I’m back in the saddle again, now with new hissy fit!
And lo, there came a time when the WMDs were not found, but the WWMD was still here. In that, the forsaken time, the Matt shall rise again, like a phoenix from the ashes…ah, fuck it, I’m back, I’m still here, I’m ready to call people stupid. It’s kinda my gig.
To start it off, I’m not going to talk about this. Why? Because the more attention paid to Trolls on the internet, the happier they are. I say fuck them. If said Troll can’t even be bothered to play the game, I can’t be bothered to respond. PA puts if very nicely here.
To really start it off, I have to thank John Romero and Mike Wilson. Without them, this post wouldn’t be here today. I would have continued to think, maybe I should start updating the site again and then not doing it. Which I’m very good at.
Instead, we have an old school hissy fit by two of the older gentlemen in the game. You may or may not remember these jokers from the likes of Ion Storm, or Wilson from God Games or Romero from…well, whatever he’s been doing since Daikatana was the biggest hyped piece of junk of it’s time. Most likely though, you probably don’t remember because neither of these guys have done much in recent years…at least not much related to games. Except for a lot of talk about Gamecock and how it’s teh awesome. Awesome yet to be seen. But, you ask, what brings us together today? This aforementioned hissy fit:
From John last week:
It got much worse at Godgames where he pretty much just partied all the time and after the whole thing got reined in by Take 2 he went underground for a while, waiting for his next victim/investor so he could go hogwild all over again. And thus was born Gamecock.
Awesome sauce!
Of course, Mr. Wilson being the big child that he is and not taking well to being called a jackass, responds:
And unlike you, I didn’t get to file a federal trademark for my own personal catch phrase,” Suck it Down.” I remind you of these things only to remind you that there was absolutely nothing done by me or Ion Storm, including the advertisements which bore your name and which you happily posed for, that didn’t require your full approval and grand signature.
It’s much longer than that, but it amounts to more he said, he said bullshit. And I love it. I miss the days of the .plan updates, the developers talking smack all the time and the heated flame wars. I for one am tired of the facade! Bring on the fun, bring on the retards, bring on more old school gents still trying to make it in today’s gaming world!
Or maybe, neither of them should be doing this and it’s not only not good for their companies, but not smart. Nah, that’s crazy talk. To be fair, Romero did update with a I think we’re mature enough to stop this post, but we’ll see.
What Would Matt Do: I’m just happy to be back in the saddle again! And if I were either Romero or Wilson, I’d keep my fucking head down until I proved myself again. They both came from some really big money losses and failures and probably shouldn’t be shooting off at the mouth about it. But hey, I guess that why I don’t work in the game industry, I just don’t know how to properly behave.