FeelTheRads
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I was mostly referring to the people wanting to pay Al Lowe to say good stuff about their game.
But yeah, that too.
But yeah, that too.
I always admired the Williams for seeing ahead and selling their share of the company just before the shit hit the ventilator. They collect yachts and will live the rest of their days travelling the world carefree now.
I have to admit that we could be getting good games now if they had ended up broke.
Sorry Al, I love your games. I really do. I have very fond memories of playing all of the Leisure Suit Larry games way back to the 80's. However, regretfully, I feel that you have done a deal with the devil by singing with this Paul Trowe character. The guy is extremely toxic and goes against everything the Sierra games and their legacy ever stood for.
Paul Trowe has a shocking track record of behavior on just this Kickstarter project alone; ranging from lying about you (Al Lowe) being involved with threatening legal action against Sam Suede, to trolling the comments section of other Kickstarter projects (like SpaceVenture by the 2 Guys) under the fake names "GameSpyGeek" and "ZirconJimLaffer83" (I bet there are others), using inflammatory and highly childish vitriol in his exclusive updates ("trades up"), impersonating Josh Mandel (and probably you too), Trying to misdirect the 2 Guys from licensing Space Quest, calling his own Kickstarter backers (who gave him over $600K, no less) 'dictators and jackasses on Twitter. And the list just goes on and on...
This creep might think he's real clever using "Guerrilla Marketing" to draw attention to himself and the Larry franchise, but as most of the community can now see, he is really damaging it, and damaging the good names of Josh Mandel and Al Lowe in the process. Absolutely NOTHING Adventure Mob said about you guys could begin to compare to the damage Trowe is doing to your collective reputations. And I say that almost apologetically.
Paul Trowe is obviously out of his league here. The guy is certainly not CEO material, and he has no other game design talents to speak of! It's obvious the only things he's bringing to the table are all bad and negative. Honestly, Trowe seems like dead weight to this project, which would do just fine - even better - without him being involved at all.
The community has seen this guy for who he is, it stinks, and they don't like it! Now they are speaking out for valid reasons. Please don't try to defend the indefensible. I find it so sad that Al and Josh got conned into dealing with someone who exhibits all the traits of a sociopath. I really wish the Larry game was coming out in a more positive light.
why do you hate capitalism?I think the whole thing is also frequently mentioned as to why they retired from gaming and refuse to come back. Building up your own successfull company and then having it taken away by shitheads does that to you.
In case someone still doubts publishers are lying assholes: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/leisure-suit-larry-creator-talks-dirty-about-the-past-and-future/
In before: "LOL disgruntled employee, publishers have no faults ever!"
Speaking of Sierra's demise, I have been playing Gabriel Knight 3, which was their last adventure game, and I'm quite sure you can blame it in itself for the demise of adventure games and the company. I do understand that there was already difficulties at Sierra, but GK3 is both marvellous and horrible. It is the climax of a gameplay system that simply couldn't go on.
How to rent a bike in Gabriel Knight 3:
-Steal some guy's passport, draw a fake moustache on his passport, steal his jacket, find a cat, stick duct tape next to a door, chase cat to door, get cat hair from door, glue cat hair to your face using MARPLE SYRUP. And voila, you are disguised as the renter of a bike, one that doesn't have a moustache, but hey, you drew a fake moustache on his passport !
How to open a stuck window in Gabriel Knight 3:
-Go to your apartment, open your own window, climb on the roof, intrude on your neighbour's appartment through the window, go to the bathroom, steal cream for hemorroid (no shit), leave the appartment, go to stuck window, use hemorroid cream on stuck window.
And most of the plot is not making sense either. At one point you see some suspicious guys going to some place, but the main character won't care at all before he solves an entirely convoluted and not making any sense puzzle by drawing hexagrams, circles, triangles on a map which leads to... oh , that suspsicous place where suspicious characters ! Better check that out ! You control also two characters which refuse to interact with each others, sometimes not mentioning trival things like a vampire attack that happened in the middle of the night.
Fuck this shit. Adventure games of that era died for a reason.They are now being ressurected in a much saner form.
I do not deny the heritage of the Sierra era. It is great, I consider them classic. The story in GK3 is, albeit flawed, a masterpiece. But the gameplay elements was just trying to one-up each other games in ridiculousness and complexity. At some point, the bubble burst and gamers couldn't stand it anymore. It is not the ONLY reason, of course. 3D acceleration and Quake happened. But between GK3 and that scene in KQ8 early in the game when you get to kill a monster shitting down a toilet, what happened is no wonder. They failed to attract new gamers and disgusted old gamers. Sadly, there was no more room in the industry for Ken, Roberta, Jane Jensen, Al Lowe, The Two Guys for a long time.
Well, yeah, every time he opens his mouth he comes across as a jackass, so it's probably a good PR strategy to keep him out of the spotlight, and doing whatever else it is he does.Is it me or has Paul Trowe's public role been incredibly minimized since all that bullshit a few months ago? Josh handles all the updates, and you barely (if ever) see him comment on the game or what's current. Anyone else confirm this?
This guy is a fuckin liar, by the way. Ban Luzur.man, Lowe is getting old.
i still remember when he had color in his hair.
and hair.
This guy is a fuckin liar, by the way. Ban Luzur.man, Lowe is getting old.
i still remember when he had color in his hair.
and hair.
This guy is a fuckin liar, by the way. Ban Luzur.man, Lowe is getting old.
i still remember when he had color in his hair.
and hair.
who are you again?
also, look, doesnt he have more hair there and even color in it? MORAN
This guy is a fuckin liar, by the way. Ban Luzur.man, Lowe is getting old.
i still remember when he had color in his hair.
and hair.
who are you again?
also, look, doesnt he have more hair there and even color in it? MORAN
No! He is bald as your mama's vagina, you goddamn fount of misinformation!