romero opens new start up

SHEPEIRO

"Romero Reveals Upstart
Nearly a year after parting ways with Midway's San Diego studio and its ill-fated Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows project, John Romero has revealed via a blog post the first details on his newly founded studio, tentatively titled Slipgate Ironworks, and project, tentatively titled Super Secret Mystery Project.

The Redwood City studio is looking to hire designers, artists, and programmers for a yet-to-be-revealed massively multiplayer title, or in Romero's own words, is seeking "supercore" developers hard enough to "survive [their] hyperdimensional environment" and join their "superstar" team. "- quoted from edge-online

Toomas

I think by now he would need to seek financial aid from another galaxy.

SHEPEIRO

"hyperdimensional environment"- not another galaxy doh

flaagan

redwood city you say...

Xenobond

High school grads could totally do that job. If they are hardcore enough, that is (err, I guess he's gone beyond hardcore now, and into the realm of... SUPERCORE). What is next?

thnom

HARDCORE?

Toomas

Maybe by supercore he means like that the workers will pay him to work on hes marvelous project
hmmm...
that actually sounds like a plan he could use.

Ninjas

I don't know if the word 'supercore' is supercore enough to describe the developers needed to succeed in a project under Romero. I mean, really, how good of a developer would you have to be to make a Daikatana MMORPG actually good? I think you would have to be at least super-ultracore, or maybe mega-supercore.

SHEPEIRO

the word you are looking for is herocore, if you cant fly/type faster than sound dont bother to apply

Jeff Parrott

There needs to be a three strikes and you're out rule in the industry.

spacemonkey

I bet he stole the idea's from that reality show 'Creating Kaos', he is going to create the next big massive multiplayer to beat blizzard.. with no funding and a team spread over the net!
UBERCORE
and he will do it all while sat naked, except for his underpants!


fun aside, I hope he does better this time!

SHEPEIRO

underpants... no just his keyboard

Kevin Albers

Ack. Another doomed-from-the-start studio, where you have to have a massive ego in order to be considered a potential employee...

arshlevon

"supercore" developers hard enough to "survive [their] hyperdimensional environment"

in otherwords they are going to try and make a game like wow, that took over 7 years in less than 5 monthes. good luck with that. i wonder what other new terms we see in the future that really translate into "crunch your ass off". actually i think crunch your ass off is a little less abrasive than using the word "survive"..

there have been rumors floating around the office for monthes now about JR and his new mmo, i guess its offical now.

Toomas

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in otherwords they are going to try and make a game like wow, that took over 7 years in less than 5 monthes. good luck with that. i wonder what other new terms we see in the future that really translate into "crunch your ass off". actually i think crunch your ass off is a little less abrasive than using the word "survive"..

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Hey now you are stretching it, Daikatana was supposed be done in 7 months, not 5 and it only took like 4 years!

Ninjas

They would probably get just as many reels if they had said
"John Romero is looking for people to be made his bitches. Only artists, programmers and designers willing to suck it down need apply"

SHEPEIRO

Ninjas- that would be hardcore, this is supercore....

.... can you operate a mouse whith an orange ball in your mouth

Toomas

The real question is can you paint in binary.

Toomas

ebagg

To be supercore you must clamp your eyes open so blinking doesn't decrease your efficiency. A hyperdimensional environment is where deadlines are always two weeks before yesterday.

I wonder if Romero ever has dreams about being the Doom 2 boss, shooting out fiery Daikatana death!!!

KDR_11k

I think he's just desperate for attention.

gauss

yeah, exactly when are we going to stop paying attention to him like we ought?

swampbug

Romero's hair must be getting too long again.

danr

"supercore" sounds a bit spaccy to me

parasyte7

We have been recruiting for Slipgate for months now...just couldn't talk about it

dfacto

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yeah, exactly when are we going to stop paying attention to him like we ought?

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When he stops dropping awesome phrases like "supercore" and "hyperdimensional environment"?

CheapAlert

are you guys beating the dead horse about dk's ad campaign again

ebagg

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are you guys beating the dead horse about dk's ad campaign again

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You WILL be Romero's biatch! It WILL happen!

Ninjas

Man. I'm not sure those jokes will ever get old.

Toomas

parasite give us inside info, how does hyperdimensional environment smell like?
And how did you become supercore, do you have to take some pills for like three years to achive this state of mind or are you born with it?
One more thing is supercore more like real bunny or like energizer bunny?

malcolm

If you have achieved supercore ability hyperdimensional subsurface scatter no longer effects your ears and nose and your face just looks opaque. However, developing this technique will take much longer than scheduled.

milla

I think the petty malice displayed in this thread speaks more more of you lot than it does of him.

Ninjas

I think it would be more accurate to call it "humor" rather than "petty malice". Jokes have to be made at someone's expense. Why not John Romero's?

Seriously though, who else is he going to attract other than egomaniacs when he starts asking for "supercore" talent? I think it would be great for Romero to develope a really new and revolutionary MMORPG, and make us all eat crow, but I just don't think that is going to happen.

Ultimately I think Romero's life passion is to look cool and live the 'bling-bling' 'look at me' lifestyle. I personally find that repulsive. If you want to make games, then you would be well served to have your passion in life be making games.

I don't know the guy. Maybe I'm wrong. But if I am wrong, it isn't because Romero has made any real effort to get the truth out. If he wants respect, it is easy to get in this industry. Get some skills! Show some art or write some code and blow our minds! It's that simple.

hawken

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I think the petty malice displayed in this thread speaks more more of you lot than it does of him.

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we are talking about the same guy that bought a snazzy new office _last time_ he started up a company, only to find that no one could do any work because the ceiling was entirely made of glass.

tsk tsk, browsing the internet on your bithday!