Jaffe vs. Joystiq: Hugs triumph over tirades

by Christopher Grant { Dec 6th 2007 at 5:27PM }

We all know the massive assembly of computers and routers, the thousands of miles of fiber-optic wires, and the cacophony of adolescent voices that comprise what our grandparents call the "world wide web" is good at one thing and one thing only ... okay, well two things: that other thing ... and drama. We're here to talk about the latter.

Back in May, a little situation occurred that we at Joystiq HQ have come to refer to as "Jaffe-ton." It involved several of the key ingredients of internet drama: bad words, similes, misunderstandings of similes, and a convenient one-button publishing platform. Oh yeah, and lolcats.

Following a, ahem, candid response from Mr. Jaffe to a post of ours, we wrote a heartfelt response seeking to bury the hatchet (no doubt with a series of well-timed button presses) and "bee frends." Coupled with an email to his work account, our pleas went unanswered and, consequently, our therapy visits increased.

Well, as unearthed by our pals at GameDaily in their recent interview with the game designer, it turns out Mr. Jaffe did hear our pleas via our podcast discussion of the topic (which you can relive like it was the very first time here). He tried to reach out to us but, alas, in a cruel (but poetically appropriate) twist of fate, his plea also went unanswered. He explained, "I wrote them a letter and I said, 'Guys, I never got any invites to come on your podcast and I would be happy to come on to your podcast to talk games and talk about that issue.'"

Well, Mr. Jaffe, that invite still stands (it has an expiration date of 'never') so if you'd like to be on the podcast, we'd be thrilled to have you (send us an email at podcast aat joystiq dawt com). And what did we learn from this whole affair? That, like a simile about little girls ...

Tags: DavidJaffe, Eat-Sleep-Play, hugs-tiem

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

colin @ Dec 6th 2007 5:34PM

if there's grass on the field, play ball?

gonk @ Dec 6th 2007 5:46PM

and if there's no grass, play in the mud?

kinshadow @ Dec 6th 2007 6:07PM

JELL-O?

jsn @ Dec 6th 2007 5:39PM

I'm pretty sure that was the most well written thing I've ever read by any of of the Joystiq crew. Not that the usual stuff is bad, but that one had a great flow to it. PROPS CHRIS!

kinshadow @ Dec 6th 2007 5:42PM

That's only true if you don't count spelling when you say "well written".

jsn @ Dec 6th 2007 6:02PM

no, I wasn't counting spelling.

Christopher Grant @ Dec 6th 2007 6:33PM

Misspellings? Where?

kinshadow @ Dec 6th 2007 6:56PM

"Follwing" and "occured"

Christopher Grant @ Dec 6th 2007 7:00PM

What? You're totally seeing things! :-P

kinshadow @ Dec 7th 2007 12:23AM

I see what you did there.

kinshadow @ Dec 6th 2007 5:40PM

I'm so fucking tired of lolcats. I feel like killing a cat with a cheeseburger. Die meme! Die!

LaughingTarget @ Dec 6th 2007 5:44PM

You cruel little shit! Think about that poor cheeseburger!

Raikage (NDF - PK THUNDER RING) @ Dec 6th 2007 8:55PM

Ok... don't see them, read them...

http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

God is called the "Ceiling Cat"... ok?

Stefan Ramirez @ Dec 6th 2007 5:49PM

Wow, I had no idea how big of a man crush you guys had until I read that garbage.

Macroy @ Dec 6th 2007 6:20PM

Back in my day, we called them "cat macros."

Marty @ Dec 6th 2007 6:23PM

I am really getting sick of lolcats. Even calling them that makes me eel like a douche.

Rob Accomando @ Dec 6th 2007 6:44PM

I'm pretty sure cats aren't THAT bad of spellers either.

kinshadow @ Dec 6th 2007 6:56PM

"Follwing" and "occured"

Dio @ Dec 6th 2007 6:57PM

Jaffa kree?

Easo @ Dec 6th 2007 7:09PM

After you served Jaffe that huge slice of humble pie, im not surprised he "never got any invites to come on your podcast". As Jaffe would say if he were in your shoes...Fuck that guy.

Easo @ Dec 6th 2007 7:12PM

*Sorry, David Jaffe types like an douche bag, so that should read

FUCK THAT GUY.

cmcginn @ Dec 6th 2007 7:17PM

@Easo
types like 'an' douche bag" ...

laal

DJ says, "Shaq-Fu you, sir!"

Easo @ Dec 6th 2007 7:21PM

yea bad proof reading. I was going to say he types like an ass, but thought that was a bit harsh.

Purple Haze @ Dec 6th 2007 9:26PM

Why don't you ever just write podcas[edit]joystiq[edit]? Why always with the atts and the dawts?

Christopher Grant @ Dec 6th 2007 9:55PM

Are you insane?! They're watching ... who? Spiders, of course. They're everywhere, crawling.

Seriously though, bots crawl sites like ours and suck all the email addresses out for spam lists. We already get enough spam to that address, we don't need anymore!

Neon Jebus @ Dec 6th 2007 9:33PM

So to those that purchased CAC was it very good? Or rather...did Jaffe's rant show that the extra time was all that worth it? Seems a bit much over a little constructive criticism.

I just never really heard much about the title after it was released.

sheppy2.0 @ Dec 6th 2007 9:54PM

Let's just put it this way. This is the order of downloadable games and how they ranked in playtime amongst my friends and I.

1. Warhawk (PS3)
2. Calling All Cars (PS3)
3. Worms Live (360)

Calling all cars can truly be described as a "Hot Potato.... with missiles." If you got four people handy, it's a blast. Single player sucks but this is like complaining about the single player in Panel De Pon. It's not made for single player.