David Jaffe hates focus testing
by Ross Miller 
{ Jan 31st 2007 at 10:59PM }
Designer David Jaffe's latest blog entry, as vulgar-laden as usual, was a liveblog of his day at a focus test for Calling All Cars (previously Criminal Crackdown), an upcoming PlayStation 3 downloadable title. You won't find much in terms of new game details, but aspiring game developers could learn a lot from this manic entry.
Calling All Cars is planned for a release next month in the range of $5 to $10.
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2kings @ Jan 31st 2007 11:21PM
David Jaffe is the man
he knows what he's talking about.
Jeff Doyle @ Jan 31st 2007 11:23PM
It's cool David Jaffe is getting out there in the spotlight. Remember that MTV thing he and some other devs did a while back?
In it, he commended CliffyB for being a public figure and said that's what designers should do.
Seems he's taking his own advice.
Funny how it always starts with drunken videos at launch parties.
Diman @ Jan 31st 2007 11:27PM
Hehe that man is a great comedian, his blog is awsome. Hope Calling All Cars is better than it already is.
bmac @ Jan 31st 2007 11:30PM
Cool read. I dig that stream of concious style blogging for this sort of event, gets all those little things he'd probably forget/edit later. Too bad they didn't seem to test the setup beofre they started, could have possibly avoided those network problems.
Miniboss @ Jan 31st 2007 11:36PM
The one thing you learn as a developer when you focus test games... people are stupid.
Hannibal @ Jan 31st 2007 11:52PM
That was hilarious. Despite this being a PS3 game (I don't own a PS3), I think it's going to be great, whereas I didn't know it existed before this.
Zero_ @ Feb 1st 2007 12:13AM
I do sometimes think Jaffe is an ass, but man that blog was hilarious.
TopaZ @ Feb 1st 2007 2:37AM
I'm so tired of this neo-developer-would-be-rockstar mentality. I've never seen an intelligent guy try so hard to be a Joe Frances-like waste of space.
LuckyChowmeinDude @ Feb 1st 2007 3:52AM
He sucks , he should retire , if he doesnt the kill him.
Pedro @ Feb 1st 2007 9:09AM
Topaz and Lucky win the intertubes.
Sliv @ Feb 1st 2007 9:09AM
Yeah, well focus testing hates David Jaffe.
nick @ Feb 1st 2007 9:52AM
When is he going to port the game to the Wii or 360, so that he'll have the large sales the game deserves?
Edge of Blade @ Feb 1st 2007 10:15AM
That's all we need...another "Diva Dev". Face it. He did nothing revolutionary with God of War and who ever told you he did was an idiot. It was a standard button masher with huge bosses and breasts. It was a game for dumb teenage boys. In fact, how so many of them ended up playing Halo 2 is beyond me.
And Nick, God of War is a Sony franchise, the same way Halo is a Microsoft franchise or Mario is a Nintendo franchise.
Noshino @ Feb 1st 2007 11:45AM
"God of War and who ever told you he did was an idiot. It was a standard button masher"
I guess you never got to pull off the combos? and although the game is not as "WOW" as devil may cry (he said it himself), it was a good game, and hell, its just the beginning of the franchise...