GameStop Releases Its Own Game
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I always did like 2D side-scrolling platformers... but I prefer them free on a good flash gaming site, and not on an iPhone which I will almost never care about even if I could afford it. Shame, because I kinda like this little mascot dude.
*waves hand around in the air* Yeah I knew about the bunny. This game looks stupid though. I don't know what they think is going to make it sell ...
LTFOL (Laugh The F*** Out Loud) (if that becomes popular I will laugh my ASS OFF!)
They actually made a game out of that stupid add campagin??????
I don't care what anyone else says that is the funnyest thing I've seen (and heard) all year.
Anyone else remember that thread about some EA prick sayin Old Republic would be the biggest flop ever?
Well, I think we may have found a new contender for that title.
*laughing my ass off* it already is sort of popular...
They actually made a game out of that stupid add campagin??????
I don't care what anyone else says that is the funnyest thing I've seen (and heard) all year.
Anyone else remember that thread about some EA prick sayin Old Republic would be the biggest flop ever?
Well, I think we may have found a new contender for that title.
*laughing my ass off* it already is sort of popular...
Seconded.Matt_LRR said:I DEMAND an Escapist Video Review.Greg Tito said:GameStop Releases Its Own Game
GameStop has fulfilled its terrifying promise to break into the game industry by releasing its own game starring its mascot, Buck.
The U.S. game retail chain GameStop has long said that it wanted to get into actually making games instead of just selling them. They started that journey this summer by acquiring Kongregate, the browser-based game portal that boasts 10-million users. That journey to the dark side is complete with the release of Buck and the Coin of Destiny on the Apple iTunes App store. Play the 2D side-scrolling platformer starring the company's mascot, Buck the Bunny, for only $.99. Raise your hand if you knew that GameStop had a anthropomorphic rabbit as its mascot. That's what I thought.
Now I don't want to judge a book by its cover, but the screenshot is quite uninspiring. Yeah, it's safe to say that I won't be playing Buck and the Coin of Destiny anytime soon.
At least GameStop is trying to appear philanthropic. If you buy the game before Oct. 31st, 10 percent of your purchase will go towards "animal rescue and rehabilitation efforts." GameStop did cap the possible donation at $5,000, which by my quick calculation would come from 50,000 downloads.
Perhaps I'm being too cynical, but I doubt that this game will reach that number in the next few weeks.
To hear more about what it's like working in a New York area Gamestop, check out the series of articles in The Escapist Magazine by Scott Jones - Confessions of a GameStop Employee [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/articles/Scott%20Jones].
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OT: I wonder if he'll get his eyes poked out and such in the game...
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!tetron said:Seconded.Matt_LRR said:I DEMAND an Escapist Video Review.Greg Tito said:GameStop Releases Its Own Game
GameStop has fulfilled its terrifying promise to break into the game industry by releasing its own game starring its mascot, Buck.
The U.S. game retail chain GameStop has long said that it wanted to get into actually making games instead of just selling them. They started that journey this summer by acquiring Kongregate, the browser-based game portal that boasts 10-million users. That journey to the dark side is complete with the release of Buck and the Coin of Destiny on the Apple iTunes App store. Play the 2D side-scrolling platformer starring the company's mascot, Buck the Bunny, for only $.99. Raise your hand if you knew that GameStop had a anthropomorphic rabbit as its mascot. That's what I thought.
Now I don't want to judge a book by its cover, but the screenshot is quite uninspiring. Yeah, it's safe to say that I won't be playing Buck and the Coin of Destiny anytime soon.
At least GameStop is trying to appear philanthropic. If you buy the game before Oct. 31st, 10 percent of your purchase will go towards "animal rescue and rehabilitation efforts." GameStop did cap the possible donation at $5,000, which by my quick calculation would come from 50,000 downloads.
Perhaps I'm being too cynical, but I doubt that this game will reach that number in the next few weeks.
To hear more about what it's like working in a New York area Gamestop, check out the series of articles in The Escapist Magazine by Scott Jones - Confessions of a GameStop Employee [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/articles/Scott%20Jones].
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OT: I wonder if he'll get his eyes poked out and such in the game...
And a ZP... Yahtzee will tear it apart in the funnyest of ways!!!!
Wait, would they screw over their own developers? I mean, it's Gamestops nature to do that. It seems self-destructive.
Mmm. Sounds like the UK situation. XDJarrid said:
We had (and still have), a major chain called Game, and a second one that's slightly smaller called GameStation (Where I live, you find both within about 100 feet of eachoter).
Thing is, while they both still exist, some time last year, the company that owns Game bought GameStation.
So... They look different, but they're now essentially the same.
Fake competition. XD
I find if funny that if Gamestop were to start selling games that come on a disc rather than be downloaded they'd be the only company not to get some profit (without adding stuff like ten dollar) when the game is sold as pre owned.
