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Posted By Austin Yorski about 8 months, 4 weeks ago
WHAT'S IN THE CUBE?!?!?!
Peter Molyneux might be the unluckiest guy in the gaming industry. After making a name for himself with Black & White he went on to the disappointing Fable franchise, only to quit over apparent creative differences with Microsoft. Now the inimitable auteur has stared 22Cans, only to have their first title run into a problem of literal galactic scale.
Their upcoming experimental game, dubbed Curiosity, is going to end up launching with a different designation, thanks to the National Aeronautical and Space Administration’s Curiosity Rover, which recently landed on Mars. “The name change is prompted by the need to have something simple to search for in Google,” Molyneux explained this morning, “This worked well for ‘Curiosity’ but since NASA: Curiosity is now obviously generating a lot of interest we need to change the name.”
The Game Formerly Known as Curiosity is an avant-garde (pretentious?) experience launching on PC and mobile devices this September in which players will each try to tunnel into the center of a giant cube. The “experimental” part comes from the fact that there is only one cube shared between all worldwide players, and the first person to hit the center gets the prize. Of course, real-world money can be used to purchase tools to help, so all signs point to this being a pay-to-win exercise that will really end up being about whatever is inside the cube.
I assume it holds what little remains of Peter Molyneux’s sanity.
Source: Eurogamer
Simple, just name it “The Cube” and call it a day.
I think it sounds interesting. I appreciate the experimental nature of it, and, though he has produced extreme disappointments, I believe that Molynuex at least tries, unlike quite a few major money-vaccuums in the industry.
Also, I don’t it sounds too pretentious. He expected it to grab someone’s interest, and it did. That is not pretentious. That word has been worked to death. Can we please bury it already?
My money (which will not be seen anywhere near this which I rather spend on hats and a gun with a golden heads attached)is that its…another cube.
Change the title to “Experiment in Auteur Game Developer’s Arrogance #471″.
As for what’s inside, I’d hope it would be Molyneux’s bank account number.
“RESISTANCE IS FUTILE! YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED! YOUR TECHNOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVENESS WILL BE ADDED TO OUR OWN!”
I hope nothing is in the center of the cube, and the winner spent tons of money to get there.
No, they’ll get 100GP.
And their knowledge of the land shall be great.
I’m looking forward to playing molyneux’s “Curiosity”, l am a sucker for games that are social/psychological experiments. This is the game that’s got a DLC Axe that’s said to hack through the cube’s centre in no time but its priced at £50,000.
yea though its likely going to be one of those moments where the person that shells out the massive bucks for the item gets victory snatched by someone who is quicker with that last swing. Be another Historical moment for gaming on YouTube.
I bet the prize is £50,000 or a picture of molyneux’s ass.
I really hope this fails miserably and nobody buys any of the premium cube tapping tools. This really tests the limit of what can be a legitimate digital purchase. I mean buying virtual crap for your farm is dumb, but buying “taps” to see something you don’t even know what it could be is just insane. It may as well be the stupid music box from Fable 2+3 and an announcement trailer for Fable 4 a game where you only use one button but it’s hyped up to be the greatest thing in history. If this does well just imagine the flood of crap that will come out from copycats.
Tell him to change the name to “I Don’t Fucking Care”.
I like it, it has my vote.