IGN shows us Milo's future

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jul 3rd 2009 at 11:45PM }

Concept and execution are two totally different worlds. Although the concept and initial presentation of Lionhead Studios' Milo blew everyone away at E3 2009, what does fate have in store for the little digital boy's longterm execution? IGN attempts to answer that question in a little sketch they put together. We all know Milo will lose his innocence once he's in the hands of normal people, but just how bad will it become? Check out the video after the break.

Tags: ign, lionhead-studios, milo, peter-molyneux

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Shagittarius @ Jul 3rd 2009 11:52PM

Now I get it.

Mana37 @ Jul 4th 2009 12:53AM

I WISH!!!
the real milo will only understand: "Hello" and "What time is it."
The latter will only be possible because of the internal clock (he has no concept of time).

rrrr @ Jul 4th 2009 6:37AM

"' Milo blew everyone away at E3 2009"..

No only the dumb/deluded/paidoff press off press that couldn't see how faked it was. It was 60% prerecorded and 40% "live" with faked responsed by a bloke out back.

How Microsoft got away with deceiving so many people, and Sony got strung up so badly for KZ2 @ E3 2005 is anyones guess. Actually, it's not a guess at all, we all know the agenda here, American press, American console, can do no wrong, even with a 50% failure rate and crappy chargable P2P online service, the American press somehow still defend Xbox.

Pathetic. Not nearly as pathetic as the people that can't see through the sham that's being offered up here.

Damian @ Jul 4th 2009 7:37AM

Isn't that what Virtual Intelligence is supposed to be,trickery to make us think it is a real person.
Also i think Justin said it best, it was like a broken time machine,they invented a time machine, but it took them to the wrong time period.
Not marketable yet, but it can be.

Brucie B @ Jul 4th 2009 9:07AM

Relax rrrr, Don't get ur Panties in such a bunch.

FraGNeM @ Jul 4th 2009 12:08PM

@rrrr:

That sounds pretty ridiculous. Have any proof to back up that theory?

Given the apparent bias in rest of your response, I'm gonna guess that's a "no".

TwEE @ Jul 4th 2009 2:00PM

"No only the dumb/deluded/paidoff press off press that couldn't see how faked it was. It was 60% prerecorded and 40% "live" with faked responsed by a bloke out back.

How Microsoft got away with deceiving so many people, and Sony got strung up so badly for KZ2 @ E3 2005 is anyones guess."

This...

Infact Id say the whole natal thing smells fishy.

Wizardhowl @ Jul 4th 2009 2:45PM

Wow!

PedoJokerBear (aka Deeznuts) @ Jul 4th 2009 6:36PM

forget the fact that most videogame websites got to play with milo and say its real YET still not finished, your whole point seems kinda retarded.

MarioSpitza @ Jul 4th 2009 7:46PM

@rrr
"Actually, it's not a guess at all, we all know the agenda here, American press, American console, can do no wrong, even with a 50% failure rate and crappy chargable P2P online service, the American press somehow still defend Xbox."

Ah, so it appears someone wasn't around during the previous gen when the XBox was first introduced. Or you're just utterly blind and have a high desire to be a troll.

sc00by_y00 @ Jul 4th 2009 9:43PM

I got what IGN were trying to do... Not really funny though..

@deeznuts,

actually most video game sites got to play with it and molineux even admitted to it being fake and a lot of them noted that there was a guy behind the scenes controlling him..

But yes Milo is real, Microsoft have out done them selves they actually managed to perfect AI, what so many developers & robotics experts in the world are working on, Microsoft has managed to do on a games console no less..

From os' that bsod (hidden with a reboot now) to games consoles that rrod with appalling fail rates (+68% in their own test runs 32 out of 100 would pass which means 68 would fail straight from production) http://games.slashdot.org/games/08/09/06/0010219.shtml to demos of a somewhat broken motion detection system, to perfecting AI..

You are absolutely right MS has perfected AI and his name is Milo, oh and Pigs have been spotted flying ..

KeenCommander @ Jul 3rd 2009 11:59PM

Somehow I read that headline as "IGN shows us Milo's failure." Anyways, that's really really creepy. Epic. But creepy.

Damian @ Jul 4th 2009 7:41AM

Was i the only one who thought that guy was a complete retard,he was also in the wii get huge video, and that video was so pathetically bad,this also.

Leave it to Mega64 to do your comedy videos IGN, you are not very good at them.

Girugamuk (Moptimus Slimed) @ Jul 3rd 2009 11:59PM

Jack Devries in the role of a lifetime

InFaMoUs1- @ Jul 4th 2009 12:01AM

It could have been funnier

tmacairjordan87 @ Jul 4th 2009 12:03AM

and Infamous could have been better ;)

InFaMoUs1- @ Jul 4th 2009 12:06AM

i thought it was fun.. but that's a random comment unless you think my PSN iD is that of infamous the game.. which it isnt

Alistair Azimuth PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Jul 4th 2009 1:50AM

Yeah I agree. It was a good concept but the execution just wasn't there. Seems like they just threw this skit together at the last minute.

I guess if someone is stoned if was probably funny ...

I think InFamous is pretty good ... I guess when you have unreasonably high standards everything sucks.

Fierod @ Jul 4th 2009 2:07AM

stfu I'm trying to shit here

Snowblind @ Jul 4th 2009 5:46AM

I haven't even watched this, but this is one thing I might actually agree on you with. The IGN Final Fantasy XIII english dub videos were extremely NOT funny, and I don't see this being any better.

Leave the comedy to places like Screwattack.

Stew @ Jul 4th 2009 7:49AM

I laugh at all the cheap trailertrash with their Walmart helper jobs that call themselves gamers but don't own a PS3 and spend their lives convincing themselves that settling for Xbox second best is somehow great.

