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[Anthony Flack]

I never even noticed that Introversion were the last Introversion.

[Dan MacDonald]

Wha, really?

Yeah I got the march issue of CGW right here  (the mention and screenie are on pg 42) ... and I saw it in another mag last month. It might not have been Edge.. it might have been PC Gamer. Either way.. you guys are getting much love from the mainstream ("core") press!

[DrDerekDoctors]

I'll check in EDGE today, someone's bound to have it at the office or I'll have a browse in WHSmiths on the way to work.

[Alec]

Pics or it didn't happen. 

[Alex May]

I'm pretty sure the way Introversion became "press favorites" was through an aggressive PR campaign headed by a dedicated press officer (Vicky Arundel).  That's also how the "last of the bedroom programmers" nonsense came about.  It was self-applied to grab press attention.

EDIT:  AFAIK

QFT

Also they freely admit to making forum plants to pimp their games. Proper plants, not just one-off spam posts. You know, post for a while then drop the link etc.

[DrDerekDoctors]

QFT

Also they freely admit to making forum plants to pimp their games. Proper plants, not just one-off spam posts. You know, post for a while then drop the link etc.

Now I understand why loadsa' people hated them then.

I'd hope it ain't true as planting is a bad, bad thing*. I feel bad enough pimping some free remake I've produced, I can't imagine stooping so low as to hire plants - sorry, "guerilla marketing" - sorry, "c*nts".



* this message was brought to you by the Council for the Stating of the Bloody Obvious.

[MattJ]

I dont think they were hiring plants, as you were told in your interview with Mr Tipping (you really ought to start listening the the replies!) Introversion have something like 13 business people and 1 coder/musician/artist fella. They openly admitted doing lots of "try this amazing game, i am just a regular member of the public, honest" forum posts in the Edge interview. They also said some other bullish arogant type things which I can't remember apart from the fact they came off as bullish and arrogant. The interview was done in a pub though, so perhaps they were drunk, which I think we can all approve of.

[DrDerekDoctors]

I dont think they were hiring plants, as you were told in your interview with Mr Tipping (you really ought to start listening the the replies!) Introversion have something like 13 business people and 1 coder/musician/artist fella. They openly admitted doing lots of "try this amazing game, i am just a regular member of the public, honest" forum posts in the Edge interview. They also said some other bullish arogant type things which I can't remember apart from the fact they came off as bullish and arrogant. The interview was done in a pub though, so perhaps they were drunk, which I think we can all approve of.

Hoho! I know they had publicity but that doesn't infer they used plants or preclude them from using plants, does it? That's why the plant information was new to me.

And yes, pub-based interviews are good. Unless they're audio, in which case its a nightmare to edit.

[MattJ]

Hoho! I know they had publicity but that doesn't infer they used plants or preclude them from using plants, does it? That's why the plant information was new to me.

Right, no, yes, they could have hired plants. I just meant they don't need to hire people because they have a load of marketing types with nothing to do but evil deeds.

[DrDerekDoctors]

Hoho! I know they had publicity but that doesn't infer they used plants or preclude them from using plants, does it? That's why the plant information was new to me.

Right, no, yes, they could have hired plants. I just meant they don't need to hire people because they have a load of marketing types with nothing to do but evil deeds.

Aah, I suppose a plant is a plant whether they're full time staff or an outside company hired to do it. Sorry, I was getting confused over your clarification.

[Anthony Flack]

Hasn't that recently been made illegal? As it is, essentially, lying to people in order to trick them into buying something?

[BMcC]

EDIT: PLEASE DON'T SUE ME.

Hahaha, you got me!

Hasn't that recently been made illegal? As it is, essentially, lying to people in order to trick them into buying something?

I think the technical term is "business as usual."

[ravuya]

Hasn't that recently been made illegal? As it is, essentially, lying to people in order to trick them into buying something?

Not illegal, but in the US you now have to divulge that information to the FTC.

Insidious, and if it's true my opinion of Introversion is seriously lowered.

[Terry]

Insidious, and if it's true my opinion of Introversion is seriously lowered.

I really quite like Introversion and their games, but they do a lot of stupid things that piss me off. Like this for example. See the cutout on the right-hand side...

[ravuya]

I love their games, but that kind of thing is just stupid.