Molyneux, mo' problems

By Ellie Gibson Published 23 September, 2010

"Time travel is absolutely possible."

Yes, he's back once again, with the ill behaviour, power to the Peter. When it comes to revealing secrets, dropping hints and giving opinions about proprietary technology, the Lionhead Studios boss is a renegade master. Seems like you just can't keep a good Molyneux down.

But you can try, which is why there were at least two PR executives on constant guard during our recent chat with him. (We're pretty sure there was a sniper hiding in a cupboard.) And why they gave us strict instructions, before we even entered the room, not to ask Molyneux about Milo and Kate. Read on to discover what we found to talk about instead.

Eurogamer: I've been told I'm not allowed to ask you about Milo and Kate.

Peter Molyneux: You can ask me anything you like about Milo and Kate. But I can only answer in a very limited way.

Eurogamer: Is it a game? Is it coming to market?

Peter Molyneux: So here's the thing. Let's be completely honest about this. You know me, I would talk about it before I had the idea. If I had an idea for a game, I'd talk to you about it down the bar before I'd even talked to a member of the team.

But that's the wrong thing to do. The trouble is that Milo is so... It's an interactive story, it's redefining what you think of as interactive story-telling, and it's so new and different than anything else we've ever done before.

Actually putting a release date on it, or saying whether it's a product, reduces our freedom to develop it. Because if I started giving you a date... You know, you can't put a date on something like that.

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It's almost certainly time Peter got some more up-to-date press pictures done.

Eurogamer: Date, SCHMATE.

Peter Molyneux: Yeah.

Eurogamer: OK. But let me just ask you this: will I be able to buy it in the shops at some point in the future?

Peter Molyneux: Of course! I wouldn't be working on it if I didn't hope that to be true, yes.

Eurogamer: Fair enough. See, that's all we want to know!

Peter Molyneux: But, you know, these things... When you're working on an adventure... Like, say I said to you, 'I'm working on a time machine.' You'd ask me the same question - will I be able to buy it down Radio Shack in two years time?

Eurogamer: Actually I'd say, 'Can I have a go?'

Peter Molyneux: Of course you would. And I would be happy, completely happy for you to come down and have a go. If it was off the record.

Eurogamer: That's no good, is it? What about Milo? So that's my headline: '"I would let you have a go of my time machine," says Molyneux.'

Peter Molyneux: Exactly. And you'd say to me, 'Is it going to be a product'? And I'd say, 'Yeah, of course. I wouldn't be working on it if I didn't believe in it.'

But, you know, there are many things which can go wrong between coming up with an idea and it being finished.

Eurogamer: So what you're basically saying is, you believe time travel to be a very real possibility.

Peter Molyneux: Time travel is absolutely possible. It can be mathematically proven.

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An artist's impression of a typical scene in Peter Molyneux's office.

Eurogamer: Where would you go if you had a time machine? Would you go back and look at dogs through the ages?

Peter Molyneux: I would just go back about a hundred years and become one of the most awesomely rich and powerful people in the world. I would use that power and wealth in many spectacular ways.

Eurogamer: So you'd be like yourself, but in olden days?

Peter Molyneux: Yeah. Enormously wealthy, hugely influentially powerful, and I would probably destroy humankind.

Eurogamer: On that note, shall we talk about your new videogame, Fable III?

Peter Molyneux: Yes.

Eurogamer: I asked the readers, via Twitter, if they had any questions they'd like me to ask you. In fact, I asked you if you had any questions you'd like me to ask you. You ignored me.

Peter Molyneux: Did you? Oh, well I don't look at Twitter now. Because I'm not really allowed to Twitter, unless it's been approved.

Eurogamer: You've been disconnected from the social network!

Peter Molyneux: If I were you, I would ask, 'Are there any features you haven't talked about?'

Eurogamer: Are there any features you haven't talked about?

Peter Molyneux: Funny you should ask that question, because there are.

[Dramatic pause]

Eurogamer: Can you talk about them now?

Peter Molyneux: Yes.

Doing press just before the preview copies go out, and before the review copies, is difficult, because you can't build things up any more. You've got to talk about how things work.

So the thing I haven't really talked about is levelling up. I've talked about GUIs and story and all that, I haven't talked about levelling up. So we might as well just load the game and have a look.

[Fable III appears on the TV screen]

Eurogamer: Look, there's a dog! How surprising and unusual.

Peter Molyneux: Note that I haven't talked about the dog at all.

Eurogamer: And you have yet to officially unveil the parrot we talked about previously. Is that still on the cards?

Peter Molyneux: Ah yes, we spoke about doing a parrot, a cat... I don't like cats. We did speak about a parrot because it would be enormously funny to have a parrot on your shoulder. But we haven't done one.

But it would be the best parrot in the world ever, and there would be a huge emotional link to the parrot.

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Do you think Peter's biggest fans call themselves Molynerds?

Eurogamer: Would you make the player fall in love with the parrot?

Peter Molyneux: I'd make you cry when the parrot fell off his perch. Wait... We should have had a parrot! Because of John Cleese! We could have done the parrot sketch in the game! SH** [bangs fist on table].

Eurogamer: But anyway, back to the levelling up...

Peter Molyneux: Part of the problem is we're definitely a role-playing game but we're still an action adventure game. We have this one thought in mind; we never want to take you out of the Fable world.