The Baron @ Jul 4th 2009 10:56AM

I laugh, as someone who only owns a PS3 but doesn't talk shit about the Xbox all the time and respects the things it does better than Sony, that you could ever hold such a fanboyish thought process about a box of circuits that you plug into your TV.

mars @ Jul 4th 2009 12:03AM

at first from the picture I thought that milo was jimmy fallon. I was like...geez, jimmys really on microsoft's payroll.

Anyway, it was alright, as inFamous said, it could have been funnier. Are...are you hurting her?!!

sony boy @ Jul 4th 2009 12:04AM

I lol'd. Chocobot's sex noise is nice.

The Dark Wayne @ Jul 4th 2009 12:05AM

"Are you hurting her? It doesnt seem like that would fit." Rofl

The Dark Wayne @ Jul 4th 2009 12:04AM

WTF!? When they finished having sex did the guy say "oooooh Bob Dole" ?!

sonicspike41 @ Jul 4th 2009 7:53AM

Bob Dole just likes hearing the sound of Bob Dole's Voice.

Ashkental @ Jul 4th 2009 12:07AM

Yeah... Could've been better if--

FIREING MA LAZARRRRRR

Girugamuk (Moptimus Slimed) @ Jul 4th 2009 12:11AM

are you saying the man DIDN'T reach coitus with Chobot?

Not that I blame him

Ashkental @ Jul 4th 2009 12:18AM

Awww c'mon joystiq!!

Where is my Avatar?!

Why it disappears and reapears over time?! WTH? :'(

Kattleox @ Jul 4th 2009 12:32AM

I feel your pain Ashkental. I have had this avatar since I joined up and have tried to change it roughly...oh, i dunno...a million bagillion times and to no avail. I suppose Toro isn't so bad, though. At least I HAVE a custom avatar.

Rhamsey @ Jul 4th 2009 12:51AM

yeah, it took about 2 months of trying daily for the thing to change for me. and it disappears randomly for a day or two all the time.

Alistair Azimuth PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Jul 4th 2009 1:52AM

Resize the picture to something small and proportional (78x78) and it should stick. I've changed my avatar probably 10-15 times ... it still randomly reverts to an older avatar but usually sticks.

ArchiGamer @ Jul 4th 2009 12:10AM

Exactly, how do you violated Milo?

CJLopez @ Jul 4th 2009 3:46PM

you scan a michal jackson photo and let it do it itselfs

Meh @ Jul 5th 2009 10:23AM

Too soon!!!11 :(((

Price & Fury @ Jul 4th 2009 12:26AM

That's another video reminder why I've got an aversion to IGN. I didn't think they can hit further bottom with their elitist juvenile deliquesce. The lines between IGN, classless porn and some vulgar fat nerds (you know who I'm talking about) are thinning to void. I was almost surprised they didn't edit in sexual penetration or at the very least show the guy act like he bangs her -- I mean, really, the F bombs, "I so wanna getting laid" and "Oh it's so big" being thrown so loosely in this video, squarely shit on any sentinel being with a bit of decency in this universe.

While I welcome hot chicks to showcase games, this is absolute trash. It makes me physically ill that it has so much recognition as one of the best gaming sites around.

Kuro @ Jul 4th 2009 12:44AM

tl;dr: Pride & Fury hates adult situations.

dynnnbag @ Jul 4th 2009 1:02AM

@ Kuro

: has obviously never been in an adult situation

Price & Fury @ Jul 4th 2009 1:34AM

Love it when virgin nerds boast in the internet like they are Ron Jeremy or something.

A known game site hostess, that periodically appears on Xbox LIVE, goes in a video "I really need to get laid" and reacts to a cock with "oh it's so big" -- pretty much makes my case in point of how IGN is extremely classless.

IGN should seriously consider opening a section devoted to cheap porn, so Hilary and all his associate editorial nerds can pimp horny nerds like you two. The already have "IGN Insiders"

Alistair Azimuth PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Jul 4th 2009 1:57AM

I don't have a problem with them being vulgar or classless so long as it's funny. This just wasn't that funny.

Go watch something like Eastbound and Down on HBO if you want to see hilarious comedy that both genius and vulgar. It's probably the funniest show ever made and it's first season only had 6 episodes.

Danny McBride = Comedic Genius.

Foot Fist Way ,Eastbound and Down, Land Of The Lost remake, Observe and report, Tropic Thunder ... There is lots of fantastic comedy out there thats completely classless but still manages to be brilliant at the same time.

This little IGN video was pretty much unfunny and uninspired. The concept had potential but the execution and acting was just downright pitiful.

WREturns @ Jul 4th 2009 2:09AM

Is Price and Fury just mad because no one has ever used the "It's so big" line in reaction to his cock?

dynnnbag @ Jul 4th 2009 2:14AM

Just to clarify, i agree with Price and Fury

Kuro was the one i was aiming my comment at, wasn't very clear.

That video was crap and un-funny

Price & Fury @ Jul 4th 2009 2:18AM

Agreed.
I still can't stand IGN for many of these cheap ass low class vids.
I don't mind seeing Jessica dancing and all, but I wasn't surprised IGN had her say "I need to get laid", to keep their teenage populace from fapping to real porn sites.

SJSchmidt93 @ Jul 4th 2009 3:08AM

It's just comedy dude... nothing serious. And you clearly follow IGN if you know half of the names of all the editorial staff... IGN never acts serious in there videos or podcasts.. but it's not like it shows in their journalism. There podcasts are only 45 minutes long because there reviews are about 15 paragraphs long.

Don't take that stuff seriously... seriously...