Comments on: Infinity Ward Vs VG247 readers – no holds barred

By: Michael O'Connor

Michael O'Connor — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:38:45 +0000

“VG247 is going to get a reputation for Kotick hating.”

You say that like it’s a bad thing.

Credit to VG247, most websites wouldn’t even have *dared* to ask the questions regarding him. They’d be deemed “too controversial”.

People are complaining that the answers were too evasive, but you can easily read between the lines here; Infinity Ward obviously don’t have much love for Activision’s approach to publishing, but they clearly take pride in the work and innovation that they do… as they rightly should.

By: freedoms_stain

freedoms_stain — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:41:38 +0000

Steph, often true, however it’s rare that you come across an individual that embodies both :p

By: Stephany Nunneley

Stephany Nunneley — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:19:31 +0000

In life, you are always choosing between a giant douche and a turd sandwich.

By: freedoms_stain

freedoms_stain — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:37:58 +0000

Deep down we’re all just jealous because he gets paid millions to tell people what to do.

Oh yeah, and he stifles innovation.

Cunt.

By: SticKboy

SticKboy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:21:42 +0000

freedoms_stain, that post has had me chuckling for the past two minutes now

By: Detale

Detale — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:19:15 +0000

You say that like it’s a bad thing

By: freedoms_stain

freedoms_stain — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:13:09 +0000

VG247 is going to get a reputation for Kotick hating.

Next week: VG247 interviews Bobby Kotick himself with reader questions such as: “Why are you such a cunt, you cunt?”

“which of the following describes you best: a) giant douche, or b) turd sandwich”

By: Herlock

Herlock — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:04:20 +0000

Pat, yu rock!
Rob Bowling seems very cool.

By: slayernl

slayernl — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:00:57 +0000

Thanks a lot pat, for the Q&A

By: SticKboy

SticKboy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:54:49 +0000

Getting proper answers wasn’t the point – I never expected serious ones anyway. I just wanted to drive the message home.

By: JonFE

JonFE — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:47:51 +0000

Cheers for shooting questions on our behalf Pat!

By: Gekidami

Gekidami — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:47:46 +0000

And in the end he pretty much answered them in the most evasive ways possible anyway…

By: SticKboy

SticKboy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:45:40 +0000

@ Gek – all your questions about gameplay will be answered when the game gets released. This was a good chance for us to ask the questions that rarely ever get past the big publisher’s PR machine.

By: phatb0y

phatb0y — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:42:43 +0000

Good questions. Shit answers.

Annoying when these interviews turn out like they have the meter running.

By: Dralen

Dralen — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:42:06 +0000

@Pat
Dammit, I thought there might have been something behind that word, but I was secretly praying it wasn’t true.

By: SticKboy

SticKboy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:41:03 +0000

Thankyou for getting my questions answered, Pat! Mr Bowling seems like an okay guy to me

By: Gekidami

Gekidami — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:41:01 +0000

14 questions all about Kotick and pricing. Not impressed.

By: G1GAHURTZ

G1GAHURTZ — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:39:37 +0000

Cool!

By: Patrick Garratt

Patrick Garratt — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:38:17 +0000

Dralen – I hate to be the prophet of doom, but I’d pay close attention to the word “officially,” there…

By: DrDamn

DrDamn — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:36:47 +0000

Re:Bots – worth reading the EG hands on piece with regard to the co-op SpecOps stuff – whilst not strictly bots in MP it does sound good and surprisingly varied.

By: ScreenTearing

ScreenTearing — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:35:23 +0000

“I think people appreciate our games for what they are, and can separate what we do from what Activision does” Ouch.

Of course it’s no surprise that Infinity Ward and Activision don’t have a good relationship.

By: DrDamn

DrDamn — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:33:56 +0000

Bah – someone else asked the question I wanted answered (respawning enemies) so I didn’t bother asking as well and it don’t look like it was asked :/ – is there more to come Pat?

By: bobbymington

bobbymington — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:19:12 +0000

Damn no Aliens

By: Robo_1

Robo_1 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:13:42 +0000

@mescalineeyes

Indeed. Surly that can’t be it????

By: Windsmeare

Windsmeare — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:11:47 +0000

Damn, no Zombies.

By: mescalineeyes

mescalineeyes — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:08:08 +0000

that was fantastic. I reckon there’s a proper interview coming up some time as well…?

By: ReeceHeywood

ReeceHeywood — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:07:41 +0000

No bots? Fuck sake.

Cheers Pat for asking.

By: blackdreamhunk

blackdreamhunk — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:07:03 +0000

lol thank you vg247 for the questions. I just wanted to see where cod game devs stands in regards to pc gaming.

By: Dralen

Dralen — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:05:45 +0000

Woot! I feel so important cos my question was top of the list. And I’m really pleased that the PC version isn’t being delayed.

By: reask

reask — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:02:50 +0000

Where’s my question?
/cries