This week, we follow-up on the Smash World Tour/Nintendo/Pandas Global story from Episode 16,
The saga of Callisto Protocol's rocky release and crunch culture, DidYouKnowGaming's Copyright Strike from Nintendo for a game pitch by Retro for Heroes of Hyrule on DS, and we talk about the game awards.
Sit back and enjoy the show.
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UDP Broadcast E17
Callisto Protocol Crunch
- Dead Space Creator and Striking Distance Studios CEO Glen Schofield
- Game : Callisto Protocol
- Plagued with framerate issues on high end PCs
- Blame placed on "a damn clerical error"
-- "Being fixed. A wrong file was patched. Any minute. Just freakin error by someone rushing"
- Previous admission about Schofield and team working extreme overtime
-- "Exhaustion, tired, Covid but we're working,
-- "Lunch, dinner working. U do it cause you luv it"
- Later apologized to employees for glorifying crunch
Schofield outlook.
- "I'll take vacation when it's fixed. The fans are my priority"
sources:
https://kotaku.com/callisto-protocol-steam-ps5-bugs-glen-schofield-twitter-1849859440
https://twitter.com/GlenSchofield/status/1598798986277638144
https://twitter.com/GlenSchofield/status/1598799416965885952
https://kotaku.com/striking-distance-callisto-protocol-schofield-crunch-1849497041
Nintendo Copyright Strike against DidYouKnowGaming
- October, YT channel DidYouKnowGaming reported on failed 2004 pitch for a Zelda tactics game on the Nintendo DS
-- Heroes of Hyrule
- Contributor : Dr. Lava
- Nintendo used copyright strike to erase video
- Channel has made hundreds of videos about Nintendo games
-- First time they responded with a takedown notice
- DidYouKnowGaming tweeted:
-- This was a journalistic video documenting a game that Retro Studios pitched to Nintendo nearly 20 years ago.
This is an attempt by a large corporation to silence whatever journalism they dont like, and a slap in the face
for videogame history preservation.
- Sourced to the original 22 page pitch and interview with the retro programmer who crafted it, Paul Tozour
- no early build footage
- Some illustrations
- Video also told of hte Studio's burnout from Metroid Prime 2 and staffers wanting to try a different type of project.
Sources
https://kotaku.com/nintendo-zelda-youtube-copyright-didyouknowgaming-legal-1849868808
https://kotaku.com/zelda-final-fantasy-tactics-nintendo-metroid-prime-1849614955
https://twitter.com/didyouknowgamin/status/1600696528120602625
https://twitter.com/DrLavaYT/status/1600877520865218562
https://twitter.com/Doctor_Cupcakes/status/1600683049619845120
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