In an ongoing effort to call out the PR tactic of silence which
started with a focus on SimCity, Rock Paper Shotgun points out that after the public outcry, controversy, and an apology from Deep Silver which concluded "we want to reiterate ... how deeply sorry we are, and that we are committed to making sure this will never happen again", the special edition of Dead Island: Riptide which includes a statue of a woman's severed torso
silently went on sale anyway.
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posted by gilrain
on Apr 25, 2013 -
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"When we first started working on Dustforce, it was frustrating to not be able to find much data about whether indie game development is a realistic thing to do with your life." Hitbox Team helps remedy that for future designers in
this article about the finances and sales of their game,
Dustforce.
posted by gilrain
on Apr 16, 2013 -
37 comments
"
Two days ago I purchased one of only two
Nintendo PowerFest 94 cartridges known to exist. The purchase took 74 emails, 27 months, 6 phone calls, 5 failed meeting attempts, 1 sack of cash, and some additional twists and turns to finally complete."
posted by gilrain
on Jul 19, 2012 -
42 comments
