In a post over at the Evil Avatar forums, the creator of Bob’s Game for the Nintendo DS has broken his silence about the absurdity he performed recently on the internet. He originally started out as a crazy Nintendo fanboy, who said he wouldn’t eat unless Nintendo talked to him about publishing his self made DS game. After a massive internet craze, he posted the picture above on his blog, not much was known about him, but most of us knew what it truly was, a viral marketing scheme.
“Most of the Internet game community was completely fooled by it, despite the incredible absurdity contained throughout,” claims Bob, in an email sent to the games press, including ourselves. “It saddens me that ‘angry developer litters’ is considered more newsworthy than ‘angry developer was actually a really cool elaborate amateur viral campaign that fooled everyone!’”
Stating that he was using an “old school marketing style for an old school game,” Bob insists that he’s not really angry at being denied a license, and the notorious Bob’s Game will see a DS release, even if he has to manufacture the carts himself. We of course demand a review copy.
I don’t know if this guy is better off than he was before, but now we know his true goal, more money and a publishing deal. I hope this game never gets published because Viral Marketing is a fad that I hope will pass soon. It was cool about five years ago, now, we can see it coming a mile away.
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