes, but there is no need to get pitch forks and be offended. Just stop.
Devs so mindlessly dumb shit all the time. Doesn't stop me from enjoying their work.
Wolfe
Member
No I totally understand, that's just my viewpoint on it. To be fair I also don't go out of my way to expose myself to things like this so for the most part I remain oblivious to it so it's mainly based upon the things I catch from the places I do frequent like GAF.
If anything I expect most people to have the opposite view on this than me I guess.
Lord British
Member
What else is new?
Haunted
Member
Yeah, I think this is a pretty accurate analogy.
Of course some people will use the opportunity to take some potshots at Blow so it'll take a couple more days for this to be forgotten compared to a random poster on GAF getting mocked for the mistake, but eh.
The moral is: use Twitter at your own risk, people will see what you write.
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
lol I never make mistakes
shouamabane
Member
Big deal?
Fattony12000
Member
I still haven't finished Braid.
I bought it on day one.
LOL.
I bought it on day one.
LOL.
People are overreacting a bit. He was surprised about something, realized his mistake, corrected himself. The end. Hardly bringing out "the worst".
Metallix87
Member
He wants to raise the price of a six year old game. That's horrible.
Haunted
Member
To be fair, at this point the people recognising that it was a small mistake and not a big deal outnumber the people taking potshots in the thread, so there's that.
