Most cubes contain air, sugar, or tiny men named Rubik. Not Peter Molyneux's, though. Instead, Molyneux himself emerged from the cuboid cocoon with promises of virtual immortality. Bryan Henderson from Edinburgh, Scotland will soon be godding at an eons-old level even though he's just 18. For some, though, that prize rang hollow. "All that tapping," many cried, "for the sole purpose of advertising 22Cans' next game?" And what would've happened if GODUS' Kickstarter didn't succeed in the first place? Would the prize have been something else entirely? Also, what does cell phone cube tapping have to do with a primarily PC god game at all, and why weren't we able to at least participate in the tapping on PC? Molyneux initially promised it, after all. There are, in other words, some things to answer for. I got in touch with Molyneux to ask about all the rather questionable changes of plan, and also how all the "god of gods" stuff will affect GODUS for everyone else. Here's the first part of our chat.
]]>Peter Molyneux's Curiosity is officially, incontrovertibly over. A young man by the name of Bryan Henderson from Edinburgh, Scotland cracked the not-quite-infinite cuboid egg, and out oozed godhood. Well, OK, virtual godhood in 22Cans' upcoming GODUS - which has drawn some rather, er, mixed reactions from mere mortals. I got in touch with Peter Molyneux to talk about that, potential dishonesty, how Henderson's "god of gods" role will function, and why a mobile contest decided a crucial feature for a PC game, and he revealed a particularly interesting nugget: godhood and all it entails (including a cut of GODUS' eventual earnings) has an expiration date. After that, the throne will be up for grabs, but you'll need a lot more than luck and tap-cracked fingertips to claim it.
]]>Last time I spoke with Peter Molyneux, he was practically abuzz with renewed vigor. He'd left Microsoft, started his own hand-picked studio, and ascended back into the high-concept realm he so loves to call home. But reality has a way of dousing even the most excited of flames, and Molyneux knows that better than just about anyone. But the godfather of god games was different when we spoke today: insanely thrilled to be launching a Kickstarter for his Populous meets Dungeon Keeper meets Black & White god opus GODUS, yes, but also wearied, frantic, and tremendously apologetic. It's been a rough few weeks for 22 Cans, and it showed. And then something crazy happened: Molyneux cried. Openly. Without reservation. But not for the reason you might think. "I just," he winced, his voice audibly cracking, "I still believe so much."
]]>In an extraordinary interview to be published shortly, a clearly emotional Peter Molyneux broke down into tears when discussing the struggles he's had with Curiosity, and his concerns about making promises for Kickstarter GODUS.
"I can’t blame people for not believing," Molyneux responded, when it was suggested that his history of over-promising and under-delivering might hurt prospects for GODUS. Especially in light of the very negative reaction to Curiosity's server failures - something the creator tells us was "a disaster".
"I know I’ve said things," Molyneux continued. "I wish I could not say them, I guess. I just... I still believe so much."
]]>Molyneux's new company, 22Cans, has launched a £450,000 Kickstarter called Project GODUS. Behold: "It’s an innovative reinvention of Populous, the original god game and delivers exciting global co-operation, competition, creation and destruction to a whole new generation."
Video below. Watch.
]]>If you ever read websites - or, indeed, words - other than RPS, you might have noticed that Peter Molyneux's cube-tapping opus Curiosity is now officially inside the small, generally not-for-breaking wannabe-cubes we call mobile phones. You'll remember, though, that 22 Cans' original announcement definitely mentioned PC as well. So why aren't we rapidly advancing our already inevitable carpal tunnel epidemic in hopes of gazing upon a "life-changing" secret? I got in touch with Molyneux to find out.
]]>Hello. Hello you. Did you go to the Eurogamer Expo this weekend? Did you have fun? Because I couldn't go, so I couldn't have fun. My bitterness could destroy worlds. Fortunately, I can catch up with at least some of what I missed, as Eurogamer have posted videos of a great many of their developer sessions. Valve! Hitman! Molyneux! Tomb Raider! Assassin's Creed! DayZ! Remember Me! WARFACE. I've embedded those I am personally most interested in below, selfish twit that I am, but you can see the whole lot over here.
]]>I was ready. I spent weeks studying cubes - pouring over research, feeling them, learning their structural weaknesses, biting them, stacking them, attempting to fit them into round holes, living among them in their natural habitat, trying to understand what they fear most. I was going to crack open Curiosity's chocolate shell in one definitive swing and devour the "life-changing" nougat inside. But now it's been delayed into September, and I really just want a candy bar. Peter Molyneux and co have, however, released a trailer that depicts a cube doing cube things. So that's something, I suppose.
]]>Look, I know I already posted about NASA's Unity-powered Mars exploration sim not three weeks ago, but given those marvellous men and women and their remote-controlled flying machines have just managed to successfully land a nuclear-powered robot on the Red Planet, it seems entirely timely to flag it up again. Particlarly because the game/sim is being updated with the Curiosity rover's progress and discoveries in something like real-time. Go look!
]]>Here at RPS, we consider all of our posts to be small, mysterious boxes with things of life-changing significance inside. Especially this one. So it's a bit flattering to hear that fabled Fable-er and god of god gaming Peter Molyneux is totally stealing our format. Yep. That is definitely what's happening. On August 22, Molyneux's cube-tapping opus is coming to PC (and the tiny, rectangular PCs that can make phone calls), and he claims whatever's inside will be "life-changingly important."
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