GameSpot let me do a little Q & A with them. I felt the need to say something!
From the article:
Far from a typical retail boxed product, The Dishwasher is a side-scrolling beat-’em-up with a penchant for Kill Bill-style blood geysers, shambling zombies, and maniacal robots. Inspired by equal parts jeet kune do master Bruce Lee, poseur Italian restaurants, and Ryuhei Kitamura’s epic Versus, The Dishwasher in many ways acts as a proof of concept for Microsoft’s ambitious service and gives players the chance to channel their inner butcher while bounding off walls and mashing on buttons in the process.
And then I say cool things like:
GS: In terms of ease of use, does XNA have the potential to be the magic bullet for bringing game design and development to the masses? As in, are we going to see a lot of average joes making quality, fun games?
JS: Game development is still an extremely ambitious venture, so depending on your definition of “the masses,” we may never see this type of magic bullet. Otherwise, a guy like me is probably always going to be the best you can hope for as an average joe. I went to school for computer science while working a series of crappy jobs and have always dreamed of making video games but have no industry experience or special game development education.
Then I checked the GameSpot forum on this, and found some excellent nuggets of InterWeb wisdom; some good ones:
1 of the best Arcade games out
I want to buy it now but that not a option. Dam you Microsoft, Dam you.
The one drawback to this game being so amazing
Is that every Wed. until it releases will be a disappointment no matter what comes out.
…and some not so good ones:
This is the most hot topic game in the world.
It might as well be called Johnny the Homicidal Douchebag.
There are a lot more good ones then there are not so good ones, so I’m really pleased (and I’m getting a little better at accepting criticism). It seems like people are really hungry for some XBLA content that isn’t classic arcade games or cutesy casual games. Not like there’s anything terrifically wrong with classic arcade games and cutesy casual games (I like a little Boom Boom Rocket and Metal Slug 3, thankyouverymuch), but I think people are pretty agreed about the desire for interesting new content, even if it is “hot topic.”
And for the record, I prefer Salvation Army for my counterculture wardrobe over Hot Topic. Think I can afford Hot Topic? I’m still poor, you know.
March 14, 2008 at 8:54 pm |
Don’t let the bad comments discourage you, James — they’re just hella jealous that you have mad game devleopment skilz and the ability to turn your dreams into reality
March 14, 2008 at 9:29 pm |
Thanks, Dave
I keep having to remind myself that guys like that will always be out there, and they either are miserable playing the games they hate all day long, or they don’t really mean what they say. Or they actually do hate all games and are wasting a ridiculous amount of time commenting about them.
March 15, 2008 at 9:12 am |
congrats on the gamespot bit, I love all your games so far.
I was surprised at how polished the dishwasher felt, great debugging there man.
Anyways keep up the good work, Oh and also after this project…
I begg of you with all my heart, please start work on ” Survival Crisis Z ll ”
(with multiplayer gamemodes of course, im sure theres a thousand ppl that would help you out with that project.)
– Brandon
April 10, 2008 at 6:01 pm |
The “hot topic” comment is incredibly asinine, and reveals more about the commenter to me than anything else. Especially given the JTHM reference. The internet is the one place where people can get away with saying the most uninformed, moronic, obnoxious statements without fear. If I heard someone make such a comment in a public place, I would feel compelled to challenge them on the spot, face to face, and pick apart that silly statement.
I personally am looking forward to Dishwasher, and have been for the past few months. Unfortunately I somehow zoned out on the XBL demo, but I saw the video. So I’ll have to wait until that glorious Wednesday in the future when it appears in all it’s glory as a XBLArcade dl. Keep up the good work.