I love levelling up. I used to be one of those kids at school you would never talk to because I used to be writing down Dungeons and Dragons on bits of paper. I was a dungeon master.

Eurogamer: Going round saying, 'This is going to be the best game of Dungeons & Dragons ever...'

Peter Molyneux: Oh absolutely. In fact mine was. No one understood it, but there you go.

Eurogamer: Inventing your own version, Dungeons & Doggies...

Peter Molyneux: Yes. And back then I loved the concept of levelling up and feeling more powerful. But the problem with levelling up, in all games, Fables or whatever, is - what do you actually level up?

You go from level 1 to 2 to 3 to 4. You get more powerful, but so do the enemies. So actually you're staying the same level the whole time. We wondered about that, so we invented this thing.

[On-screen we see the protagonist of Fable III, and his dog, standing on a path in front of several sets of gates.]

See, the thing I hate about levelling up is it doesn't take account of the story and what's happened. At the very start of Fable III [gestures at screen], this is rolled out to you.

This path is like your levels. Each one of these gates is a level. You need these things called followers to get through these levels. These followers are what you need to take on the king.

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Camper than Christmas. At Elton John's house.

Eurogamer: So how do you choose which gate to enter?

Peter Molyneux: Here's the thing: what is Fable to you? Is it a combat game? Is it a simulation? Is it about getting married?

In each of these gates are these chests where you can create your own Fable experience. In each of these chests is a gameplay feature. If you want to use friends to get followers rather than fight, open that chest. If you wan t to make it into a combat game, open the other chests.

So this allows you to make your own Fable experience, by levelling up through those gates.

Eurogamer: Righto. Let's throw one of those reader questions in here: what's the deal with Kinect and Fable III?

Peter Molyneux: OK. Another slightly diplomatic line here...

Eurogamer: Line or lie?

Peter Molyneux: Line. Oh look, Ryan [the PR man] behind you is quite wisely shaking is head...

Eurogamer: Ryan, did you just make a face when I said that?

Ryan: I wouldn't do that.

Peter Molyneux: So. Erm. We were thinking about doing Kinect stuff in Fable, for the launch of Fable. But here's the problem - and this is not me being in any way a good corporate citizen - I really love Kinect.

Eurogamer: [Rolls eyes]

Peter Molyneux: I absolutely adore it. It's a treasure trove of new interactivity. You can see glimpses of that with the Milo experience. And I absolutely adore Fable. While we could do some gimmicky stuff for launch, it would just be gimmicky stuff.

I think there's a real, true pot of gold here. But it takes us two-plus years just to do Fable on a controller we completely understand and know every twitch of. Can you imagine if you wanted to create a real experience, weaving Kinect with Fable? It's going to take a bit longer.

Eurogamer: I noticed you're inserting the words "for launch" quite carefully there.

Peter Molyneux: Mm. Clever. Yeah.

Eurogamer: That would suggest you're considering introducing Kinect features post-launch - perhaps as downloadable content?

PR Lady: At this point we don't really have anything to announce about that.

Eurogamer: I see. So I might say that, but you couldn't possibly comment?

Peter Molyneux: You might say anything you want. And I rely upon you doing that.

More on Fable III

Eurogamer: You were quoted recently as saying that we shouldn't judge Kinect on the first raft of titles that are released...

Peter Molyneux: No. I don't think you should define Kinect by the first wave of titles because it is a very deep and rich minefield of gameplay. It just takes a long time.

It's like when these things [picks up 360 controller] were invented - it takes a lot of iterations in gameplay to really get the best out of these. And I think that's true with Kinect.

Eurogamer: We were talking about you on our AWARD-NOMINATED Eurogamer.net podcast the other week, and saying, well, Peter Molyneux may say that, but look at the first raft of Wii titles. Wii Sports and Wii Play are still the best-selling, most-played Wii titles today. Shouldn't Kinect be held to the same standard?

Peter Molyneux: Yes. But I don't know whether I would say that because... For me, the Wii motion controller, yeah, it's good and it is quite revolutionary. But it is still a controller you hold. There's still this reliance on using the thumbstick and buttons, so it wasn't as big a step forward as something like Kinect.

With Kinect, there really is nothing in your hand. Think about that. There is no button.

The first time I saw Kinect, way back when, intuitively I went back and said, 'Look, just give me something. Give me a little puck in my hand I can use.' That was completely the wrong thing.

I think it's a much bigger leap forward. It's much more like when the mouse was first invented. The first time I used a mouse was on a Mac - up till that point I was just using a keyboard - and I absolutely thought I would never use a mouse. It was slow, it was clunky, the pointer dragged all over the place...

It was only after software engineers got used to it that we had the glory of what the PC is now. So I think it's much more that kind of big step forward.

PR Lady: We're out of time.

Eurogamer: OK, quickly then: in less than five words, what is the future of games?

Peter Molyneux: The future... Is great.

Umm... How about... Games are everywhere? Games are everywhere.

Eurogamer: You've been working for Microsoft for too long.

Peter Molyneux: No. I think that's true.

Peter Molyneux is creative director of Microsoft Game Studios Europe and boss of Lionhead Studios. He will be delivering the keynote speech at the Eurogamer.net Expo on Friday 1st October. Tickets are going fast, with Saturday's show already sold out, but there's still time to pick a ticket for Friday via the Expo website.

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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  • CaptainQuint #1 2 years ago

    Is it just me, or is EG deliberately trying to wind up its readers?

