Doom and Age of Empires creator Sandy Petersen blasts Amazon over their handling of Stargate:
"1) get handed a massively popular IP that spans 17 years of successful shows."
"2) realize it has millions of loyal fans, desperate for more. They are now in their 40s and 50s, flush with money. Eager to teach their kids & grandkids about Stargate."
"3) you could start with this. You are already three steps up the ladder to huge success. The fans will evangelize it, if you don't wreck the IP. Don't believe it? Look how the fans evangelized Battlestar Galactica after its 30 year hiatus. And the initial Dr Who reboot after 15 years."
"4) cancel the project because you want a "new take" that will eliminate all the loyal fans and turn them into bitter enemies."
"It's like an ancient Greek play about hubris."
Why are corporate execs like this?
@montoya_test@ARCVR1 Kinda both, but mostly the design. It all looks the same and all looks like crap. I get that not everyone is an artist, but little tinkering with images and learning basic editing goes a long way. Especially nowadays, it will look unique between all those AI generated ones.
The Stop Destroying Videogames ECI has sent a powerful democratic signal. An invitation to OPENLY discuss the future relationship between games industry and its customers. The EU Commission must not fall for what seems to be a covert attempt to stop improvements. SKG open letter:
Ubisoft CEO is today having an "invitation-only" meeting with the European Commission, hosted by VGE, 2 weeks before the EC planned answer to our ECI.
SKG was not invited.
Thus, we publish an Open Letter, that we invite everyone of you to read it and share it for visibility.
Save #Stargate!
Hi all! As most of you have already heard, the new #Stargate series project was cancelled by @PrimeVideo โฆ
If you care about that sci-fi project, please take a minute to sign the petition to revive it!
https://t.co/QHQUVSBkjO
@BaronDestructo Since it's not happening, please release the scripts for the fans to be at least able to read about the next chapter vision for #Stargate
@PrimeVideo yall are the biggest bunch of buffoons to ever exist.
"lacked broad appeal"
You mean the "diehard" fans who made the show as successful as it was and the massive Cult following? Seems like yall need to fire some executives.. You guys don't deserve the #Stargate IP... Fking disgrace.
EXCLUSIVE: The new "Stargate" TV series has been axed at Amazon.
The show was first announced with a series order in November 2025 and hailed from showrunner Martin Gero, who was a writer on "Stargate SG-1" and "Stargate: Atlantis." Sources say Amazon execs were concerned that Gero's take on the series would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise's already dedicated fanbase.
https://t.co/otnCvKwnnF
@videogames_EU is hosting a meeting between its members (ie @Ubisoft) and members of the @EU_Commission + @Europarl_EN < 2 weeks before the Commission makes a decision on our Initiative: https://t.co/AJBkveP9xH
We believe this is an attempt to lobby the Commission and we OBJECT!:
@AngryJoeShow I never knew about the Supergirl comics story before her arrival on earth. Only saw her in movies and TV shows. I'm curious to see it, that's why I'm going to see this movie. I don't care what the mob is saying about it. ๐ฆธ๐ผโโ๏ธ
@Zurakci@premosaysthings But the development of Star Citizen will continue further until we have those promised 100 star systems. 1.0 comes with 5 star systems only. Plus more gameplay.
Finished yesterday ๐ช๐ผ๐ #Directive8020 from @SuperMGames is a very nice game. Recommended โ It's not a long game. Can be finished in 12 hours, but it has multiple endings, so you can replay it a few times. I have enjoyed it ๐
https://t.co/4zJ7Dli6BS
Hey Citizens,
Thoroughly enjoyed the Bar Citizen in Rotterdam this weekend, but I need to remind everyone who attend these that while the INFO of whatโs discussed can and should be shared with the world who canโt attend, secretly recording without our consent is a violation of trust and will not be tolerated.
Please donโt do this. Itโs gross and will ruin it for others when folks like me stop attending.