Author Topic: how did chris kohler get hired by wired? (Read 1860 times)

hyp · « **on:** September 12, 2007, 02:47:40 PM »

dude is like the biggest nintendork on the planet. japan getting NOTHING? it's obvious japan isn't on top of the priority list, but saying they're getting nothing is on some fanboy bullshit.

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/09/microsoft-to-ja.html

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"Microsoft To Japan: 'We Got Nothing'"

"Do you come with the controller?"

"Oh, you. Tee hee hee!"

At E3 2005, Microsoft filled the front rows of their press conference with shills, audience plants who hooted and hollered and applauded the arrival of the Xbox 360. I thought they'd learned their lesson, but they did it again at this year's Tokyo Game Show press conference.

This time, at least, they put them in the back. They were Xbox Live community members from Japan, ostensibly. And on cue, they hooted, hollered, and applauded in a very, very un-Japanese manner. Almost as if they were asked to. This is a country who goes to professional wrestling matches and sits there in stony-faced silence.

demi · « **Reply #1 on:** September 12, 2007, 02:50:28 PM »

lol, Chris Kohler

T234 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 12, 2007, 02:51:06 PM »

Truth.

EDIT: To clear up any confusion, I agree that that is some bullshit.

hyp · « **Reply #3 on:** September 12, 2007, 02:59:59 PM »

Shuri · « **Reply #4 on:** September 12, 2007, 05:27:13 PM »

That guy wrote a book called 'How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life '. That's all you need to know.

bud · « **Reply #5 on:** September 12, 2007, 05:31:39 PM »

who's chris kohler

tiesto · « **Reply #6 on:** September 12, 2007, 05:42:24 PM »

Quote from: Shuri on September 12, 2007, 05:27:13 PM

That guy wrote a book called 'How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life '. That's all you need to know.

He namedropped me and my old ZZT site in "Retro Gaming Hacks", there is no way I can hate.

Robo · « **Reply #7 on:** September 12, 2007, 05:42:55 PM »

Quote from: bud on September 12, 2007, 05:31:39 PM

who's chris kohler

He's the turd that wrote the above book, which I'm sure you've seen around if you've ever been in a Gamestop or an EB, and he's "kobun heat" on GAF, ninthing joke character.

bud · « **Reply #8 on:** September 12, 2007, 05:46:45 PM »

oh, right, i forgot.

uwe boll telled him to fuck his mom.

Beezy · « **Reply #9 on:** September 12, 2007, 06:20:49 PM »

Quote from: bud on September 12, 2007, 05:46:45 PM

oh, right, i forgot.

uwe boll telled him to fuck his mom.

Kyle · « **Reply #10 on:** September 12, 2007, 08:19:44 PM »

it looks like that sony is paying the bloggers over the internet gooooooooood

ferricide · « **Reply #11 on:** September 13, 2007, 02:54:12 AM »

i love chris but i do think it's awfully convenient for him right now that sony is sucking it up and nintendo is winning. i don't think he's unfair, but he does love the ninty.

bagofeyes · « **Reply #12 on:** September 13, 2007, 11:37:56 AM »

never heard of him

The Sceneman · « **Reply #13 on:** September 13, 2007, 07:58:40 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on September 12, 2007, 05:42:24 PM

Quote from: Shuri on September 12, 2007, 05:27:13 PM
That guy wrote a book called 'How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life '. That's all you need to know.

He namedropped me and my old ZZT site in "Retro Gaming Hacks", there is no way I can hate.

ZZT

ferricide · « **Reply #14 on:** September 13, 2007, 08:22:59 PM »

today he complained about the price of the FFCC PSP pack despite the fact that it comes with a special LE PSP, LE packaging for the game, an LE cell phone charm (which is actually pretty cool) and costs a mere 290 yen ($2.50) more than buying the PSP and the game separately!

bitch.

and i did not get into tokyo early enough to buy one of these for myself, and i guarantee they're all sold out, so double-bitch.

tiesto · « **Reply #15 on:** September 13, 2007, 08:24:50 PM »

Quote from: Scenester on September 13, 2007, 07:58:40 PM

Quote from: tiesto on September 12, 2007, 05:42:24 PM
Quote from: Shuri on September 12, 2007, 05:27:13 PM
That guy wrote a book called 'How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life '. That's all you need to know.

He namedropped me and my old ZZT site in "Retro Gaming Hacks", there is no way I can hate.

ZZT

Scenester, have you ever tried MZX, the follow-up to ZZT? I'm pretty infamous in the MZX community, not really very well known in the ZZT community anymore but have made a few games.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #16 on:** September 13, 2007, 08:33:34 PM »

Nope never tried MZX. Link me a good DL and I'll check it out. I played the hell out of Super ZZT when I was 11 as it was on my class PC. Good times

tiesto · « **Reply #17 on:** September 13, 2007, 09:32:59 PM »

Quote from: Scenester on September 13, 2007, 08:33:34 PM

Nope never tried MZX. Link me a good DL and I'll check it out. I played the hell out of Super ZZT when I was 11 as it was on my class PC. Good times

www.digitalmzx.net - I will let you know when I finish my big game, it's almost into beta, it's a turn-based RPG with a Shadow Hearts ripoff battle system and a story involving a meth dealer

hyp · « **Reply #18 on:** September 21, 2007, 08:10:08 PM »

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/09/rivals-scramble.html

"Meanwhile, Nintendo rules the roost, having sold 74 percent of the gaming hardware in Japan so far this year. Rival hardware makers are
scrambling for scraps even as Nintendo's supremacy changes the way developers approach the industry. (Get full coverage of the show on the Game|Life blog.)"

fucking chris kohler, i swear.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #19 on:** September 23, 2007, 08:46:20 PM »

I think he says stuff like that as a joke. I mean he doesn't outright say MS or Sony suck, right?

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Author Topic: how did chris kohler get hired by wired? (Read 1860 times)