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[Fuzz]

Fuzz, keep in mind that that's been said about a hundred times in this thread already.

I know. 

[Glaiel-Gamer]

Funny how if that is the actual premise of his game, then it makes even more sense why nintendo denied him.

Other than that, wtf?

[Bennett]

Oh, Bob. You have finally won me over, you big dork. That latest video made my day! 

Somehow he managed to go all the way through 'annoying' and come back out at 'entertaining'.

[AaronAardvark]

You had me at "It's the game I wanted to play when I was younger.  It didn't exist, so I made it."

[Bennett]

That whole video was like a scene from a Mike Myers movie. I kept expecting it to be like:

Bob: Bob's game is a game about a young independent developer who develops and publishes the best videogame ever made - Bob's game!

[screen splits into two mirror images of Bob]

Bob x 2: In turn, that game is a game in which Yuu develops the best videogame ever made...

[screen splits into four mirror images of Bob]

Bob x 4: Bob's Game!!!

[Proc]

I was oblivious of this guy’s story until now because I live in a cave.

What if Bob ditched the comical obsessive attitude was 800pounds and had a soft ice-cream machine next to his desk?
Would a handful of people suddenly accept him as a solo act –OR- focus on the fact he only had vanilla loaded in the machine while he worked.

I’ve met a ton of fruit cakes in the industry, and I can’t help but think to myself what kind of games would be made without these individuals’ influences.
Without attempting to derail a 50page topic here, what top 3 traits would you consider a necessity for a developer to have to be considered acceptable?
Creativity
Dedication
A cool toque?

The thought of bob lighting himself on fire in protest outside Nintendo headquarters does have some sick appeal to me. Sure would give indie games a spot light.

Go Go gadget insanity!

[Kneecaps]

I guess I'm too tired for it to make sense to me.

It's a game.  But it's a game in a game.  But that's in a game!  But everything's been a game!  Multiplayer puzzle games!  game

[Inanimate]

I was telling my dad this morning about this, and that same thing came up. We ended with:

It's a game, about a guy making a game, who is in a game, but is also making a game, and his marketing campaign is like a game, and that's about a game, in a game, but also outside the game, where he is making a game, about him making a game, which is about the game industry, and you play other games. In the game.

[lordmetroid]

ohh jisses, now I know the whole story, dude couldn't you at least had a spoiler warning?

[Cray]

I want to play bob's game now after those last two videos

I hope he put attitude like that into the entire game, except without the unskippable 8 minute cutscenes

[Stane]

Ha! He had us all along :-) Cool!

Bloody viral marketing.

[William Broom]

Uh... didn't we already know it was viral marketing?

[lordmetroid]

Uh... didn't we already know it was viral marketing?

Yes, a few decade of pages ago. We speculated that it was either a tremendously crazy viral marketing strategy that was biting him in the ass regarding his reputation as an indie developer, or that he was actually insane.

[Eclipse]

i think this dude is the most narcissus and selfish i've ever saw.
He just can't stop to drop his face everywhere, in pixel art on a character, bigger, in pixel art during a cutscene, pixelated during a dialog and in real life too. what the fuck...

also: from a jrpg style game to a "multiplayer championship", that's the proof he just built all this shit only during this days, and i bet the game is very far from being completed, if he spend all this time doing this stuff....

[Don Andy]

Cue everybody who knew this all a long.

I did, btw.

[Stane]

Uh... didn't we already know it was viral marketing?

yup... it's me just restating the obvious... sorry.

[hatu]

i think this dude is the most narcissus and selfish i've ever saw.
He just can't stop to drop his face everywhere, in pixel art on a character, bigger, in pixel art during a cutscene, pixelated during a dialog and in real life too. what the fuck...

also: from a jrpg style game to a "multiplayer championship", that's the proof he just built all this shit only during this days, and i bet the game is very far from being completed, if he spend all this time doing this stuff....

I'm with Eclipse here.
Also who the heck says "this is viral marketing". I believe that if on day 100 the game hits the shelves. Right now I'm going with "pay attention to me!!!!"

[Codemonkey]

Would some kind soul explain the last 50 pages in one concise post? 

[siiseli]

Would some kind soul explain the last 50 pages in one concise post? 

Sure:

Lol

[Capten]

i think this dude is the most narcissus and selfish i've ever saw.
He just can't stop to drop his face everywhere, in pixel art on a character, bigger, in pixel art during a cutscene, pixelated during a dialog and in real life too. what the fuck...

Well, this is Bob's game after all

Also, I found this on bobsgame.com:

"It's a game, about a guy making a game, who is in a game, but is also making a game,
and his marketing campaign is like a game, and that's about a game, in a game,
but also outside the game, where he is making a game, about him making a game,
which is about the game industry, and you play other games. In the game."
- Inanimate (TIGsource forum)

We have a winner.