Author Topic: Oh god dammit. The Canadian government has some 'splainin to do. (Read 3066 times)

mojovonio · « **on:** April 12, 2010, 12:05:11 PM »

http://www.edge-online.com/news/silicon-knights-awarded-grant-for-new-game

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Canadian developer Silicon Knights is to receive almost $4 million in federal money to help develop a new multiplatform title.

The Too Human studio will use the government grant to create 65 jobs, according to The Tribune.

"This is going to benefit Silicon Knights in ways that are profound and long-lasting," said president Denis Dyack.

"In our industry, you have to be very careful never to announce anything until the right time. We can only say it's a next generation title and a high production value game,” he added.

Silicon Knights currently employs over 100 staff, and local MP Rick Dykstra said the grant would be good for industry growth and the community.

"Their growth and their success is very important to our community. Not only in terms of job creation but also in terms of attracting and retaining the types of highly skilled workers Niagara needs to prosper."

I want my tax money back.

BlackMage · « **Reply #1 on:** April 12, 2010, 12:23:16 PM »

What?! NO

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2 on:** April 12, 2010, 12:27:12 PM »

ManaByte · « **Reply #3 on:** April 12, 2010, 12:34:07 PM »

Legacy of Kain remake using UE3.

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #4 on:** April 12, 2010, 01:10:18 PM »

x 10000

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #5 on:** April 12, 2010, 01:21:32 PM »

Has there ever been a development studio that has become more of a laughing stock than Silicon Knights? I know 3D Realms was a joke because of the endless Duke Nukem Forever delays, but it was mostly because people wanted to play their games.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #6 on:** April 12, 2010, 02:17:29 PM »

I wonder if Dyack will ever finish his TRIOLOGY

Brehvolution · « **Reply #7 on:** April 12, 2010, 02:21:17 PM »

The evils of teh socialism.

demi · « **Reply #8 on:** April 12, 2010, 03:29:15 PM »

Dyack

Master Troll

Purple Filth · « **Reply #9 on:** April 12, 2010, 03:29:45 PM »

Quote from: Borys on April 12, 2010, 02:28:19 PM

I just got an idea!

Match SK with PS3 exclusivity.

BOOM!

Thousand seller!

they just got 4 mill, that will be done before they compile the damn thing.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10 on:** April 12, 2010, 05:07:00 PM »

maybe those MPs should have done more research on Dyacks resume, lmao

Tieno · « **Reply #11 on:** April 12, 2010, 05:14:18 PM »

mojo funding SK! Never have I used the moniker homovonio so aptly.

muckhole · « **Reply #12 on:** April 12, 2010, 05:25:33 PM »

I'm just going to drive over there and ask for my share back.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #13 on:** April 12, 2010, 05:33:05 PM »

Eternal Darkness 2

I only hope that this time it controls better than a ps1 game but that's never going to happen.

Bocsius · « **Reply #14 on:** April 12, 2010, 05:39:09 PM »

On one hand, universal healthcare. On the other, you fund Silicon Knights.

Good with the bad.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #15 on:** April 12, 2010, 05:49:06 PM »

For

spoiler (click to show/hide)

the lulz

[close]

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #16 on:** April 12, 2010, 05:51:31 PM »

Quote from: mojovonio on April 12, 2010, 05:50:35 PM

We bail out shitty developers, you bail out shitty car manufacturers.

Denis Dyack is too big to fail.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #17 on:** April 12, 2010, 05:54:01 PM »

Dyack

I haven't played a game of his since Eternal Darkness but an enemy of the enemy is a friend.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #18 on:** April 12, 2010, 05:58:17 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on April 12, 2010, 05:54:01 PM

Dyack

I haven't played a game of his since Eternal Darkness but an enemy of the enemy is a friend.

Your common enemy is fun?

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #19 on:** April 12, 2010, 05:59:47 PM »

no, gaffots

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #20 on:** April 12, 2010, 05:59:50 PM »

Quote from: Father_Mike on April 12, 2010, 05:58:17 PM

Quote from: Smooth Groove on April 12, 2010, 05:54:01 PM
Dyack

I haven't played a game of his since Eternal Darkness but an enemy of the enemy is a friend.

Your common enemy is fun?

I think he meant Canadian taxpayers.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #21 on:** April 12, 2010, 06:53:03 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on April 12, 2010, 05:59:47 PM

no, gaffots

Dyack WAS a gaffot and not a very good one.

demi · « **Reply #22 on:** April 12, 2010, 07:07:43 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on April 12, 2010, 06:53:03 PM

Quote from: Smooth Groove on April 12, 2010, 05:59:47 PM
no, gaffots

Dyack WAS a gaffot and not a very good one.

O_o last i checked dude was surrounded with women. What's your excuse?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #23 on:** April 12, 2010, 08:11:24 PM »

Quote from: demi on April 12, 2010, 07:07:43 PM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on April 12, 2010, 06:53:03 PM
Quote from: Smooth Groove on April 12, 2010, 05:59:47 PM
no, gaffots

Dyack WAS a gaffot and not a very good one.

O_o last i checked dude was surrounded with women. What's your excuse?

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #24 on:** April 12, 2010, 08:23:46 PM »

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #25 on:** April 12, 2010, 08:34:34 PM »

So weird how SK doesn't just close doors.

SK was a bomb of epic proportions, the "trilogy" is all but dead. The sega game has been in development for years now, and we still haven't seen shit.

I'm starting to begin they are just a front.

