There are only three things I know for certain: people who like liquorice have no souls, Han shot first, and the world would be a darker place if Peter Molyneux wasn’t in it.
The shiny, throbbing cranium responsible for such classics as Dungeon Keeper, Populous and the Fable franchise, is a true industry legend. He has gained a reputation not only for the games he makes, but also the zeal with which he promotes them. Never one to knowingly undersell his latest project, he’s a man whose technical audacity is matched only by his unbridled ambition.
You see, at any given moment, Peter Molyneux is making the best game the world will ever know. He is forever conscious of this fact, and believes it important to share this knowledge with the gaming community.
When he talks about the games he’s making, he transports you to a wondrous realm. In this fantastical land, practicalities like hardware restrictions and software limitations are of no concern. His face glowing with enthusiasm, he speaks of a place no man or woman has ever seen before: a shimmering silicon landscape of infinite possibilities.
Sure, sometimes his promises don’t always find their way into the finished product. And yes, maybe certain projects – ones that are DEFINITELY being developed for the marketplace and are ABSOLUTELY NOT tech demos – turn out to be tech demos never intended for the marketplace.
But none of this matters. What matters is that when Peter Molyneux tells us about his next digital dalliance, we all get excited. We get excited because he gets excited. For a brief moment, we see the game through his eyes: a beautifully sculpted, perfectly balanced binary marvel, crammed with progressive features and bursting at the seams with undiluted awesome. And in a cold and godless universe, that moment is worth all the acorns in Albion.
Here is a song I wrote for Peter. It’s probably the best song ever:
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December 2nd, 2010 at 9:53 am
Excellent!
December 2nd, 2010 at 10:28 am
Mark “Double Shotguns” “Atansky” Paterson likes this. :D
December 2nd, 2010 at 12:51 pm
Omg! Definitely one of my favourite blogs and now I’m going to be singing it for weeks. Awesome work James!
December 2nd, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Absolutely fantastic! James, you have out-done yourself Sir. :)
December 2nd, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Brilliant!! (And I want to hear other music you’ve recorded now)
December 2nd, 2010 at 7:11 pm
100% real awesome sauce.
December 2nd, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Sheer magic, and the man’s a genius.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:57 pm
*spits coffee at screen* WHA?! I see now you’ve edited the opening paragraph but the transgression can not go unpunished. Please hand in your nerd badge, licence to game and Nintendo Zapper.
Han shot first.
The song was gravy though.
December 3rd, 2010 at 2:26 pm
@Albull – You called it. I was arguing with someone about Wars lore when I wrote that bit (hence the reference), and had a catastrophic ‘type the exact opposite of what you mean’ moment. Felt like quite the lemon when I clocked what I’d published. Nothing short of heresy.
It’s a fair cop, Albull. I’ve been waiting for this for a long time…
December 3rd, 2010 at 7:32 pm
This is brilliance.
The only problem now though James… the people demand more. :)
December 4th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Loved this when I edited it into the podcast. Love it even more with the video, top job!
December 14th, 2011 at 10:56 am
This is crap. Who can say how much pain another is in? Who can say who needs marijuana and who does not? Nobody has the right to deny another person their right to life. This is taking that right away. Plain and simple.