"The secret’s out.
After several months, the cube has been broken, its digital, gooey center revealed. Curiosity – What’s Inside the Cube? was an experiment in both gaming and social-media marketing conceived by videogame iconoclast Peter Molyneux. The structure of Curiosity was simple: players took turns chipping away at a massive cube in the hopes that they might be the special someone to reach its core. At the heart of the cube was something that was allegedly “life-changingly amazing by any definition.”
On May 26 at 2:22 PM , Edinburgh, Scotland resident Bryan Henderson was revealed as the person to crack the final layer of the mysterious cube. His “life-changing” prize? He becomes God. No, seriously, he gets to be the god of the upcoming (and appropriately named) Godus, a game that Molyneux and his studio 22 Cans, kickstarted last year. Many entered but only one got the glory.
In many ways, Molyneux is now the video-game equivalent of Willy Wonka."
- Maxwell Coviello
Project currently codenamed MOAT.
"It’s between him and Phil. I’d vote Phil"
If Phil were the man that made my life miserable, I would vote for him as well.
Regarding the topic, it could be both Peter and Phil working together.
M.O.A.T takes place in Albion, so it´s possible that Pete is working on new partnership with Xbox, which imo, is nothing but great news!
What exactly has Phil mislead about? I can’t wait to hear the verbal diarrhea you come with.
If anyone knows his name you have to be extremely skeptical that what he delivers will be anything like what he says it would be and that’s best case scenario.
I remember Black & White (PC) but other than that I can only think of Fable, B&W was a pretty cool game tho at the time.
Populous was another one designed by Peter, released before B&W, godlike game as well, pretty good too.
"His name is still used as a selling point for new games? Seriously?"
The guy is a gaming legend for gamers who actually knows and played his games, like Dungeon Keeper, Populous, Black & White and Fable for example.
I'm certain that most who actually know who he is would contest your use of legend. He's the living, human embodiment of false advertising.
@Becuzisaid
There´s an abyss between false advertisement and bad games.
Most gamers will get excited for games from great gaming creators rather than focus on their exaggerated promises.
Kojima described his Xbox exclusive game as "very unusual like no one has ever experienced before, leveraging the cloud." He said all publishers he presented the project, called him mad and rejected his game but Microsoft, because it´s too crazy.
Is Kojima exaggerating? Obviously. It´s gonna be a bad game? Hardly.
Imagine a game where Peter Molyneux presents an extraordinary set of ideas that players will enjoy for years to come. Now imagine that this particular game will come out because it will never exist.
One of the biggest reveals at this year's Xbox Games Showcase was the latest Fable trailer. After a lengthy stint of silence, Playground Games gave us a look at bits of the title, albeit in a trailer that was mostly made up of CGI nonsense headlined by comedian Richard Ayoade, who is playing a rather frustrated giant.
Molyneux asked about what he thought about the Fable reveal.
he actually was in the news every now and then with a (couple) scam games he made
The exact same thought came to mind when I read the headline. It's been so long since we've heard his lies and over ambitions.
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Well, he's not associated with it. Giving interviews talking about features never at any point mentioned with devs let alone introduced.
It might have a chance.
Think you mean ethics.
Also, whose defending Molyneux? Wasn't his last game a literal ripoff with him offering a prize but not giving it?
From Xfire: "Remember when you'd buy a game and... that was it? You got the full experience by purchasing the full product one time. "
Damn, Train Simulator is costing the big bucks. That game is kinda fun but not if you purchase all the DLC.
"All the DLC - Train Simulator 2020, $10,145"
No wonder we're witnessing an increasing number of ports from PC to consoles, you can't nickel and dime PC owners with all their mods over there, lol
"Legatus Pack - Star Citizen $27,000"
Ouch!
Planet Calypso - Entropia Universe, $6,000,000
WTF...?!
"In many ways, Molyneux is now the video-game equivalent of Willy Wonka"
In the sense that he paints a fairy tale facade over an industrial scene? Correct me if I'm wrong but this is a fucking advert. This is literally a marketing stunt not some experimental future for video games. Curiosity wasn't a game it was a scratch card. Molyneux didn't calculate this to make life fun for those playing it - surely ALL players would have had a reward if that were the case - the clever bastard just realized humans are compelled to know this sort of crap and slapped a promo for his next game under the damn thing.
Peter Molyneux is like that friend who tries banging your girlfriend and just never gets how bad it is. He'll spend the rest of your waning friendship cracking bad jokes as he only ever sees some subjective reality where he just made a little mistake. Molyneux flat out lies for every single game he's ever made, tells us its a mistake and then throws a wobbly tantrum because people wouldn't kickstart the developer who clearly has no trouble finding funding. I find this guy loathsome - he propagates the view of studios and companies, places made up of hundreds of artists, programmers, animators etc, as nothing more than the shell wrapped around creative Steve Jobs-types. He could cook me breakfast in bed tomorrow but until he just sits down and realizes that a) flat out lying about the product your selling usually gets you put in prison, so it's not fucking cute just because it's a video game, and b) he isn't a smidgeon as important as he seems to think he is, will he stop sounding like such a self-entitled buffoon. Until then I really hope he just buggers off and leaves things to the significantly more talented indie devs who actually deserve this sort of attention, funding and hype.