BlackMage · « **Reply #26 on:** April 12, 2010, 08:35:22 PM »

Dyack got trolled by GAF.. GAF!.. he was annihilated so bad he always whines about how the forum is bad for the gaming world.

Bocsius · « **Reply #27 on:** April 12, 2010, 09:10:23 PM »

He was right, though.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #28 on:** April 12, 2010, 09:14:58 PM »

Quote from: Bocsius on April 12, 2010, 09:10:23 PM

He was right, though.

But not about Too Human being an awesome game.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #29 on:** April 12, 2010, 09:16:18 PM »

Dyack's getting good pussy in real life while all Evilore gets is virtual BJs from gaffots. Who's the winner?

Ichirou · « **Reply #30 on:** April 12, 2010, 09:26:36 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on April 12, 2010, 09:16:18 PM

Dyack's getting good pussy in real life while all Evilore gets is virtual BJs from gaffots. Who's the winner?

Dyackkkkkkkkkkkk

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #31 on:** April 12, 2010, 11:21:26 PM »

Quote from: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on April 12, 2010, 08:23:46 PM

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Joe Molotov · « **Reply #32 on:** April 13, 2010, 12:39:33 AM »

Quote from: Father_Mike on April 12, 2010, 11:21:26 PM

Quote from: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on April 12, 2010, 08:23:46 PM
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Pimpin' ain't easy but it's subsidized.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #33 on:** April 13, 2010, 12:45:59 AM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on April 13, 2010, 12:39:33 AM

Pimpin' ain't easy but it's subsidized.

True dat.

Seriously, only by Gaftard standards could Dyack be considered a loser. Dude just got $4 million to make his shitty games. I'd take that any day over the smug satisfaction of having pwned* him on an internet forum.

*debatable since Dyack never got to respond

cool breeze · « **Reply #34 on:** April 13, 2010, 12:48:07 AM »

Is Too Human worth picking up?

demi · « **Reply #35 on:** April 13, 2010, 01:38:29 AM »

maxy · « **Reply #36 on:** April 13, 2010, 09:19:45 AM »

I don't see what's the fuss about this,governments spend much more on 1000x crappier stuff.

Dyack is smart,money and hot girls around him...at the same time gaf nerds are measuring their "virtual" dicks

Pimpbaa · « **Reply #37 on:** April 13, 2010, 05:20:33 PM »

If this were any other developer I wouldn't care. But Silicon Knights?!

Robo · « **Reply #38 on:** April 13, 2010, 05:21:46 PM »

Quote from: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on April 12, 2010, 08:23:46 PM

[IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/2d8kshz.gif[img]

arbys

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #39 on:** April 13, 2010, 05:23:33 PM »

Pimpbaa's avatar makes me want to punch him in the face. I'm guessing that he's a gaf-fot?

Third · « **Reply #40 on:** April 13, 2010, 05:32:34 PM »

OH GAAWWWD NOOOOOO!!!

@ the people who fund his shitty projects

maxy · « **Reply #41 on:** April 13, 2010, 05:34:03 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on April 13, 2010, 05:23:33 PM

Pimpbaa's avatar makes me want to punch him in the face. I'm guessing that he's a gaf-fot?

I think that Dragona nuked him today

Pimpbaa · « **Reply #42 on:** April 13, 2010, 05:38:23 PM »

Quote from: maxy on April 13, 2010, 05:34:03 PM

I think that Dragona nuked him today

For "port begging". Such an arbitrary rule.

Third · « **Reply #43 on:** April 13, 2010, 05:41:19 PM »

I also want DQX on HD consoles. I don't think I'm even going to play DQIX because it's a DS game. I'm sure the experience can only go downhill after the awesome DQVIII.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #44 on:** April 13, 2010, 05:44:36 PM »

You liked DQ8 but complained that Splinter Cell was boring?

Third · « **Reply #45 on:** April 13, 2010, 05:49:22 PM »

DQVIII

Awesome music, graphics and overworld. A much better game than Splinter Cell. Hell, it's even better than the whole Halo franchise and the Gears games.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #46 on:** April 13, 2010, 05:51:04 PM »

Quote from: Third on April 13, 2010, 05:49:22 PM

Awesome music, graphics and overworld.

Agree on all that, for the time at least but the gameplay is akin to watching paint dry.

Third · « **Reply #47 on:** April 13, 2010, 05:57:44 PM »

It's very archaic, yeah. But I loved it. It was my first DQ game. Battle system was simple and yet pretty deep at times.
Never played the older DQ games because they looked pretty boring and ugly in comparison. DQ still has the best overworld in any jrpg imo.

While on gaf...

Quote from: Me on gaf

DQVIII is one of my favorite PS2 rpg's. Loved everything about the game.

How does DQIX compare actually? Does it have the same type of overworld?

Quote from: some gaffer

Not at all. It's large in terms of real estate, but the sense of scale is more like the old games.

That confirms it. DQIX is a skip.

chronovore · « **Reply #48 on:** April 15, 2010, 12:26:48 PM »

Quote from: Pimpbaa on April 13, 2010, 05:38:23 PM

Quote from: maxy on April 13, 2010, 05:34:03 PM
I think that Dragona nuked him today

For "port begging". Such an arbitrary rule.

Neogaf looks like a minefield of hidden bannable offenses.

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #49 on:** April 15, 2010, 12:37:06 PM »

Dyack

Made a game so good, it deserved a berfday thread

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Author Topic: Oh god dammit. The Canadian government has some 'splainin to do. (Read 3066 times)

mojovonio