So Gearbox I think were demoing Brothers in Arms. It runs on Ue3.
And they have this retired army general who is working on it as a 'military consultant'
And I think Shawn Elliot from GFW magazine is interviewing him for the 1up show and out of the crowd Mark Rein just shows up.
And this general guy is like 'The emotional impact of this game is what is so important to me. when your buddies die in war is makes you sad, the pain and horror is delived in this game in a way no other can'
and mark rein chirps up 'what the fuck man? You used to use those hands to choke the life out of your enemies and now you use them to wipe the tears from your eyes before you cry yourself to sleep. baby' and walks off into the crowd again.
and this general and shawn are like completely stunned and mark rein won the day. was fucking hilarious.
There was some retired Army officer from Vietnam or some era, and he was getting misty-eyed talking about a military FPS game he was promoting, and Rein said something to the effect of "Dude, you used to use those hands to choke the life out of people, and now you're too busy crying into them?", and then the retired Army guy gave him this utterly hostile look.
I forget the exact phrasing, but Shawn Elliott from GFW recounted the story a couple of times on their podcasts.
Edit: Scarab got it.
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This will happen. Microsoft will go bankrupt if it doesn't.
I have not seen the actual GamePro article but if they're going to make predictions about us selling Epic we would prefer if they started at $2 billion. Because we don't want anyone thinking that we're cheap.
Isn't Rein the same guy who said the Wii was gonna fail because the Gamecube failed? And then to help illustrate what a "failure" the Cube was, asked everyone in his audience to raise their hand if they owned one, but put their hand back down if they owned any other console in addition to it?
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This will happen. Microsoft will go bankrupt if it doesn't.
Why would microsoft go bankrupt? This statement seems to make no sense at all. I am still casting strong points of doubt. If there was a buyout, Mark Rein (or any other major ceo/cfo worth his salt) Wouldn't comment about a merger or buyout.
So Gearbox I think were demoing Brothers in Arms. It runs on Ue3.
And they have this retired army general who is working on it as a 'military consultant'
And I think Shawn Elliot from GFW magazine is interviewing him for the 1up show and out of the crowd Mark Rein just shows up.
And this general guy is like 'The emotional impact of this game is what is so important to me. when your buddies die in war is makes you sad, the pain and horror is delived in this game in a way no other can'
and mark rein chirps up 'what the fuck man? You used to use those hands to choke the life out of your enemies and now you use them to wipe the tears from your eyes before you cry yourself to sleep. baby' and walks off into the crowd again.
and this general and shawn are like completely stunned and mark rein won the day. was fucking hilarious.
How is that funny? This guy is talking about the emotional impact of having to deal with the death of people who were his comrades, his friends. There's a good possibility that he even witnessed some of these deaths. And along comes this douchebag who tries to turn it into a big fucking joke.
I get a mental image of Mark Rein going to some woman's funeral, walking up to the husband, and saying, "Ovarian Cancer, huh? At least it wasn't breast cancer, 'cause she has an awesome rack, mirite?"
I would guess that the humour comes from the fact that this guy was using having been in a war to get paid to promote a video game.
I mean, I know if I ever had to go to war, and I wanted to honour the memory of my fallen squadmates, I would not go to a video game publisher and ask for a job comparing their game to my experience.
I would guess that the humour comes from the fact that this guy was using having been in a war to get paid to promote a video game.
I mean, I know if I ever had to go to war, and I wanted to honour the memory of my fallen squadmates, I would not go to a video game publisher and ask for a job comparing their game to my experience.
Somehow I don't think we should rule out the possibility that the guy's words were sincere just because he helped on a videogame.
Massive cuntery which might be justified on grounds we cannot prove is still massive cuntery.
Which makes Mark Rein a giant enemy crab HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-*suicide*
Its completely impossible that he took this job thinking it would just be a run of the mill military advisor position, and was surprised that the company didn't gloss over the real human tragedy of war and were making a game that not only entertained, but attempts to build a relationship between the player and the soldiers, causing an emotional impact not seen in other war games? Its more fun to assume that he's a callous prick who trying to make a quick buck at the expense of his dead friends so we can laugh at him.
This Mark guy reminds me of our previous marketing director for our casino. He was brilliant, witty, and creative. He was also a tight-wad and a complete dick, and you couldn't squeeze fifty cents out of the guy, but he was an excellent at his job. Which I imagine about sums up Mark Reign from the comments I've read.
Oh heh. Now I get the MS Points math. whoooooooooooooooops
You still missed it. One dollar is worth 80 ms points so 1 billion dollars would be 80 billion MS points. (Course it would be 160 billion MS points now, with Mark's 2 billion joke)
I have not seen the actual GamePro article but if they're going to make predictions about us selling Epic we would prefer if they started at $2 billion because we don't want anyone thinking that we're cheap.
(note the smiley)
The point was that if someone was going to make a crazy prediction they might as well make it a REALLY crazy prediction
Also, yeah, he's a giant douche if that story is true.
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That epic zing he gave to that army general guy at e3 is the stuff of legend.
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Go ahead.
And they have this retired army general who is working on it as a 'military consultant'
And I think Shawn Elliot from GFW magazine is interviewing him for the 1up show and out of the crowd Mark Rein just shows up.
And this general guy is like 'The emotional impact of this game is what is so important to me. when your buddies die in war is makes you sad, the pain and horror is delived in this game in a way no other can'
and mark rein chirps up 'what the fuck man? You used to use those hands to choke the life out of your enemies and now you use them to wipe the tears from your eyes before you cry yourself to sleep. baby' and walks off into the crowd again.
and this general and shawn are like completely stunned and mark rein won the day. was fucking hilarious.
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I forget the exact phrasing, but Shawn Elliott from GFW recounted the story a couple of times on their podcasts.
Edit: Scarab got it.
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Yeah that's pretty much how Mark Rein is coming off.
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Because soldiers can't get emotional? O_o
I don't see the funny.
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That's awesome! XD
Why would microsoft go bankrupt? This statement seems to make no sense at all. I am still casting strong points of doubt. If there was a buyout, Mark Rein (or any other major ceo/cfo worth his salt) Wouldn't comment about a merger or buyout.
That just makes him sound like a huge cunt.
I get a mental image of Mark Rein going to some woman's funeral, walking up to the husband, and saying, "Ovarian Cancer, huh? At least it wasn't breast cancer, 'cause she has an awesome rack, mirite?"
I mean, I know if I ever had to go to war, and I wanted to honour the memory of my fallen squadmates, I would not go to a video game publisher and ask for a job comparing their game to my experience.
Somehow I don't think we should rule out the possibility that the guy's words were sincere just because he helped on a videogame.
Massive cuntery which might be justified on grounds we cannot prove is still massive cuntery.
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You still missed it. One dollar is worth 80 ms points so 1 billion dollars would be 80 billion MS points. (Course it would be 160 billion MS points now, with Mark's 2 billion joke)
Also, I just found this on Bluesnews.com
Also, yeah, he's a giant douche if that story is true.
"Your house smells like polygrip and cat pee!"
The Futurama/Epic metaphor here is nearly perfect.
The old lady is Mark Rein.
"I move that we all go to my apartment and snuggle my cat"
But who is Scruffy?
The janitor. He has been there all along.