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PopCap on the Topic of Creativity

Derek Yu — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:30:00 +0000

“Popcap games’ lawyer replied my mail and the one from my lawywers’ office. In essence, they don’t give a shit. I think they knew what they were doing from the start and they are bad businessmen. You know that to think of a game and to actually make it takes a lot of energy and money. Ripping off someonelse’s idea is bad; they don’t belong in the game business.” -Roy Ozaki, President, Mitchell Corporation (Link)

(Source: Indygamer)

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by obviousJoke

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:04:05 +0000

I would like to invite you all to an upcoming tolerance seminar with special keynote speaker Adolf Hitler.

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by anonymous

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:58:39 +0000

pixelus is cribbed from compile’s guru logic champ.

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by Karzon

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:18:56 +0000

Pixelus is a copy of an obscure chinese GBA game called something like “chang poo”. Which in turn is probably a copy of something earlier.

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by Hooker with a penis

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:09:34 +0000

rinkuhero, yeah but you’re not “a marketing/PR-professional” as the big industry sees it. That’s something I forget to mention. Sorry for being a bit unclear. I know some ppl who work in a firm specializing in marketin/PR and they could sell ice to eskimos. No respect.

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by Quiest

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:54:48 +0000

I think cloning a game is okay, as long as you are not making money with it. Its a good training for new hobby game devs like me (Im currently remaking Polarium for the GP2X for GBAX competition).

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by rinkuhero

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:02:37 +0000

I don’t think marketing and PR is always about false images. I’m marketing my own game and I’m careful not to produce any false images about it. Marketing as I see it is the art of letting people who might find something that you sell valuable to them know about what you sell.

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by Roy Ozaki is a such a badass

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:04:46 +0000

Anyone who says Zuma added to Puzzloop never really took the time to play Puzzloop…

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by Hooker with a penis

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:09:39 +0000

Well, you know.. about the honesty - You’re absolutely right! That’s it. Unfortunately there’s PR/marketing guys and their whole existence is based for creating false images and lies for all kinds of products. so.. I dunno - blame the system?! It’s shit I know. Since a lot of opinions are based on subjectivity it’s really hard to pin out these rotten apples. When company managers, though, squeek putrid mess like this, well.. BINGO! WE GOT A WINNER! =)

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by Derek

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:59:54 +0000

Zing! :)

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by Gr.Viper

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:41:09 +0000

Honesty?

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by Keke

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:06:14 +0000

Well every game they have made is a copy of some really old arcade classic. Some games they have improved, and some not. Anyways they have done nice job to make the games feel/look/sound pretty okay. And what comes to creativity… well ofcourse those PR/marketing guys wants to make ppl to think they are creative and original in their ideas! What would you expect?

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by Hooker with a penis

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:21:50 +0000

Now this was right on the nail!

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by FireSword

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:49:37 +0000

Dawson fuXXed Tom’s wife.. haha that’s funny. They made a lot fo sex during pause for scene shot in the actors’small room. From the article the tokyo guys accuse the american juries to be racist against asians.. that’s why they wanan trial in Japan so they can use katana to cut their balls? haha. I agree anyway, if u do a copy of a game your only option is to make it free not sell it.

Peace.

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by integral

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:33:00 +0000

rofl nice pics

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by DrDerekDoctors

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:19:49 +0000

LOL! I was wondering why this was taking so long to post, and it was because a special commemorative GIF was being crafted. :)

Spookily it ties in very well, timing wise, with a rip-off feature I’m posting in a couple of days…

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by Pyabo

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:06:48 +0000

OMGponies!!111 Derek, that image rules.

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by PHeMoX

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:02:06 +0000

Bad business … I guess they’ll do anything to please their shareholders…

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by X_Sheep

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:41:20 +0000

Also Rocket Mania is a ripoff of this arcade game.

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by rinkuhero

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:30:12 +0000

Also funny is that the Google ad right under that entry advertises Zuma.

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by Lega

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:18:49 +0000

Utterly sickening. It is sad to see a man show such blatant hypocrisy. Sad indeed.

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by Melly

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:12:56 +0000

Hypocrisy taken to a whole new level.

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by Gr.Viper

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:09:08 +0000

IMO, 90% of shareware games nowadays are rip-offs. Just browse though big shareware portals and you’ll see dozens of similar games differing only in the colour of tiles. And each of them will be tagged 20$…

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by rinkuhero

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:38:30 +0000

Priceless entry sir.

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by frosty

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:45:34 +0000

I seem to recall them saying in an interview that Bejewelled was a copy of a Java game they found on someone’s website.

"PopCap on the Topic of Creativity" by Bad Sector

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:31:12 +0000

Hahaha, that was superb :-)