Oystein Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 I mailed DoubleFine and asked about the possibilities for a PC release of Psychonauts. A few days later I received a pretty funny mail from them. It goes like this: "Okay, this is going to be hard for you to hear, but you need to learn some day: PCs are satanic, soul-sucking hellboxes that are only to be used for reading email and browsing the web. They are not to be used for playing games, because that would be an insult to the nature of gaming. The proper way to experience gaming is on an XBOX. If you don't have an XBOX than it is possible that Satan may already have control of you soul. Fight Satan! Buy an XBOX. Love, Info the Clown" --End of Mail--- Comments anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manny_c444 Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Yeah, I have a comment: Double Fine is going to crash and burn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death_himself Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 oh nuts, I have an XBOX does that mean satan is mad at me? (note: I believe in the possibility of satan being God and God being Satan, God is the bad guy and satan rebelled after God left the toilet seat up one time too many, so if you're bad you actually go to heaven and heaven is in fact a nasty placxe...no? right I betta shut up) So is he gonna port it to the XBOX then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elTee Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Hee hee, Tim Schafer e-mailed me a few days ago cos I said good luck to his fledgling company about a year ago. All the mail to Doublefine had been going to a wrong email address. I'm going to ask them about Gamecubes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueZTone Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 omg i think Tim Shafer sells us pc-users out because Microsoft payed them bigtime to make Psychonauts for the X-Box... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Originally posted by manny_c444 Yeah, I have a comment: Double Fine is going to crash and burn. I think that was a (half) joke. See, they still play PC games there (or did when I visited - read the old Mojo report from last Summer whenever it goes back up). I mean, that email sounds like an amusing version of the party line if you ask me. It was funny intentionally, you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystein Posted July 4, 2002 Author Share Posted July 4, 2002 I'm really starting to like DoubleFine. All their newsposts are hilarious and this mail just prove how crazy they are. Maybe I'll buy a Xbox when Psychonauts is out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxbx Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Mr. Info always pokes fun at my Gumby & Smurf collections whenever I email him. Kinda sad, I think, because hamsters are really fun to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsgood2slide Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 I'm (in a way) happy that it is being made for xbox. I would rather pay £200 for an xbox than - say - £800 for a PC that would be able to run it. Plus I was going to buy an xbox anyway for Shenmue 3.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wossname Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 You can't even buy X-Boxes here. They delayed/cancelled the release because it bombed in Australia. Still, IF I have the money, and IF they are available, and IF Tim Schafer sends me a box of chocolates, then maybe I'll buy one. The last time I bought a console, though, was a Playstation that was much much cheaper than any of the current consoles, and I ended up buying about three games for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 geforce 4: 400 dollarsish xbox: 200 dollarsish ... ... just depends on whether or not you want to play games on the couch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxbx Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Lucastones: Yeah, find out what Schafer knows about Gamecubes. I'd love to find out what that wretched worm knows. Muharhar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elTee Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 "Game cubes are cute. I think I'll by one when Zelda comes out." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordmaster Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Originally posted by Oystein I'm really starting to like DoubleFine. Uh, starting to like them? Where have you been? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystein Posted July 5, 2002 Author Share Posted July 5, 2002 Uh, starting to like them? Where have you been? I was a bit skeptical at first and didn't bother read all the DoubleFine news at Mojo, but the Psychonauts announcement made me hooked on DoubleFine. I'm a very negative person, so I'm always skeptical of something new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manny_c444 Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 Originally posted by Jake geforce 4: 400 dollarsish xbox: 200 dollarsish ... ... just depends on whether or not you want to play games on the couch geforce 4: 400 times better than an Xbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheaday6 Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 you can't compare a game console to a graphics card. Thats like comparing a dog to another dog's tail. But if you're talking about graphics processing, they both have a 300 MHz GPU. So they're the same in that department. Except Xbox has the whole rest of a computer in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scabb Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 Xbox = For Playing Games Psychonauts = Game See Captain Mystery's article at the Scumm bar, this argument is there, right there in the comments section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapezoid Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 Damn, I've been playing games on the computer for years. I hate it when I'm wrong. *throws away all his LucasArts adventures and waits for them all to come out on console* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 Originally posted by sheaday6 you can't compare a game console to a graphics card. Thats like comparing a dog to another dog's tail. But if you're talking about graphics processing, they both have a 300 MHz GPU. So they're the same in that department. Except Xbox has the whole rest of a computer in it. I'm not comparing them for processing power. I'm comparing one thing that lets you play modern games to the other thing that lets you play modern games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huz Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 You're still comparing a part of a gaming machine (admittedly a large one) to an entire console. I can't stick a GF4 in my p166 and go off and play GTA3 on it. "geforce 4: 400 times better than an Xbox" is quite an interesting statement. How's this: "Motor that spins tapes: 400 times better than a VCR." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manny_c444 Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 Look when I said that I ment graphics processing power comparing the graphics cards in an Xbox and a PC not just the graphics card to a whole machine. IF you were to use the same off the shelf components and just slap in a geforce 4 instead of the modified geforce 2 thats in the xbox there would be a large improvment. Thats what I meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elTee Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 Hee hee hee - you all debate which is better, X-Box or PC, when the real winner is the Gamecube! Hee hee hee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manny_c444 Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 If you're willing to wait 1/2 to a full year just for a decent game to come out Gamecube isn't half bad at all. When Zelda and Mario come out, and because of the low price tag--I think GC will easily find itself selling millions more than the Xbox in the end (and millions less than the PS2--but thats a given). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elTee Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 Hello?? Luigis Mansion? Rogue Leader? Smash Bros. Melee? All out now. Coming soon: -Star Fox Adventures -Super Mario Sunshine -Metroid Prime -Rocky -Broken Sword 3 -A few LucasArts games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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