Author Topic: The Peter Molyneux scam thread (Read 16637 times)

Stoney Mason · « **on:** July 06, 2012, 02:31:03 PM »

Just saying.

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Molyneux's next game Curiosity dated, detailed for iOS, Android and PC
By Martin Robinson Published 6 July, 2012
Game out in August, what's at centre 'so amazing I think it will appear on news reports,' says Molyneux.

New details and a release date have emerged for Peter Molyneux and 22 Can's first game Curiosity, with the experimental title coming to iOS, Android and PC on August 22.
Molyneux revealed more details on Curiosity - his first project since leaving his post as creative director at Microsoft Game Studios - during a packed session at indie and PC game show Rezzed in Brighton. Curiosity has players chipping away at a cube that's formed of 60 million different cubes, attempting to uncover the mystery that's at its core - a mystery that Molyneux said, with a knowing smile, "is so valuable, and so life-changingly important."
"It's so amazing I think it will appear on news reports," Molyneux said elsewhere in the presentation, "though it's not a dead cat, by the way."
Curiosity can support up to a million players chipping away at its block at any one time, and only one person will be able to unlock the mystery at its core. Famously, Curiosity will support microtransactions, with pickaxes available for 50 cents and a diamond pickaxe available for 50 thousand dollars - a move Molyneux defended during his talk, saying it's "nothing to be ashamed of."

Momo · « **Reply #1 on:** July 06, 2012, 02:34:10 PM »

Why? Just leave him be so we can laugh at his stupid shit

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #2 on:** July 06, 2012, 02:35:14 PM »

Just for the court records, I AM AGAINST THIS SUGGESTION AND INSTEAD SUGGEST THAT IT DOES NOT HAPPEN!

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #3 on:** July 06, 2012, 02:42:59 PM »

I hate the idea that he is sitting around somewhere thinking he is very clever and meta and ironic.

I've always had a real britsh fetish but Molyneux is almost enough to ruin my british boner.

SantaC · « **Reply #4 on:** July 06, 2012, 02:57:35 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on July 06, 2012, 02:42:59 PM

I hate the idea that he is sitting around somewhere thinking he is very clever and meta and ironic.

I've always had a real britsh fetish but Molyneux is almost enough to ruin my british boner.

isnt he french?

Timber · « **Reply #5 on:** July 06, 2012, 03:05:19 PM »

INCREDIBLE

I SHALL PERSONALLY BREAK AT LEAST 10 MILLION OF THESE CUBES. THANK YOU PETER MOLYNEUX FOR GIVING US THIS GIFT. FUCK THE BORE.

Mupepe · « **Reply #6 on:** July 06, 2012, 03:28:57 PM »

oh good god. Homeboy has really lost it

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #7 on:** July 06, 2012, 04:05:43 PM »

Your ideas intrigue me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #8 on:** July 06, 2012, 04:19:04 PM »

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Curiosity will support microtransactions, with pickaxes available for 50 cents and a diamond pickaxe available for 50 thousand dollars

I'm guessing the mystery you discover at the core is "why did I pay $50,000?"

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #9 on:** July 06, 2012, 05:03:02 PM »

Serious facts: he's been behind some serious game. Fable was also his last great. IAPs are a joke, in the way they're implemented. 50k is a simple ploy to glean hide-lines.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #10 on:** July 06, 2012, 05:43:01 PM »

I am against murder, just so we're clear, but it might be best if Peter Molyneux is put away somewhere where he won't be able to inflict his particular brand of genius upon the world any longer.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #11 on:** July 06, 2012, 06:30:10 PM »

please, please let there just be a cartoon turdpile in the center of that thing

like, there's all this suspense, and obsessives have spent thousands of dollars on imaginary pickaxes, and then in that final moment when some weirdo who spent a ton of real money gets the "honor" of clicking that final time and everyone's holding their collective breath over the big unveiling -

i would hang a framed picture of him on the wall if he had the balls to do that

Himu · « **Reply #12 on:** July 06, 2012, 06:35:47 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on July 06, 2012, 02:42:59 PM

I hate the idea that he is sitting around somewhere thinking he is very clever and meta and ironic.

I've always had a real britsh fetish but Molyneux is almost enough to ruin my british boner.

