Romero: GameCock is dumb, GameCock: No U R!, Us: Whose bitch are we?
As the adage instructs, we are usually inclined to save drama for our mamas. But sometimes it's just too much fun to pass it up. Such is the case with a vitriolic exchange between marvelously coiffed game dev John Romero and GameCock CEO Mike Wilson. Let's get straight to the aforementioned drama, shall we?
So, Romero was blogging, and he was all like "Once again, just like with Godgames, Wilson is taking all the credit away from the indie devs and pasting his asinine logo everywhere" and Mike Wilson was totally like "I will also not allow you to rewrite the history of it all, more to your liking and to my public detriment, and I will in no way take the rap for what you did (or didn't do)with your dream company."
And we were all like "Have either of you guys made any games since the Clinton administration?"
Though we're trying to seem cynically aloof and above all the squabbles, we do have to give the 2008 Burn of the Year award to Mike Wilson for "Your unparalleled work ethic and strong character has (just in the time I've known you) left only a bloody trail of ex-wives, fatherless kids, and ill advised breast implants strewn across this fair nation." Wow. Romero may have taken the first swing but Wilson responded with the Enola Gay. Metaphorically speaking, John Romero has just been shoved into a wood chipper.
So, Romero was blogging, and he was all like "Once again, just like with Godgames, Wilson is taking all the credit away from the indie devs and pasting his asinine logo everywhere" and Mike Wilson was totally like "I will also not allow you to rewrite the history of it all, more to your liking and to my public detriment, and I will in no way take the rap for what you did (or didn't do)with your dream company."
And we were all like "Have either of you guys made any games since the Clinton administration?"
Though we're trying to seem cynically aloof and above all the squabbles, we do have to give the 2008 Burn of the Year award to Mike Wilson for "Your unparalleled work ethic and strong character has (just in the time I've known you) left only a bloody trail of ex-wives, fatherless kids, and ill advised breast implants strewn across this fair nation." Wow. Romero may have taken the first swing but Wilson responded with the Enola Gay. Metaphorically speaking, John Romero has just been shoved into a wood chipper.














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on an epic scale
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Holy crap look at this
It's flavor tastes like tears and regret!
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I don't think I've ever read a comeback like that. That was fucking intense. I didn't really know too much about Mike Wilson before, but I do now... and won't ever knock the man for a lack of words in retaliation. Yowzas!
One of these guys interrupted a well deserved Game of Year award on national television like a fourteen year old ass-hat letting loose while his parents were out of town.
One of them made Quake.
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Because then it is pretty hard to choose sides.
Sorry, dude, you've got the wrong John from Id.
I would go so far as to say Romero is actually a bigger loser than Mike Wilson. And damn, that is saying a lot.
John Carmack (lead programmer)
John Carmack (Dude Who Actually Did All The Work, and spent his time on the game instead of giving interviews and collecting cars)
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Also these bitch fights between videogame developers is starting to get fucking ridiculous.
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"You should maybe try the partying, since your unparalleled work ethic and strong character has (just in the time I've known you) left only a bloody trail of ex-wives, fatherless kids, and ill advised breast implants strewn across this fair nation, even before you flew all the way to Romania for your latest wife. If she's not still around, let me know, and I'll see if I can pick another one up for you here in Russia."
Those few extra lines add a lot more damage! talk about a burn...
And I am a material girl
You know that we are living in a material world
And I am a material girl."
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I think you better quit lettin' shit slip
Or you'll be leavin with a fat lip
It's all about the he says she says bullshit
I think you better quit talkin' that shit
Punk, so come and get it
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And besides, no one really listened to it because it was good.
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Wilson has known he pretty well, and Romero knew that, he knew what he was getting into...if he didn't want those matters to be touched, he shouldn't have began this "complain" to begin with...
It's funny, because he just shuts up right after he pretty much was bitch slapped...
One made Daikatana, the other crashed the VGAs during the Game of the Year Award.... I can't say that this hasn't been entertaining though. It's like a soap opera for geeks!
Sorry.
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"You take care now, and remember just because id, Eidos, and then Midway fired you doesn't mean you're not still awesome!"
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I would feel sorry for Romero, but once again, he was hell bent into making me his bitch.
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There's the original image for those who wanted to see it. Less hilarious than Mr. McElroy's but still worth looking at.
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