  • pauleyc #2 2 years ago

    That interview was...odd. I mean, even for Molyneux.
    Edited by pauleyc at 23/09/10 @ 14:10

  • Machetazo #3 2 years ago

    O, Rly? o_0

  • darkmorgado #4 2 years ago

    "Quick! Change the subject! We need to deflect attention from the Milo thing!"

  • TopKatt #5 2 years ago

    Phew, hadn't heard from him in a couple of hours, I was starting to get worried.

  • darkmorgado #6 2 years ago

    To be honest, it would be interest to know specifically when this interview was conducted - before, or after 19 contractors were released from working on the project.

    As for the Time-Travel stuff, it may well be mathematically possible, but it's doubtful whether it is scientifically feasible. Also there are certainly logical arguments surrounding it (if it's invented in the future, where are all the people travelling back to our time?). IIRC as well, there is an argument that even if it is invented, it may only be possible to travel between points in time from the date of invention (the time machine itself acting as a conduit on each end, rather than a means of transportation such as a car).

  • drhappy #7 2 years ago

    i thought that was quite funny...

  • darkmorgado #8 2 years ago

    I don't like cats.

    But cats are awesome! They're cute and fluffy, just the right size for cuddling, they give you loads of affection without requiring much work in return....

    Dirty dog lover.

  • Bravestinsane #9 2 years ago

    I liked it, seems to be Peter in a normal conversation rather than doing PR

  • mossychops001 #10 2 years ago

    Post deleted at 11:49:27 04-05-2012

  • lordofthedunce #11 2 years ago

    Is it just me, or is EG deliberately trying to wind up its readers?

    Judging by the way most comments threads end up I'd say most of EG's readers are fairly easily wound up.

  • SpaceMidget75 Verified Senior Software Developer, Minerva Computer Services #12 2 years ago

    Fucking PR people. The guy's in quite a high corporate position and he's got gestapo man and gestapo girl telling him when his bloody interview is over!

    Nice way of demeaning someone who has contributed so much to the video games industry.

  • Moonprince #13 2 years ago

    Good stuff on that first paragraph ;)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA-hjO4tYs8

  • ShiftyGeezer #14 2 years ago

    Does this interview make sense in light of the article posted about Milo's cancellation? http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-0...

  • mazzl #15 2 years ago

    Peter Molyneux: You might say anything you want. And I rely upon you doing that.

    Great line :)

  • Vanmunt #16 2 years ago

    not to get involved in the Molyneux bashing... but if you have to be honest why would MS get the biggest bullsh*tter of all time to big up kinect, as for me, I don't believe a word he says anymore.

  • Psychotext #17 2 years ago

    "there were at least two PR executives on constant guard during our recent chat with him. (We're pretty sure there was a sniper hiding in a cupboard.)"

    Gold. You should have had the interview end abruptly with him being bundled into a van.

    Poor Molyneux. Can't catch a break.

  • Alf-Life #18 2 years ago

    LOL. First time I laughed out loud reading Eurogamer... both the headline and the opening paragraph. :) Well done, sir! :)

  • darkmorgado #19 2 years ago

    @EarlBasset

    I love cats.
    I love cats more than people.

    Wow, we actually have something in common after all!

    @mruk10

    That's a bit harsh and completely unnecessary, to be fair. Fair enough if you dislike him, but there's no need to actively anticipate his demise.

  • Skandalle #20 2 years ago

    Time travel now....there is no stopping him!

  • SClaw #21 2 years ago

    Eurogamer... why don't you just get down on your knees and go ahead and blow Molyneux for real, because from sheer article density and nonsense alone you seem to be very nearly doing that anyway.

  • epiazk #22 2 years ago

    I bet they didn't even interview him. Just made this up because nothing had happened.

    IN FACT, I bet the real peter died years ago.

  • TopKatt #23 2 years ago

    Don't let him have access to a time machine! There'll be passages in the bible about how amazing fable 4 will be!

  • Moonprince #24 2 years ago

    Good interview. Peter doesn’t seem the same as he once was and there’s an air or MS hanging chains around on him. He almost seems a prisoner of them.

    Also enjoying the ‘roll eyes’ etc, gives the impression you were letting them know we’re tired of the bs and if they continue with it, it’ll be reported as such.

  • coolbritannia #25 2 years ago

    Darkmorgado, Earl Bassett, cats are epic WIN! Got 3 of the little terrors...

  • Fab4 #26 2 years ago

    Destination Milo...set date on time machine to the 12th of Never.

  • mingster #27 2 years ago

    Thats odd because i heard Milo had been canned and the developers working on it had been laid off.
    When was this interview done?

  • jefranklin18 #28 2 years ago

    I thought time travel was on theoretically possible forwards, i.e. the closer you approach the speed of light then the closer time comes to standing still if Einstein's theory of relatively holds true?

    While it sounds like a great idea to travel in time, not being able to go back in time to brag about it or get last week's lottery numbers correct kind of spoils it.

  • epiazk #29 2 years ago

    Well to be fair, I doubt Microsoft has so much in the way of chains around him when he's comparing the launch prospects of a game to a time machine.

  • PlugMonkey #30 2 years ago

    Great interview.

    mruk10
    "The only picture of this cunt I want to see is his cold, dead corpse. "

    Why? What exactly has Molyneux done to warrant this level of hate? He's made some absolutely fucking classic games, and then he's made some only-very-good games. THE SWINE! HE MUST DIE! What? He's too enthusiastic and sometimes talks too much. So?

