[cod] Reality or Publicity Stunt?

[Martin H]

Duck Hunt... Metroid... Xevious.. Those were the days.

On 4 March 2010 21:02, Josh Luthman <iam8up at gmail.com> wrote:

> Does anyone else remember simply playing Mario on the 13" color TV with the
> broken channel changing knob?
>
> Why does everything have to grow up and be such a ridiculous mess.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 10:39 AM, escapedturkey <
> escapedturkey at escapedturkey.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-04/activision-sued-by-sacked-call-of-duty-creators-update1-.html
>>
>> Please tell me if my posts are getting annoying. Just find this all
>> interesting.
>>
>> Martin H wrote:
>>
>>> Call of Duty: Medieval Warfare.
>>>
>>> Has a kind of ring to it...
>>>
>>> On 3 March 2010 08:45, Bong-Master <bong-master at thesilverdagger.co.uk<mailto:
>>> bong-master at thesilverdagger.co.uk>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    It looks like we are gonna be running around with knives & swords
>>> lmfto
>>>
>>>    --------------------------------------------------
>>>    From: "Alfonso Leon T." <aleont at gmail.com <mailto:aleont at gmail.com>>
>>>
>>>    Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 7:32 AM
>>>    To: "Call of Duty server admin list." <cod at icculus.org
>>>    <mailto:cod at icculus.org>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    Subject: Re: [cod] Reality or Publicity Stunt?
>>>
>>>        I say its a long way of saying let's charge them on a monthly
>>>        basis like in world of warcraft.
>>>
>>>        ------Original Message------
>>>        From: escapedturkey
>>>        To: Call of Duty server admin list.
>>>        ReplyTo: Call of Duty server admin list.
>>>        Subject: Re: [cod] Reality or Publicity Stunt?
>>>        Sent: Mar 3, 2010 1:13 AM
>>>
>>>        "The plans include the formation of a dedicated business unit
>>>        that will
>>>
>>>        bring together its various new brand initiatives with focused,
>>>        dedicated
>>>
>>>        resources around the world. The company intends to expand the
>>>        Call of
>>>
>>>        Duty brand with the same focus seen in its Blizzard(R)
>>> Entertainment
>>>
>>>        business unit. This will include a focus on high-margin digital
>>>        online
>>>
>>>        content and further the brand as the leading action entertainment
>>>
>>>        franchise in new geographies, new genres and with new digital
>>>        business
>>>
>>>        models."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        Is a long-winded way of saying "COD MMO"?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        Kjell Munkestam wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=448656
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>            The departure of West/Zampella is confirmed ...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>            ... and so is the future of COD as a franchise ...
>>>            action-adventure genre???
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>            "Procter & Gamble and Nestle" eeeh? Sounds like a bunch of
>>>            non-gaming suites
>>>
>>>
>>>            will be in charge from now on.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>            West and Zampella were running IW for 8-9 years, building up
>>>            the brand of
>>>
>>>
>>>            CoD.
>>>
>>>
>>>            Except for the MW2 debacle (which might have been an AT
>>>            decision) they've
>>>
>>>
>>>            done alot of good for shooter gaming. Hope they find a new
>>>            home and bring
>>>
>>>
>>>            back the spirit of PC gaming.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>            ~SgtBilko
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>            -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>>
>>>            From: escapedturkey [mailto:escapedturkey at escapedturkey.com
>>>            <mailto:escapedturkey at escapedturkey.com>]
>>>
>>>
>>>            Sent: den 2 mars 2010 18:54
>>>
>>>
>>>            To: Call of Duty server admin list.
>>>
>>>
>>>            Subject: Re: [cod] Reality or Publicity Stunt?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>            Gets more interesting:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/infinity-ward-studio-heads-sacked
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/activision-holding-back-mw2-royalties
>>>
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