 |
How do folks working in the games industry feel about Oprah covering Twitter? And what are their thoughts on why "GTA: Chinatown Wars" didn't sell? Find out.
***
fourzerotwo - 2:30pm EST: Twitter on Oprah today? Officially mainstream! Prep for the Fail Whale in tminus 5..4..3..2..OPRAH! YOU get a Twitter and YOU get a Twitter!
-- Robert Bowling - Director of Communications/Community Manager, Infinity Ward
cuppy - 2:30pm EST: Re: Oprah on Twitter. Seriously, who cares? I'm personally a fan of Oprah, and I don't care how mass market Twitter ends up getting.
-- Tami Baribeau - Community Manager, Metaplace
hecterrific - 3:30pm EST: if my mom gets a twitter account i am giving up the internet.
-- Hector Sanchez - Producer for "Mortal Kombat," Midway Games
JohnNoonan - 2:30pm EST: Too bad GTA: Chinatown Wars hasn't sold better. I'm part of the problem, bought Henry Hatsworth first. GTA is next though, I promise : )
-- John Noonan - Game Developer and Host of the Platform Biased podcast, Microsoft Game Studios
ChrisA9 - 1:00pm EST: @voMethod How GTA: CW tanked and why you thought it tanked, games made for game developers not the target audience.
-- Christian Arca - Lead Designer, Agora Games
chrislamb - 2:00pm EST: Ugh, I totally forgot Greg Land was coming back to Fraction's Uncanny X-Men. Hooray for several months of poorly traced porn stars.
-- Chris Lamb - Designer, Powerhead Games
jchausse - 2:00pm EST: Every employee at this McDonald's is wearing a tie. Their strategy is working. I TOTALLY feel like I'm at Olive Garden.
-- Jeff Chausse - Web Director, Harmonix
HMXCasey - 12:00pm EST: The Art Direction for Harley Quinn in Arkham Asylum is f---ing disgusting. http://tinyurl.com/c9znrk [Note: Expletive edited.]
-- Casey Malone - Designer/Cake-lover, Harmonix
***
Are you a game developer who wants to be Twitter-stalked by us? Then send an e-mail to tracey[dot]john[at]mtvstaff[dot]com, and we'll keep tabs on you.