    The most awesome thing about Peter Molyneux is that he so clearly gets the joke. The guy is an absolute fucking legend.

  • coolbritannia #31 2 years ago

    This interview must be old, either that or Molyneux is repeating the same corporate soundbite: Peter Molyneux: Of course! I wouldn't be working on it if I didn't hope that to be true, yes.

  • darleysam #32 2 years ago

    Hold on, Wii Sports is a pack-in so people don't have a choice, and Wii Play sold so well because it was a readily-available way to get a controller. Sports Resort is infinitely superior to Sports.

  • Pastici #33 2 years ago

    Fable 3 is out soon, of course is he going to be doing interviews, and his position in Microsoft he'll be doing interviews for ages. Get over your fucking selves people, don't read the articles it he pisses you off that much.

  • lasersrule #34 2 years ago

    Time travel is very far from being mathematically proven, Peter. It's vaguely possible for very tiny things in some very speculative theories in a tiny number of cases.

  • raloB #35 2 years ago

    Bring back Bullfrog!

  • Caimbeul #36 2 years ago

    Maybe the games should be called Feeble?

    /Sorry

  • Cigol #37 2 years ago

    Ellie + Molyneux = smile inducing, irreverent interview.

  • drumbaby #38 2 years ago

    Did EG actually speak any of those words? It sounds like they were reciting from a 'zany' comedy script.

  • killuminati2911 #39 2 years ago

    OK insult me but I adore this guy!! :D

  • Frandroid #40 2 years ago

    SpaceMidget75 "Fucking PR people. The guy's in quite a high corporate position and he's got gestapo man and gestapo girl telling him when his bloody interview is over!

    Nice way of demeaning someone who has contributed so much to the video games industry."

    Maybe. Or maybe they're there to be the bad guy so Molyneux doesn't have to be. "I'm not allowed to talk about that" comes across better than "I'm not going to talk about that."
    Same reason people get agents, to be pricks on their behalf.

  • OrgasmicMutton #41 2 years ago

    BACK ONCE AGAIN WITH THE RENEGADE MASTER

    err . . . sorry . . . got a tad carried away there.

  • Lancezh #42 2 years ago

    Good to see that molyneux is still full of faulty promises... he never fails to live up to that

  • darkmorgado #43 2 years ago

    @EarlBasset

    That's a brilliant anecdote! Definitely made me laugh.

    My cat's a nightmare to get into carriers. He's a housecat, and is subsequently absolutely terrified of the outside world. He won't set a single foot outside my front door. So whenever he sees a carrier being taken out the cupboard, he goes apeshit. Last time he actually weed himself in fear, the poor thing. I'm actually a bit concerned because he is due a trip to the vet for a check-up!

  • RexRunti #44 2 years ago

    I did like his comment on the parrot not appearing in Fable 3.

    But it would be the best parrot in the world ever, and there would be a huge emotional link to the parrot.

    Good to see he doesn't take himself to seriously.

  • jtodroc #45 2 years ago

    I wasn't much of a fan of cats until we actually got one, I always used to prefer dogs but I like them now, they're not the sly, evil f*ckers a lot of people assume they are...........or something.

    Unfortunately the best cat story I can come up with is the one where the 1st cat we had ended up doing a runny shit all over my bed when it was a kitten. I wasn't too pleased at the time but I have to laugh about it now!

  • darkmorgado #46 2 years ago

    I once had a female cat as well and when we got her I was told that she had been fixed. I've never had JD (my male, named after the drink) done because of the virtue of him being a housecat with no interaction with other animals, and he's never sprayed or anything of that nature.

    Imagine my surprise when I then came home one day to find that she had given birth to a litter of 8 in a suitcase.

    The subsequent weeks were a nightmare of "awwww you're so cute" watching them learning to walk and then falling over, all their squeeking, and the countless times of "aren't you adorable, yes you are! yes you- OH MY GOD NO WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!!!"

  • TheLittlestHobo #47 2 years ago

    @mr_writer Why don't you fuck off to some other "proper" gaming site then you po-faced prick.

  • coolbritannia #48 2 years ago

    Mr_Writer, where do you get off calling Ellie a c*nt? You say that shit in front of me, in person, you're getting a knuckle sandwich pal. That's just a blanket disrespect for women you're displaying.

    Back to the CoolEarlMorgado cat club, my cat's are exactly the same. Had to give them a flea bath the other day, gf is away so had to do it solo, one of the kittens climbed up my back to escape the water and just sat there, I was pissing myself laughing but managed to get a few seconds on the iphone ( yes I know I talk like a girl, but I was trying to be reassuring and talking calmly, apparently you do it early enough you can train them to tolerate bathtime, plus whenever I talk to the kittens I automatically go into baby mode)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDDhM96LPIM

  • darkmorgado #49 2 years ago

    lol. JD is now glaring at me from across the room as if to say "I know you're talking about me, you know."

  • lucky_jim #50 2 years ago

    @mr_(wannabe, frustrated, furious)writer

    Given your pretentious username and that oh-so-high horse you're on, you might want to check your own writing before you post it. "...an stoned teenager" indeed. "...report of review something"- eh? You might think you can do better, but you should consider the possibility that there's a reason everyone else disagrees with you.