He's French man

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #13 on:** July 06, 2012, 06:41:11 PM »

I can't tell if you guys are morons or trolling, but Peter Molyneux is more British than Downton Fucking Abbey. He's an OBE for Queen's sake.

Himu · « **Reply #14 on:** July 06, 2012, 06:43:48 PM »

No no, he's FRENCH. He has a French NAME, Treesong!

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #15 on:** July 06, 2012, 06:46:48 PM »

ECOUTEZ-VOUS, PERSONNE SALETE. IL. EST. ANGLAIS.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #16 on:** July 06, 2012, 06:50:14 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on July 06, 2012, 03:28:57 PM

oh good god. Homeboy has really lost it

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Lionhead’s [Crikey, ex-Lionhead!] Peter Molyneux has had a hard time explaining to some people why he’s chosen to make Fable: The Journey for Kinect. So now, it seems, he’s being careful not to mince his words.

Explaining that he’s decided to be ‘more honest’ about what sparked his decision to use Kinect, Molyneux offered: “I am just sick to death of having my hand clamped to this controller – of having to be forced to use my thumb in a certain way, and having my other hand clamped to the other side of the controller, and having games say ‘No, you will do it this way, and if you don’t do it this way then we will punish you’.”

Molyneux said typical console control inputs make him feel “like some laboratory rat running around a maze, being forced to experience games in that way.”

Speaking in a video interview with Gamereactor, he added: “I remember the days when we first had controllers, when we used to put one finger on one button and then rock it back to touch the other button, when we used to flick the controllers… those are all gone.

“Sure enough, controllers are great, they give us exactly what we want, but that is so tedious and boring now.”

Molyneux said that Kinect offers a ‘feeling of discovery’ during play that typical controllers no longer offer. It’s time for a change, he said.

“Okay, core gamers are going to complain: ‘I want my thumb strapped to that controller’. But if we can give them a delightful experience, and if we can show them what it’s like to discover the gameplay again, I hope it’s going to be worth all the pain that it’s been to do it.”

These days Peter Molyneux is perhaps just as famous for his headline-friendly interview quotes as he is for his legendary career in the games industry. But any mouthiness is not a recent development, as we found out when we uncovered this set of Molyneux belters.

UPDATE: Peter Molyneux has announced that he is to leave Lionhead and Microsoft upon completion of Fable: The Journey.

Dude has lost it for some time now.

DCharlieJP · « **Reply #17 on:** July 06, 2012, 07:38:24 PM »

I wish he'd get back to making good games - it's been a long long long long while

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #18 on:** July 06, 2012, 07:39:50 PM »

Quote from: DCharlieJP on July 06, 2012, 07:38:24 PM

I wish he'd get back to making good games - it's been a long long long long while

search has returned no results for "molyneux + good game"

SantaC · « **Reply #19 on:** July 06, 2012, 07:47:34 PM »

didnt he made populous?

that was a good game.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #20 on:** July 06, 2012, 08:07:33 PM »

Quote from: SantaC on July 06, 2012, 07:47:34 PM

didnt he made populous?

that was a good game.

that predates the Internet so it doesn't show up on Google

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #21 on:** July 06, 2012, 08:12:38 PM »

Fable 3 was so bad, it retroactively made Populous suck.

Timber · « **Reply #22 on:** July 06, 2012, 08:12:54 PM »

Haters, invariably, gonna hate.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #23 on:** July 06, 2012, 09:25:42 PM »

Quote from: The Experiment on July 06, 2012, 06:50:14 PM

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Lionhead’s [Crikey, ex-Lionhead!] Peter Molyneux has had a hard time explaining to some people why he’s chosen to make Fable: The Journey for Kinect. So now, it seems, he’s being careful not to mince his words.

Explaining that he’s decided to be ‘more honest’ about what sparked his decision to use Kinect, Molyneux offered: “I am just sick to death of having my hand clamped to this controller – of having to be forced to use my thumb in a certain way, and having my other hand clamped to the other side of the controller, and having games say ‘No, you will do it this way, and if you don’t do it this way then we will punish you’.”

Molyneux said typical console control inputs make him feel “like some laboratory rat running around a maze, being forced to experience games in that way.”

Speaking in a video interview with Gamereactor, he added: “I remember the days when we first had controllers, when we used to put one finger on one button and then rock it back to touch the other button, when we used to flick the controllers… those are all gone.

“Sure enough, controllers are great, they give us exactly what we want, but that is so tedious and boring now.”

