Tim Langdell: The EDGE of Insanity?

Shinji,

The best thing to do is to calmly and logically get the word out, but it’s really up to the Mobigames more than anyone else. It’s really their battle and one that they might not be able to fight because of pending litigation.

Maybe start a website: http://www.reasonstoavoidnamingyourgameedge.com

Partially in jest, but if developers know that using this generic word will land you in a world of legal hurt it’s pretty easy to avoid. It’s not like Langdell’s patented the jump button–we might have a problem then.

“Keep fantasizing about things that will never happen. I’m sure you’ll change a lot of things that way.”

Because Jules Verne & Leonardo DaVinci were huge dumbasses.

ps. I’ll go on record as being one of the guys that will “kill him a chainsaw” any day of the week. As much as I disagree with Langdell, my hatred for chainsaws runs much deeper.

pps. if we do an EDGE compo, that’s totally what i’m doing. Kill as many chainsaws as possible with your EDGE® Blade.

Joe is obviously a captain of industry, here.

How many did he actually make, Joe?

;)

I’ve had a lot of hot dinners. Estimating at least one a day, considering I’m 24, 365 + 10 for food-friendly holidays, 24 * 375 = 9000, plus 6 for leap years, around 9006, give or take 1000.

All in all it comes out to about you are an idiot.

So real he had to edit his own Wikipedia page! So real he’s purposefully creating brand confusion (“Mirrors Edge”)! So real that a guy named “Joe” has to exclaim loudly on the comments of a blog that he’s real and, in the process, insult the indie developers who Tim, Tom, and the IGDA purportedly care about!

Joe the Plumber, meet Joe the Game Developer.

If he’s real, his work should speak for itself.

Wow, this is incredible. Is this the same Joe that actually is Cheri Davis that actually is Tim Langdell that now is suggesting he knows Tim after saying he didn’t on the forums? Oh this web of lies! Or is it just a bizarre joke?! It’s damn hard to tell!

Dude, he sues big companies too. or at least objects to their trademark registrations, see the Namco case. THAT HE LOST, I might add, despite what Joe/Tim/Mr. Space Crazy has suggested.

Obviously, Joe/Tim/Cheri has never watched any of those movies where the dad tells the son that he can’t do a thing, and then through a series of trials and events the son does the thing and the dad says “I’m sorry son, you were right. Good job doing that thing.” Then they hug and shit.

This is the same situation, only instead of hugging I’ll probably piss on Joe’s grave. Because he is old, and will die of natural causes soon. Most likely from heart disease as it is the number one killer in America today. Second is Cancer, so he better watch out. Cancer uses a baseball bat.

Best tigs comments thread ever? I’m drunk though, it’s a factor we should consider

This is the FBI. You’re all under arrest for saying mean things about insane has-been wankers who’ve filed more frivolous lawsuits than you’ve had hot dinners. Remain where you are, you will be collected. Thanks for the tip, Joe.

tim looks like the manchild of hitler, and the dude(big lebowski)

Please make the EDGE game compo happen. I want to make games regarding hot dinners with gameplay that will put you on the edge of your seat.

Tim Langdell singlehandedly invented the first computer solely to play videogames; created Atari, Nintendo, Sega, EA and Square; then spawned the internet with Bob Dole.

Genuine questions for Joe:

Hi Joe,

I’m asking honestly, because you’re the only one here to agree with Langdell it seems.

1) If you are or were in game development and you know Tim Langdell, can you tell us your real name? No one is really anonymous on TIGsource, may they be hobbyist or pro. So you don’t have anything to fear, since you seem proud of your point of view, please tell us who you are. This will back up your stance on this issue.

2) Tim Langdell’s credits are hard to find on the internet. According to you his Mobygames credits aren’t anywhere close to complete, so please can you list some of his credits?

I hope you will answer and not insult me. You must realize though, that your behavior here doesn’t make Tim Langdell look any better. To which you will say it doesn’t matter because our opinions are those of worthless wannabes, but still.