  • darkmorgado #51 2 years ago

    @coolbritannia

    LOL loved the video :-)

    My cat does that all the time! I'll be giving him a cuddle and then he will suddenly jump out of my arms and onto my shoulder. He will then either stay there, perched like a parrot while I walk around the house, or then climb over my shoulder and onto my back, forcing me to stoop over until someone comes along and picks him up off me :-)

    Also, I don't know if anyone else has this, but he has a bizarre fetish for carrier bags (as in the ones you get from shopping in tesco). He licks them, climbs inside them, lies on them like a bed. He will even happily sit in one and let you carry him around the flat in it. He really is a very strange little creature :-)

  • jtodroc #52 2 years ago

    Yeah my cats always try to get into the carrier bags or boxes after we've put the shopping away. Strange but funny....

  • Unofficial #53 2 years ago

    Seems to be a common theme that whenever I come across a crap, nonsensical interview on Eurogamer, I look at who has conducted it and it is Ellie Gibson. It turns into an exercise of scrolling through pages of someone elses "witty banter" to try and get to the point of the interview.

    I'm not interested in Radio 1 style irreverent "wit" thanks.

  • MikeN #54 2 years ago

    Right, so this interview revealed that Molyneux doesn't like cats, likes kinect and that levelling in Fable III involves a combo of gates/chests. Why bother talking to Molyneux at all? Just get those two PR execs that were with him to draft up a press release instead.

  • darleysam #55 2 years ago

    Because, Michael, it's funny. It shows he's got a personality and a good sense of humour, as well as a good idea of how he's perceived. How he inspires so much hate and vitriol, I honestly don't know. Some people really just need to grow up.

  • darleysam #56 2 years ago

    Man, so many people are going to be furious when Eurogamer gives even more attention to Fable 3 when they actually review the game. So it's a game it costs money and you can play it from start to finish. Why bother wasting valuable column inches talking about it?

  • lucky_jim #57 2 years ago

    Oh ffs, what's so bad about an irreverent interview every now and then? It's not like the world is in danger of running out of Peter Molyneaux interviews, go and find a dull one if it bothers you so much.

  • darkmorgado #58 2 years ago

    We should ask EG to post a separate news story, headlined "MOLYNEUX ADMITS NOT LIKING CATS"

    After all, they do it for every other interview they post :-)

  • coolbritannia #59 2 years ago

    I think all cats love crinkly things they can sit on. Pets at home sell cat crinkle bags. I imagine grandma would fall under the same category.

    To the critics, given that Molyneux's interviews when compared to the game he's released bear little resemblance, I'm glad Ellie made it funny. Better funny and pointless than just pointless.

  • coolbritannia #60 2 years ago

    PACHTER: it's going to be a good holiday season for cats, we predict a strong possibility of furball errors over the xmas period

  • xentar #61 2 years ago

    my instant reaction? Full of bullshit. Not that anyone cares :)

  • MikeN #62 2 years ago

    @DarleySam call me old-fashioned but if I read an interview on EG I'm looking for news or information about games. This was a 3 page interview taken up mostly with Ellie & Peter acting 'zany'.

  • coolbritannia #63 2 years ago

    M$: Cats are THE entertainment event of the year

    Sony: Cats are old tech, we looked at cats 2 years ago, dogs are where it's at

  • Verwandlung #64 2 years ago

    The Witcher has nice glowing dogs (and regular ones in them) they don't really like the player very much tough. There is also a very cute cat in one of the bars .:-)

  • darkmorgado #65 2 years ago

    PACHTER: it's going to be a good holiday season for cats, we predict a strong possibility of furball errors over the xmas period

    We also predict stronger overall sales of Tabbies than Persians. I think the consumer market resonates more with tabbies, therefore we expect Persians will struggle to establish a foothold. They may want to amend their launch window.

  • darkmorgado #66 2 years ago

    Sony: Cats are old tech, we looked at cats 2 years ago, dogs are where it's at

    We are, however, updating our more portable hamster model and releasing a guinea pig.

    Nintendo: Pets are an over-saturated industry that ignores the mass-market. We're releasing a pot-plant.
    Edited by darkmorgado at 23/09/10 @ 16:27

  • RexRunti #67 2 years ago

    Feed a dog for three days and it is grateful for three years. Feed a cat for three years and it forgets after three days - Japanese saying

  • geeza2020 #68 2 years ago

    The Japanese know what cat's are all about. The little blighters.

    EDIT: Cat's are little blighters I mean, not Japanese people :-)
    Edited by geeza2020 at 23/09/10 @ 16:34

  • coolbritannia #69 2 years ago

    ELLIE: Did that dog just pull a face at me!?

  • TheNinkyNonk #70 2 years ago

    YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN

  • darkmorgado #71 2 years ago

    @TheNinkyNonk

    Oh dear, you sound rather tied. Perhaps you should leave and go to bed. Tough day at school was it?

  • darkmorgado #72 2 years ago

    Nintendo: Pets are an over-saturated industry that ignores the mass-market. We're releasing a pot-plant.

    However, we can't reveal the nature of the plant at this time in case our competitors attempt to mimic our direction.

    Three years later...

    Microsoft: We're releasing a fern! It's the future of the industry!
    Sony: Shrubberies are superior to pot plants and ferns, and that makes up for the higher price point.
    The gaming community: You know what, we sort of preferred pets.
    Edited by darkmorgado at 23/09/10 @ 16:49

  • smelly #73 2 years ago

    YAYAAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I was beginning to think Eurogamer would let us down and make us go more than a week without a molyneux update.. How wrong i was!

