The Dud

He/him | Unjustifiably in a position I'd rather not be in

[mars @mars_rx]

ILL BLOCK A BITCH ON DISSIDIA

[The Dud @bildobearable]

It's yellow outside today

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MTG should cross over with Metroid because Jin Gitaxias is just Ridley

[DA VINKI @VorosTwins]

AND FOR THE LADY, PERHAPS A FREE PALESTINE?

[The Dud @bildobearable]

@KBlackmore_ @_HMSP @sources_sys @_QuickFang You have 3 cheeses and they were all worse than the US one? And you're proud of that?

[The Dud @bildobearable]

@mamimiFLCL I think Four Swords has a different Ganondorf

[The Dud @bildobearable]

If I said star anise looks like dried tarantula would yall get it or would you make fun of me

[The Dud @bildobearable]

@jjohnjohnjohnjo @talonross43 @phillyliquorlaw Then you have to explain what Kool Aid is and why the kid has it

[The Dud @bildobearable]

@aaronjames619 @ctnyholm1 @HunterBiden I see you didn't actually read his comment eh

[The Dud @bildobearable]

@jerseyh0mo You really made the snowflakes mad with this one

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Using antibacterial soap, call it anti-baxx

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@TKsMantis We live in a world where you have to deep-dive research a meme before you can laugh at it

[The Dud @bildobearable]

Heartbreaking: I can't hear Yanny anymore. There's only Laurel

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@AerithClouds I love it! Like Reeve decided to finally do something, but he's too late to stop anything

[Retroware @Retroware]

"This game is f*cking crazy" - James Rolfe

Go get The AVGN & Joeveno Opened a Portal to Your Wallet and Took Out Money For This Steam Bundle (with Discount) 💢🇧🇷

Now on Steam. You can't lose this!

@cinemassacre @JoevenoYT @NoQuarterSoft
#ModernRetro #WishlistWednesday

[The Dud @bildobearable]

@GameCH4NGER @pantsnmorepants Bro you can't convince me you've actually read the series. And if you somehow HAVE, you gotta have the reading comprehension of a preschooler

[The Dud @bildobearable]

@TautnP @ChaoticDrewtral @OriYawns @BenisKen You sound like a really fun DM, I bet your players love it

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I love RED BRAKES on MY CAR

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@computeryuuri @jui_cyapple Oh i like the blue shoes

[🔪 American McGee 🖤 @americanmcgee]

It would be fair to say that there was a fairly big disconnect between the game I wanted to make and the game EA Marketing wanted me to make when we were developing Madness Returns.

The marketing team felt strongly that a Hard M title focused on gore, horror, and featuring a "psychotic" Alice was what audiences would respond to best.

I did NOT want portray Alice as a psycho, cover her in blood, or "make things more sexy" (yes, that was a request). Famously, I pasted dildos onto the head of a giant snail in response to the "sexy" request and emailed that to the Marketing team.

They stopped making those requests 😂

That I was even able to say "no" to any of this was a function of the finance deal that underpinned the project. It wasn't EA that funded the project - it was a bank in Los Angeles. And the deal was structured as film production deals are structured, via something called bond finance.

This meant that so long as we stayed on schedule and budget, we maintained complete autonomy in relation to the design, story, and production. We had to stick to the original design and script that we submitted after the end of pre-production.

And we did. For the entire project, we never missed a milestone. And as a result, we could say "no" to any and all requests or demands from EA.

This setup was fantastic until it wasn't. When we got to end of the project, I knew we needed another 30-60 days for polishing (the game felt overly long in some places - editing was needed).

EA, probably a bit out of spite, said, "no." Fair play.

And so, we delivered the game precisely on budget and schedule without interface from EA. But also without the ability to request and receive a final month or two of editing.

We made history in relation to all this. Madness Returns wasn't just the first AAA game fully developed by a Chinese team. It was also the first ever game to be bond financed in China. We were also the first team ever to tell EA gyf and (kinda) get away with it 😂