tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374017.post3293418429862652228..comments2023-12-22T08:02:00.933-08:00Comments on Rom's Rants: Dave Perry Is A God-Damned IdiotMichael Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14404101180817070293noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374017.post-3116001844298040062007-03-22T05:16:00.000-07:002007-03-22T05:16:00.000-07:00David Perry hasn't shipped a single game worthy of...David Perry hasn't shipped a single game worthy of praise since the days of Mick & Mack: Global Gladiators, Cool Spot and Aladdin. <BR/><BR/>After producing turd after turd after turd, he ditches Shiny when the company has two feet in the grave (thanks to the disastrous Matrix videogames HE designed), founds a game consultancy firm (he who hasn't shipped a half-decent game in decades, if at all), and now wants to create yet another product in a market that's beyond oversaturated - and where if your name isn't World of Warcraft, you're pocket lint.<BR/><BR/>And he wants to do so without bothering with those pesky game testers with their shifty little eyes and their nasty complaints about minutia such as, "clicking any button on the main menu formats the hard drive, causes global thermonuclear war and gets your wife to divorce you".<BR/><BR/>God-damned idiot: I couldn't agree more wholeheartedly.Francesco Polihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111912134586972929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374017.post-88387462422048411172007-03-21T19:25:00.000-07:002007-03-21T19:25:00.000-07:00Wow Michael, I can feel your rage! I read the sam...Wow Michael, I can feel your rage! I read the same article and was just about as fired up as you were. I'll save it for my own blog post later. But in general, I agree with you. I think he's trying to use the term "testing" for something that it isn't. Of course, Next-Gen.biz's limited comprehension of game testing doesn't help all that much either.Samantha Kalmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12805723393207340194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5374017.post-5639555381621826912007-03-21T18:56:00.000-07:002007-03-21T18:56:00.000-07:00Ignore the idiots and do your best to make sure yo...Ignore the idiots and do your best to make sure you leave them ample room with which to crash and burn horribly. You're not going to change his mind. And while it's unfortunate that he seems to be in a position of some influence (meaning he will drag others down with him), he also sounds like one of those pompous pinheads who cannot even manage to entertain the notion that they might be wrong. When his scheme collapses due to all the issues you already mentioned, you want to be far enough away to avoid getting burned.Drogohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01838544565258966189noreply@blogger.com