    THREEE MOLYNEUX ARTICLES ALREADY THIS WEEK!!!


    Molyneux gamer.. you are REALLY spoiling us!!!

  • jtodroc #74 2 years ago

    Anyone else have a cat that likes to sprawl across a newspaper when your trying to read it? Mine seem to be attracted to newspapers, if I try to read one at the kitchen table one of them seems to jump up to lie on it.

    Plant controllers will only take off if they have buttons, can't play games without buttons apparently :)

  • BabyJesus #75 2 years ago

    Dogs>Cats

    I think you have to be feline crazy to purfer cats.

    No?

    Anyone?

    / gets coat

  • FogHeart #76 2 years ago

    Two pages, no one discusses the relative merits of the new levelling up scheme in Fable III.

    I guess irreverent interviews are double-edged swords.

    PS We'd still be hiding from cats (big ones) in caves if it weren't for dogs. Go dogs, yay etc. I am sooo gonna be negged.

  • smelly #77 2 years ago

    >the new levelling up scheme in Fable III.

    Well no point in discussing it, until we know for certain it's definitely in the final product. We all know what molyneux is like.

    (just as we all know what EG is like with it's constant molyneux gushing...)

  • Centrifugal #78 2 years ago

    I do love the informal banter Molyneux and Eurogamer have. Say what you want about Molyneux, but at least he's not a dull non-gamer in a suit like most other Microsoft executives.

  • darkmorgado #79 2 years ago

    Anyone else have a cat that likes to sprawl across a newspaper when your trying to read it? Mine seem to be attracted to newspapers, if I try to read one at the kitchen table one of them seems to jump up to lie on it.

    No, but my cat does have a tendency to try and sit on the keyboard of my laptop while I am trying to game/write. I guess it's cos it's warm.

  • CaptainQuint #80 2 years ago

    I don't understand these people who are saying great this interview is; since I found it to be almost entirely pointless - hence my opening comment #1.

  • coolbritannia #81 2 years ago

    Big cats in caves? I think you'll find the biggest cat on earth could massacre the biggest dog on earth...

  • darkmorgado #82 2 years ago

    I don't understand these people who are saying great this interview is;

    It's great because he mentioned Cats! Although I think it's very controversial that he doesn't like them.>:-(

  • coolbritannia #83 2 years ago

    I use this site for my entertainment, I found the interview entertaining. +1

    Yeah, both kittens like to sit on the laptop keyboard, they also mash the buttons, I think because they like the noise it makes. They also follow the cursor round the screen and watch Halo. Cool cats.

  • darkmorgado #84 2 years ago

    Yeah, I used to have a desktop PC hooked up to my telly, and when JD was young he would try and chase the cursor, pouncing at the screen lol. He seems to like watching me playing games. I've noticed as well that he really pays attention if another cat comes on the telly.

  • darkmorgado #85 2 years ago

    @coolbritannia

    What's your gamertag btw? Would be cool to add you.

  • kangarootoo #86 2 years ago

    "I don't like cats"

    The man is clearly insane.

  • darkmorgado #87 2 years ago

    Slightly off-topic, I've just installed Civ 5 only for Steam to refuse me to allow to play it because it hasn't been released yet.

    BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

  • darkmorgado #88 2 years ago

    I'm going to give my cat a cuddle now as I need comforting after that.

  • Goodfella #89 2 years ago

    Cats are awesome!

  • smelly #90 2 years ago

    Peter Today In interview : Milo is definitely going to get release
    Today microsoft : Milo is cancelled -
    [link url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/30574/Report_Project_Milo_Canceled_By_Microsoft.php
    ]http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/30574...[/link]


    More evidence never to trust a word out of his mouth.

  • darkmorgado #91 2 years ago

    @smelly

    Why are you posting on Eurogamer, linking to a gamasutra article, which is actually based on a Eurogamer article? It doesn't make sense.

    And also, it seems pretty evident that the interview took place prior to the alleged news of the "cancellation" - which, is, as I said, "alleged" and not officially confirmed.

  • riceNpea #92 2 years ago

    seeing as it's all very off-topic and i missed it, may i ask why mrwriter was so offensive about Ellie?


  • smelly #93 2 years ago

    >"alleged" and not officially confirmed.

    Well coming from peter - everything is alleged.

  • coolbritannia #94 2 years ago

    My gamertag is...................you ready for it..........................

    Cool Britannia

    Does exactly what it says on the tin. Been about 2 years since anyone added me on Live as well....

  • Drpwnage #95 2 years ago

    Approve of the off-topic cat praise, I am fortunate enough to own four.

    @coolbrittania, amusing video but why did poor Macy require a bath?

  • zisssou #96 2 years ago

    Oh Peter.. you big liar.

  • riceNpea #97 2 years ago

    thanks Earl. he must've been quite rude to have it all removed.

    a stain on his character.

  • GamesConnoisseur #98 2 years ago

    Don't understand the hates.

    Saying he is just full of bullshits is what I really don't get! I mean you can practically look round and realize everyone interviewed or press release reported from EA, Sony, MS, Ninty, Acti and so on are all equally open to charges of BULLSHITTING!

