Comments on: Molyneux confirms two more “Fable-compatible” XBLA games

By: morriss

morriss — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:49:52 +0000

Maybe he thought it was fair enough considering he could do what the fuck he liked thereafter. As I said, playing the game.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:11:07 +0000

“Providing you hype these other fantastic products like they were your own babies”, of course. Don’t you just hate the small print?

By: morriss

morriss — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:41:12 +0000

Why would he want to stick to the man who has given him and his team 100% creative freedom and time to make the game he wants to make?

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:36:08 +0000

Well, quite. But we don’t have to do press releases about how ‘great’ these ideas are. You can still stick it to the man by acting slightly sniffy every time someone asks about it.

By: morriss

morriss — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:21:24 +0000

I think a certain amount of ‘playing the game’ is just a fact of life. I think anyone will tell you that the idea of being your own man and bowing to no-one and never conforming or toeing the party line is pretty naive, tbh.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:14:33 +0000

People might bitch about him, but I like Peter. He’s one of the few guys out there who isn’t afraid to aim high even though he knows he might not hit the target. Seeing him try to put together a half-arsed defence of this stupid marketing ploy is real cringe-worthy stuff. How the mighty are castrated.

By: morriss

morriss — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:00:56 +0000

Fair comment, Blerk. It does seem to be a bit of a cash-in. One that I’ll most likely blindly let take advantage of me too.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:58:59 +0000

I can’t believe this is Peter’s idea. Hooking up completely non-related games to Fable to transfer cash? Please. Some marketing guy’s latest “hey, I know how we can shift these crap XBLA titles!” spunk-a-thon, no doubt. Don’t belittle your project, Peter.

By: morriss

morriss — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:54:27 +0000

In fact, that’s got me thinking. Can you kill your own child in the game? Not that I want to of course, but surely they can’t get away with implementing that feature?

By: morriss

morriss — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:51:19 +0000

I think I’ll cry if I see my child weep as I batter my wife when I get bored with her.