Polish Prime Minister Gives Obama Witcher 2

[Shirokurou]

Painkiller is THE game to come out of Polish gamedevs... IMHO.

 

[sheic99]

Sure, it's probably a good game, but seriously, a game as a state gift?

Yeah, why not? It's the 21st century.

We've had films for the the past century aswell, so your whole "welcome to the future" argument doesn't work.
And no matter how often people cry about gaming being a respectable hobby, it's never going to be taken seriously, just like "watching films all day" isn't a hobby, nor is playing with action figures. On top of that, the first Witcher was the worst example of games becoming more "mature". If the second is anything like that, which the reviews suggest it is, giving it to another world leader is just stupid. Utterly fucking stupid.

It's about as good as a hobby as building model airplanes or playing an instrument all day.

The gift isn't about the content of the game, instead it's about Poland being able to create a product that can compete in terms of sales and quality with an American one.[footnote]That sounds kinda douchey when I read it, but I don't know how else to word it.[/footnote]

 

[shadowslayer81]

won't be having issues with ubersampling...and if it does he can always phone the NSA

I don't think The NSA has crazy computers..... no maybe they do to crack some insane hashes.
Nevermind.

 

[EllEzDee]

Sure, it's probably a good game, but seriously, a game as a state gift?

Yeah, why not? It's the 21st century.

We've had films for the the past century aswell, so your whole "welcome to the future" argument doesn't work.
And no matter how often people cry about gaming being a respectable hobby, it's never going to be taken seriously, just like "watching films all day" isn't a hobby, nor is playing with action figures. On top of that, the first Witcher was the worst example of games becoming more "mature". If the second is anything like that, which the reviews suggest it is, giving it to another world leader is just stupid. Utterly fucking stupid.

It's about as good as a hobby as building model airplanes or playing an instrument all day.

The gift isn't about the content of the game, instead it's about Poland being able to create a product that can compete in terms of sales and quality with an American one.[footnote]That sounds kinda douchey when I read it, but I don't know how else to word it.[/footnote]

But Poland has plenty of contributions to economic society, and i hate how they're making such a big deal over a company from their country making a video game that's done well.

giving it to another world leader is just stupid. Utterly fucking stupid.

You're calling the prime minister stupid? When was the last time you occupied government office?

Last month, you?

 

[sheic99]

Sure, it's probably a good game, but seriously, a game as a state gift?

Yeah, why not? It's the 21st century.

We've had films for the the past century aswell, so your whole "welcome to the future" argument doesn't work.
And no matter how often people cry about gaming being a respectable hobby, it's never going to be taken seriously, just like "watching films all day" isn't a hobby, nor is playing with action figures. On top of that, the first Witcher was the worst example of games becoming more "mature". If the second is anything like that, which the reviews suggest it is, giving it to another world leader is just stupid. Utterly fucking stupid.

It's about as good as a hobby as building model airplanes or playing an instrument all day.

The gift isn't about the content of the game, instead it's about Poland being able to create a product that can compete in terms of sales and quality with an American one.[footnote]That sounds kinda douchey when I read it, but I don't know how else to word it.[/footnote]

But Poland has plenty of contributions to economic society, and i hate how they're making such a big deal over a company from their country making a video game that's done well.

Then what would be a "proper" gift then.

 

[Harrowdown]

Sure, it's probably a good game, but seriously, a game as a state gift?

Yeah, why not? It's the 21st century.

We've had films for the the past century aswell, so your whole "welcome to the future" argument doesn't work.
And no matter how often people cry about gaming being a respectable hobby, it's never going to be taken seriously, just like "watching films all day" isn't a hobby, nor is playing with action figures. On top of that, the first Witcher was the worst example of games becoming more "mature". If the second is anything like that, which the reviews suggest it is, giving it to another world leader is just stupid. Utterly fucking stupid.

We have had films for the past century. What's your point? World leaders give each other ipods and stuff as well, you know. The gift doesn't need to be some sort of ancient treasure or whatever. A collectors edition of a game is a fairly valuable item; it's not like he's just given him a cheap dvd. What's more, it's symbolic of Polands highest-profile efforts in industry, technology and artistic endeavour. Gaming is perfectly respectable. It isn't like 'watching films all day' unless you're a hopeless obsessive. It's more like being a film afficionado, or a lover of books, and nothing like playing with action figures.

 

[hidey0shi]

But Poland has plenty of contributions to economic society, and i hate how they're making such a big deal over a company from their country making a video game that's done well.

Registered just to say that I don't really think that the Witcher is such a big deal in Poland. I probably wouldn't have even heard about this whole 'gift thing' if it wasn't for american media, so who's making the fuss about it?

As for the gift itself I think its a well thought one, surely beats a copy of a 100 years old national epic novel, the meaning of which by the way is totaly irrelevant in our times.

 

[Canid117]

Can Obama's desktop run it, though?

Or maybe he's a Mac man.

With a little tweaking I'm sure Norad's systems can chug through it.

 

[The Random One]

Man, that is one hell of a gift package. You know it when the newly released hardcore RPG game is the least awesome part of it.

Also maybe the Polish premier got that image from Onion News, where they paint Obama as a meganerd. Insert Polish joke here. Insert attempt to offset previous joke by making a lame 'shoe polish' pun here.

 

[Th37thTrump3t]

Perhaps Obama should give out copies of Call of Duty or Homefront to diplomats? Worth a try...

Just... not to Russia or Korea. That could be bad.

 

[wsmieszek]

Wow, slow news (day? year? century? since the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth?) for Poland...they're plastering The Witcher 2 all over the place, including their adult magazines...
Sure, it's probably a good game, but seriously, a game as a state gift?

You're right. Apart from being the battlefield for much of the WW2 and a major actor in the fall of the Soviet-led communist states, it is quite a slow century for Poland. Boring, even.



A game as a state gift shows the status that the games might gain in the future - a status of being a representative product. Apart from that, most foreign gifts don't end up in president's hands anyway.

 

[Waaghpowa]

Obama Care 2012: Swallow Potions for everyone.

I'm all for it.

You do understand Swallow potion cause toxicity?

Only temporarily.

 

[cynicalsaint1]

Can Obama's desktop run it, though?

Oh I'd imagine he can run it - the real question is with or without Uber Sampling on?

 

[iniudan]

Obama Care 2012: Swallow Potions for everyone.

I'm all for it.

You do understand Swallow potion cause toxicity?

Only temporarily.

For a normal human the effect should be quite permanent, for it is most likely death. So first you need to turn everyone into witcher, but then you got the trouble that everyone became sterile, quite a hopeless situation.

 

[BabyRaptor]

So...If the Prime Minister is a Paladin, what class does Obama play?

 

[fletch_talon]

http://kotaku.com/5806531/poland-gives-president-obama-the-witcher-2s-collectors-edition
It was a Collector's Edition no less

That bust of Geralt will look awesome on a plinth in the oval office.

 

[fletch_talon]

http://kotaku.com/5806531/poland-gives-president-obama-the-witcher-2s-collectors-edition
It was a Collector's Edition no less

That bust of Geralt will look awesome on a plinth in the oval office.

 

[Dana22]

Make Games not War.

He should have given him a Sabaton CD too, then Poland and the USA would become bestest friends forever.

Sabaton is Swedish, I think you meant Behemoth

 

[katsumoto03]

Obama Care 2012: Swallow Potions for everyone.

Are they the instant heal ones, or the new kind that heal over time? If it's the second I'm going tea party.