    Peter at least candid and keenly interested in gaming since Bullfrog days.

    Those people actually prefers grey faceless PR to colourful character like Peter?! Mmmm we are trying to get more wider love and me think Peter is more useful than suits!

  • GamesConnoisseur #99 2 years ago

    Don't understand the hates.

    Saying he is just full of bullshits is what I really don't get! I mean you can practically look round and realize everyone interviewed or press release reported from EA, Sony, MS, Ninty, Acti and so on are all equally open to charges of BULLSHITTING!

    Peter at least candid and keenly interested in gaming since Bullfrog days.

    Those people actually prefers grey faceless PR to colourful character like Peter?! Mmmm we are trying to get more wider love and me think Peter is more useful than suits!

  • coolbritannia #100 2 years ago

    Macy Momo and Meg (The old grumpy one, Macy and Momo are sisters) all had fleas. As kittens it's hard to really treat them properly as it can harm them, but they're a bit older now so they got bathed, frontlined, combed and wormed. Now they are uber kitties.

    put them all in the living room (laminate floor) after the treatment, with a big white sheet under the main light, the fleas all gathered on the sheet and died. I was disturbed at how may there were!

  • darkmorgado #101 2 years ago

    @coolbritannia

    Mine is... wait for it... darkMorgado

    :-)

  • coolbritannia #102 2 years ago

    To talk about gaming for a sec, Milo looked brilliant, but disturbing. Yes, it's perfectly normal for adults to interact with kids, but I don't think the world was ready for Milo yet. Attitudes towards 'simulated' relationships just aren't that enlightened yet. 'It's a grooming simulator, a paedo's paradise' etc must have preyed on the minds of M$'s lawyers...

    Worked into an established franchise, it'd be brilliant. Or, make Milo a robot, make him obviously synthetic, people can relate to that more easily as you 'train' him.

  • darkmorgado #103 2 years ago

    Also, we had a flea problem last year. Was an utter nightmare. I didn't realise we had them (I just thought I had dry itchy skin or something) until I physically saw one jump on my hand.

    Took us ages to get rid of them - putting down powders (pet-friendly) on the carpets every day and hoovering, treating the cats, etc. No idea how they got there in the first considering, as I said, my cat doesnt go outside.

    Not had the problem since, thank god.

  • monkfishjoe #104 2 years ago

    @coolbritania - funny video. My cat used to do that when she was a kitten (which was funny because she was like a feather). Now she's two and a fat bugger and STILL does it and it hurts like hell!

    Still love her though even though she spends most of her time causing me physical and mental pain (she adores my girlfriend though, who's not really interested in her - work that out)!

  • darkmorgado #105 2 years ago

    It's a grooming simulator

    That's exactly the sort of phrase I could imagine the Daily Mail sticking on their front page, along with "BAN THIS SICK FILTH!"

    After all, this is the newspaper that accused Flight Simulator of being a terrorist trainer.

  • TRUTH #106 2 years ago

    I think Milo is canceled ?s

    [link url=http://www.next-gen.biz/news/report-project-milo-cancelled
    ]http://www.next-gen.biz/news/report-proj...[/link]

    Fable II missions where so repetitive - Go A to B, Kill enemy collect item return to A - Then repeat in 95% of all missions. Side quests did noting to the game or change the formula of the game, a lot of useless side quest with nothing to improve the game. Rpg was basic, way to many loading screens, dog was only useful for treasure finding...The whole game played with the same formula that was dressed up in different mission names - though played the same!

    Adventure was the same missions, loading each area was tiresome, rpg was light and basic, game was fairly ease and led by the hand, np puzzles, your character looks changed - but did not effect the game in any degree, nothing really changed or very minor difference that don't really effect much, to many side quest have no real purpose, no problem solving...To much was based aroound silly humor, and killing enemies which became very easy to quick.
    Edited by TRUTH at 23/09/10 @ 21:50

  • monkfishjoe #107 2 years ago

    @Darkmorgado

    Gotta love the Daily Mail. It's so ridiculous it's funny (well it would be if so many people didn't believe EVERY SINGLE word it writes)!

    Good site here ([link url=http://www.mailwatch.co.uk)]http://www.mailwatch.co.uk)[/link] that posts some good replies to Daily Mail articles (the whole 'Antichrist' film ho-hah is a good case in point).

  • Scimarad #108 2 years ago

    "You know me, I would talk about it before I had the idea. If I had an idea for a game, I'd talk to you about it down the bar before I'd even talked to a member of the team."

    This made me smile:)

  • RedSparrows #109 2 years ago

    Hah, I like EG + Molyneux. Good old Peter.

    Also, Milo = 'grooming'?

    It's a sad state of affairs when people think that about someone (i.e. ANYONE) interacting with a (digital) child. FFS, stop propagating the shit.
    Edited by RedSparrows at 23/09/10 @ 19:13

  • coolbritannia #110 2 years ago

    I wasn't propagating, I was just saying what I think the reaction would be.

  • Xardan #111 2 years ago

    The more Molyneux the merrier.

  • darkmorgado #112 2 years ago

    @TRUTH

    I swear to god that you literally just copy-paste your comments instead of actually write anything. Every thing you post is literally exactly the same thing over and over again.

    Maybe you should change your name to COPYPASTA

  • Headless_Monkey_Boy #113 2 years ago

    "will I be able to buy it down Radio Shack in two years time?"

