Overheard@E3: "You pulled a Peter Moore!"

by Kevin Kelly { Jul 12th 2007 at 7:15AM }

After Peter Moore's not one but TWO inopportune game pauses during the Rock Band demo at the Microsoft keynote, it looks like a new phrase has been born -- "Pulling a Peter Moore."

According to folks at the Rock Band booth, people have been inadvertently pausing the game when they're trying to rock out, causing the music to come to an abrupt halt, and their friends and observers will shout out "Aw man, you just pulled a Peter Moore!"

Reminds us of Andy's "I Schruted it." line from The Office.

Tags: Overheard, E307, Peter Moore, PeterMoore

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

kilodelta @ Jul 12th 2007 7:44AM

oops.

looks like a small oversight on the guitar design.

Stevo @ Jul 12th 2007 8:46AM

My thoughts exactly. Funny about 'Pulling a Peter Moore' though...

DckPump @ Jul 12th 2007 7:54AM

I thought thats what was said when you shit your pants, or have to take a duke. "Aw man, I just peter moored in my pants." or "I need to go take a peter and wipe my moore."

razer @ Jul 12th 2007 1:27PM

Nah, I think you're confused with Sony.. "Man, I took a huge Sony and boy does my stomach feel better".

Boss Tempo @ Jul 12th 2007 7:59AM

Sounds like real news to me.

NEXT...Joystiq's E3 coverage continues with these exclusive stories: "I Just Flushed A Big One" and "Where Did I Park The Rental"

Joshua @ Jul 12th 2007 10:32AM

Especially considering a blog is supposed to only contain "real news" and have no commentary on anything else whatsoever.

Imadogg99 @ Jul 12th 2007 8:02AM

So do they have time to redesign the thing before release?

bgeerts @ Jul 12th 2007 8:23AM

Something I thought when PM paused the game at the conference. Not the first time I seen this happening, surely a design flaw they need to sort out.

Dud @ Jul 12th 2007 9:02AM

I'm surprised no one noticed such a game breaking bad flaw this far along. Hopefully they can redesign the guitar entirely before its released. Otherwise this is probably enough to sink it.

GamerG @ Jul 12th 2007 9:29AM

Take a guess.... how many time will it take for the Rock band devs to say "Pulling a Peter Moore." before they realise they've fooked up the controller?

Brian @ Jul 12th 2007 10:25AM

Can you use the guitar from guitar hero with rock band and vice versa?

Spongie @ Jul 12th 2007 12:50PM

yes...

baby sea tuna @ Jul 12th 2007 10:35AM

I see a special zero-point Achievement in the works!

CaptNink @ Jul 12th 2007 10:52AM

Peter Moore hasn't been the only one to pull a "Peter Moore" - anyone see that other Rock Band video?

Like someone else has said, it sounds like there is a flaw in the design of the guitar if it is so easy to accidentally pause the game while playing.

Burritoclock @ Jul 12th 2007 11:06AM

Whoa, hold up, you know it is entirely possible that it isn't a design flaw and is just something that happens with inexperienced players. Believe it or not but people have managed to pause GH2 at my house with freaking recessed buttons, so maybe we should assume that harmonix maybe hasn't made such an obvious mistake and that with their years of experience they might know what they are doing...

Gabriel @ Jul 12th 2007 11:28AM

The guitar is probably flawed, but I remember when a lot of people kept hitting the guide button when they were using the XBOX 360 controller. Eventually it stopped happening because they got used to the layout.

As far as Peter Moore's "mishap" I've seen demostrators use this tactic before, where they'd pause the game to prove that they were actually playing a build of the game and not just pretending to play. I believe Peter Moore did this on purpose.

hvnlysoldr @ Jul 12th 2007 11:51AM

Sure he might have done it once on purpose to show he was playing the game and not synced video, but he did it a couple of times suggesting he didn't do them on purpose.

Levi @ Jul 12th 2007 12:13PM

I don't think it is a flaw in the Rock Band controller. Mr. Moore looked pretty awkward playing onstage. He looked like...a N00B! He was hitting the pause button because he just didn't know how to play.

When I would try to get my friends to play Guitar Hero, every single one of my non-gaming friends would accidentally pause the game while trying to play I Love Rock and Roll, or one of the other sucky easy songs.

One last dumb story: I have this one friend who always forgets that she needs to press start to begin a game. So whenever I'm playing with someone, and they forget to press start on their controller, I tell them to stop pulling a Trish.