Reality Show Creates MMO Kaos, Romero Intervenes
The newish VH1 Game Break blog has a suitably descriptive entry on a new 'gaming reality show' launched by the folks at IDG's Games.net - and it's the first interesting video doc about games we've seen done for online, actually.
As the VH1 folks explain: "In the online reality show called “Creating Kaos,” David goes up against the Goliath “World Of Warcraft” for dominance of the MMORPG space. You’ll meet Damian Grow, a two-day-a-week doorman and “full time CEO,” who only has enough money to buy chips and Chinese food to eat. Legendary game maker John Romero bets Damian can’t do make his game a big seller. Meanwhile, one of the designers lost his family because of his all-consuming compulsion for creating "Kaos.""
The game, incidentally, is Kaos War - Rise Of The Fallen, and we're particularly ticked by the fact that the related GamePro article has Games.net video producer Wendy Chan commenting: "People have already started comparing John Romero to [American Idol judge] Simon Cowell." Only with added robot frogs, right?
Comments
Who in the hell does Romero think he is? Talk about a washed up no talent hack of a developer who only got to where he was riding Carmacks coattails.
Its fine he took the money and ran but he needs to quit popping up acting like he knows something about the industry today. Last I heard he was all about making Gameboy games since thats about his level of game development skill without his old buddies at ID. A novel idea but what now that the DS and PSP are the new portable standard, with their "fancy 3D graphics?" I guess he can always do flash based games for websites like VH1 while he fires off his mouth at real programmers.
Man, what an absolute toolbag.
Posted by: Brian Peppers | October 22, 2007 4:40 AM
Also, if I ever found myself at or near Romeros home I would drag my balls across his living room carpet. That is if he can afford any!! I would pretty much teabag everything the man owns. INCLUDING all the old Doom floppies he probably still clings to as he cries himself to sleep at night. Man, what a f00king douchehole.
Posted by: Brian Peppers | October 22, 2007 4:51 AM