Molyneux said that Kinect offers a ‘feeling of discovery’ during play that typical controllers no longer offer. It’s time for a change, he said.

“Okay, core gamers are going to complain: ‘I want my thumb strapped to that controller’. But if we can give them a delightful experience, and if we can show them what it’s like to discover the gameplay again, I hope it’s going to be worth all the pain that it’s been to do it.”

These days Peter Molyneux is perhaps just as famous for his headline-friendly interview quotes as he is for his legendary career in the games industry. But any mouthiness is not a recent development, as we found out when we uncovered this set of Molyneux belters.

UPDATE: Peter Molyneux has announced that he is to leave Lionhead and Microsoft upon completion of Fable: The Journey.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #24 on:** July 06, 2012, 10:26:59 PM »

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #25 on:** July 07, 2012, 09:47:35 AM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on July 06, 2012, 08:12:38 PM

Fable 3 was so bad, it retroactively made Populous suck.

So much truthiness right here it hurts the eyeballs

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #26 on:** November 06, 2012, 12:23:52 AM »

The turd burger has landed.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/curiosity-whats-inside-cube/id557549271

cool breeze · « **Reply #27 on:** November 06, 2012, 12:35:59 AM »

I saw "Neogaf sucks" with an ejaculating penis next to it.

Experience of the Year

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #28 on:** November 06, 2012, 12:37:08 AM »

Molyneux does it again!

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #29 on:** November 06, 2012, 07:58:15 AM »

Quote from: fryinghigh on November 06, 2012, 12:35:59 AM

I saw "Neogaf sucks" with an ejaculating penis next to it.

Experience of the Year

They've already gotten to the secret?

demi · « **Reply #30 on:** November 06, 2012, 08:30:00 AM »

This thing is horrendously laggy and difficult to control. Deleted.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #31 on:** November 07, 2012, 09:43:35 AM »

i can't wait till it's done so i can see what the distinguished mentally-challenged surprise is.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #32 on:** November 07, 2012, 06:09:43 PM »

dear god let the secret be an announcement for his new game

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #33 on:** November 09, 2012, 08:01:21 AM »

This "game" currently has two and a half stars on the app store and the most common number is 1 on the ratings with over a thousand and far more than any other number. Also most people are stuck on a white screen that won't connect to the actual game.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #34 on:** November 09, 2012, 08:19:02 AM »

Bet they are mad curious now.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #35 on:** November 09, 2012, 08:25:15 AM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on November 07, 2012, 06:09:43 PM

dear god let the secret be an announcement for his new game

Just a trailer for Fable Babies or some shit.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #36 on:** November 09, 2012, 10:59:28 AM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on November 09, 2012, 08:25:15 AM

Quote from: Positive Touch on November 07, 2012, 06:09:43 PM
dear god let the secret be an announcement for his new game

Just a trailer for Fable Babies or some shit.

Fable 3 came out years ago

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #37 on:** November 27, 2012, 04:34:00 PM »

Peter Molyneux, now begging for money on Kickstarter:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/22cans/project-godus

It is actually for a game that people might be interested in, though, so I guess that's something.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #38 on:** November 27, 2012, 11:12:55 PM »

I think it will make it as it gets close to the wire just based on his name, but if ever there was a kickstarter I would want to fail it would be this. It would be the final nail in the coffin for him.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #39 on:** November 28, 2012, 12:35:20 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on November 27, 2012, 04:34:00 PM

Peter Molyneux, now begging for money on Kickstarter:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/22cans/project-godus

It is actually for a game that people might be interested in, though, so I guess that's something.

Deserves to fail just for having its pledges be in fucking pounds. Fuckin' wanker.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #40 on:** November 28, 2012, 01:02:17 AM »

he should make a bowl of cereal but with razor blades.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #41 on:** November 28, 2012, 01:15:31 AM »

Quote from: Shark Johnson on November 28, 2012, 12:52:29 AM

Quote from: Trent Dole on November 28, 2012, 12:35:20 AM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on November 27, 2012, 04:34:00 PM
Peter Molyneux, now begging for money on Kickstarter:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/22cans/project-godus

It is actually for a game that people might be interested in, though, so I guess that's something.
Deserves to fail just for having its pledges be in fucking pounds. Fuckin' wanker.

I think it has to be the currency of where you live.