The totally cheap shot Tom B refers to is this:

“The last time Langdell developed a game worth playing Madonna still had all her original body parts.”

That was about the time I started working in the games industry and I can truthfully attest that I have never once choked a chicken or any other poultry or fowl.

Joe said: “I really don’t know what’s worse, your jealousy or the fact that you think you can actually challenge those with actual credibility in the games industry.”

Yeah, because Tim has a lot of credibility left. Like, when people are considering inviting him to give a speech for whatever event they’re hosting and Google his name they’re not going to be the least concerned that this guy apparently forged his own Wikipedia article, is being referred to as a “trademark troll” by major gaming site Kotaku and seems to be the laughing stock of the entire industry.

Who are you trying to fool? Try and convince yourself they’re going to miss all those articles and just zigzag their way to your LinkedIn-profile. Maybe that will help you keep the tears back at night, but it won’t become reality any time soon.

the interesting part about langdell, joe, and that “game attorney” guy is that these types of people — self-aggrandizing folk people who harm those less successful than them and don’t care about it and then put them down as wannabees etc. — are not just crazy corner-street bums, but actually are the people who rule the industry, and the world

to address what joe said earlier: no, most of us are not against copyright, and most of us don’t pirate games and make up excuses about that. many indies such as myself have in fact sold games and have had them pirated; most of us feel that copyright in some form is necessary.

but trademark isn’t copyright, and the purpose of trademark is to avoid consumer confusion by having two similarly named products or companies in the same field. but there’s obviously no chance of consumer confusion between a company named edge which hasn’t created a game in decades and a game called edge on the iphone. trademark law is intended to serve people, by avoiding confusion, not the owners of the trademark who don’t even use the trademark anymore except in court. using a common word that someone else used already happens, and the careers of indies should not be endangered or destroyed over using a common word in a game title.

tim langdell is “successful” only in the sense that he’s weaseled his way up the social ladder through hook or crook (mostly crook). like, i suspect, most of the board of the igda. but this is a different age. in the information age of the internet, as politicians are learning, you can’t as easily lie about yourself and claim to have done things you haven’t done and get away with it forever. there’s just too much easy access to information and history on the internet for it to be possible anymore to fake your way through life.

Tim Langdell has a douchy smile.

Tim Langdell is the embodiment of “Big ego, No fame or skill”.

Nobody really knows who Tim Langdell is or what he’s done. This has nothing to do with him being an 80’s game developer. He’s just that bad.

Tim Langdell’s number one hobby is grabbing cats by the tail and swinging them around until they come loose and fly into a wall.

Once a year Sid Meier dons a red coat and hat and delivers presents to children around the world.

What’s also probably not coincidental is that Joe and Tim Langdell both seem to have an unreasonable disdain for little developers. Joe mocks them for, in his opinion, accomplishing nothing. Meanwhile Tim sues them when they get too accomplished.

Something about little people working hard for very little financial gain simply because of the passion for their craft really rubs Joe and Uncle Tim the wrong way. I wonder why that is?

Yeah, so just as a guideline; when dealing with a yeasty litigious cuntbag it’s better to call them a smegma-chewing megadouche than anything
concrete like ‘extortionist’ or ‘baby rapist’. Or just abuse ‘allegedly’. If you’re a pussy.

Also I love the sudden burst of activity on tigs today but does anyone else get the feeling that it’s an attempt to push this thread off the front page?
I get it if Derek’s sick of Cheridavis fagging things up and stuff but this is has been a really fun read.

Sorry if I’m way off the mark with this terrible accusation.

Paul Eres” these types of people – self-aggrandizing folk people who harm those less successful than them and don’t care about it and then put them down as wannabees etc. – are not just crazy corner-street bums, but actually are the people who rule the industry, and the world”

This sentence has power.

I feel bad for Tim Langdell. He must be the unhappiest man in the world. All this to quite literally make a name for himself.

I wonder how he threatened GSW to get that article pulled.

i am sad

I am entertained. And upset. And angry.
But still entertained because Joe is thinking up the lousiest arguments to defend himself. Ha.