Then how was the Kiheart kickstarter not in yen?

cool breeze · « **Reply #42 on:** May 26, 2013, 12:34:11 PM »

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Winner gets money. A percentage of what's made on that kickstarter game.

And s/he becomes the 'god' of it, or something.

[close]

maxy · « **Reply #43 on:** May 26, 2013, 12:59:51 PM »

Reward is pretty good.

Virtual God + share of money

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #44 on:** May 26, 2013, 01:03:44 PM »

So what I'm basically getting from this is Godus has always online DRM.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #45 on:** May 26, 2013, 01:08:33 PM »

Oh, also in-game real currency purchases.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #46 on:** May 26, 2013, 02:23:54 PM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on May 26, 2013, 01:03:44 PM

So what I'm basically getting from this is Godus has always online DRM.

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on May 26, 2013, 01:08:33 PM

Oh, also in-game real currency purchases.

Well, my interest in that game just dropped to 0. Good jon, Molyneux.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #47 on:** May 26, 2013, 06:32:46 PM »

I hope the person that won Curiosity is an huge dick and griefs everyone who plays Godass.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #48 on:** May 27, 2013, 10:30:55 AM »

chronovore · « **Reply #49 on:** May 27, 2013, 07:45:35 PM »

Yeah, that's about what my reaction was, too. Molyneuxxx took a dirt-simple concept, turned it into a paid-app which turns out to just be viral marketing for a game which doesn't yet exist.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #50 on:** September 19, 2013, 02:15:04 PM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #51 on:** September 19, 2013, 02:44:29 PM »

Looks kinda...tedious.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #52 on:** September 19, 2013, 02:56:45 PM »

This just the beta guys, Petah is hard at word coding in the fun right this minute!

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #53 on:** February 09, 2015, 06:58:04 PM »

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/02/09/oh-godus-what-the-hells-going-on/

Just saying

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #54 on:** February 09, 2015, 07:27:51 PM »

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...uh...you can't get fooled again!

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #55 on:** February 09, 2015, 11:34:49 PM »

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And the team currently working on the game have recently acknowledged that they, “simply can’t see us delivering all the features promised on the kickstarter page.”

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #56 on:** February 11, 2015, 09:19:49 AM »

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-02-11-the-god-who-peter-molyneux-forgot

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Bryan shows me a text from Peter Molyneux, sent just after he'd won the Curiosity competition. Molyneux offered his congratulations and asked Bryan to tell him a bit about himself. Bryan mentioned Yogscast. Peter suggested maybe there was a chance he could appear on the show. Peter then told Bryan that sharing the video would probably be a good idea.

Bryan shows me another text from Peter: "If Godus is successful you are going to have an amazing year."

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Bryan tells me it wasn't long after his visit to 22Cans that communication with the studio dried up. "I would have to email them first," he says.

"After a month or two of winning, I would email them every month, purely because I expected more communication from them, but it wasn't happening.

"I would ask, so, what's happening? When am I going to find out more stuff? What's going to happen, specifically? They were taking their time to answer. They would say, we need to do this first and tell you afterwards.

"Since I won and a year after, I would email them as a ritual thing, every month, just to get some kind of update. Eventually I was like, they're not being professional at all. Communication is non-existent, so I'm not even going to try any more."

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"For a moment I was excited. My general feeling was, depending on how well the game does, I was thinking in terms of worst to the best, I could get £10,000 to £500,000. At the very best. Still, that would be awesome. But so far not a penny.

"I don't really know how to explain how I feel. It's already forgotten about. Everyone's forgot about it, including me, and I won it. I know a lot of people will find it strange that I'm not pissed off. Maybe I should be. I don't know."

Bryan has stopped emailing and stopped texting because the replies dried up long ago. Nearly two years after Peter Molyneux revealed the "life-changing" prize at the centre of the Curiosity cube, Bryan is yet to see a penny - and he has yet to receive an apology.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #57 on:** February 11, 2015, 09:29:30 AM »

Haha, I was just thinking about that guy yesterday.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #58 on:** February 11, 2015, 09:30:01 AM »

Get suckered by a modern-day snake oil salesman, brehs.

brob · « **Reply #59 on:** February 11, 2015, 09:37:31 AM »

Haven't played any of Pete's games since the bullfrog days, but he's been an amazingly consistent entertainer.

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