    Seriously, Radio shack?.... In 2 yrs time?

    call me a consiracy nut but maybe time travels already here, and Molyneux has access.

  • ronuds #114 2 years ago

    @smelly

    You'll not win with the argument that Molyneux lies about everything here. It's a pretty old and tired argument to still try and peddle, anyway.

  • ph101 #115 2 years ago

    I thought this was a pretty funny interview, thanks.

  • curtlikesmeat #116 2 years ago

    Is the next Fable open world yet or just a series of corridors?

    Morrowind had a huge open world 32 years ago, wake me up again when it's time for the next Fable.

  • Xabarin #117 2 years ago

    Molineux's son has something to say too!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWdh8W8Igyo

    Edit: :(
    Edited by Xabarin at 24/09/10 @ 10:13

  • coolbritannia #118 2 years ago

    You only skim read this site don't you Xabarin...

  • makeamazing #119 2 years ago

    I thought the interview was funny... what is it that people seem to think that every interview or news item has to be ultra serious, there is nothing wrong with a little humour now and again.

    The one bit that i did find funny is that he has been told not to twitter and has two PR people with him... poor PM, hes the kind of guy that should be able to just say what he wants, i think people understand he gets over excited about his ideas and just spills the beans :D

  • DoKtoR #120 2 years ago

    Molyneux bashers, assemble!

  • 3william56 #121 2 years ago

    Gotta love PR goons. Always ready to jump in with both feet in mouth with a "no comment" that does exactly the opposite of what they intend, like near certainly confirming Fable Kinect add-ons, a la Heavy Rain.

    God, that must be a soul destroying job.

    PM's a bit of a t*t, but an entertaining one. The hate mostly comes from his position as chief 360 fluffer, and the amount of bollocks and fakery he puts his name to, and yes, we mean Milo (which, even if it's not cancelled, has about as much chance of pulling off that level of interactivity as PM has of getting his time machine from Radio Shack).

    Monkeys > Hamsters > Dogs > Cats > Cockroaches > tsetse fly larva > PR wonks.

  • Big-Swiss #122 2 years ago

    142 comments
    120 comments about cats and dogs

    proofs a bit, that the interview doesen't deliver much! but it was a good and funny read.
    scray a bit, how MS treats its best horses!

  • levitate #123 2 years ago

    Is it just me imagining these PR people standing in the background, wearing sunshades and a suit, pointing a semi-automatic pistol against Peter's head. One wrong word about MILO or FABLE III and they'll pull the trigger.

  • levitate #124 2 years ago

    I also believe in time travel btw. Peter Molyneux is the proof of that.

  • PlugMonkey #125 2 years ago

    monkfishjoe
    "@coolbritania - funny video. My cat used to do that when she was a kitten (which was funny because she was like a feather)."

    One of our kittens does that too. When you pick her up, it's her instinctive reaction to grab onto you, and then climb onto your shoulder. This is very useful when rounding them up at bedtime, as you can grab her first and sit her on your shoulder while you chase the other one.

    3william56
    "Gotta love PR goons. Always ready to jump in with both feet in mouth with a "no comment" that does exactly the opposite of what they intend, like near certainly confirming Fable Kinect add-ons, a la Heavy Rain.

    God, that must be a soul destroying job."

    I would imagine, in this instance, it's quite a fun job. That's what I meant about Molyneux getting the joke. He knows his reputation for saying things he shouldn't, so he plays up to it.

  • davisorle #126 2 years ago

    Post deleted at 20:44:35 16-04-2012

  • Lemming81 #127 2 years ago

    Classic Bullfrog game sequels/revamps please!

  • GAmbrose #128 2 years ago

    Clearly Ellie has a raport with Molyneux, she sees him all over the place from what I gather.

    I thought it was a good interview. Shoot me.

  • edhe #129 2 years ago

    Humanisation of a high level corporate dude is always fun.

  • BoffBoff #130 2 years ago

    Enjoyed that article! It's funny, yesterday I was thinking to myself 'Where's Ellie Gibson gone" as I hadn't seen any articles for a while.

    After reading the first paragraph I had to check who the author was and my suspicions were confirmed!

    And to the wit/humour/irreverant haters, I actually *prefer* this style of interview as it's a lot more entertaining.
    And Molyneux's a star. Love him or hate him, he's still a legend!

  • Machiavellian #131 2 years ago

    Interesting about the two PR people. We already know when Pete does interviews that he has a PR person present. I am sure the PR people are there because Pete wants them there. In other reviews he stated that he had a problem with stating things he wanted in a game before actually finding out if it is possible was solved. You only have to look in forums to see how people get bent out of shape from casual comments or just personal opinion.

    So the reason for the PR people is because of people in these forums. You hang on every word or you get roped into get bent out of shape when EG takes a blurb and make it an article. You ask for developers to be honest but when you get it you call them names and get upset because they do not see the world as you do.

  • Lunatic4ever #132 2 years ago

    However you put it...no Fable game ever really blew me away.
    So what is all the fuss about? This whole secret agent "this needs to approved" shit?
    Cut the crap.
    Fable 3 might end up being a good game but its not going to blow us away. It simply won't.

  • Mar27w #133 2 years ago

    time travel has been mathamatically proven?wheres my calculator,it hasent been proven you nutter,its been theorized,proven would mean the mathmatics used were infallibly correct and somebodys done it,you loony tune,DOC I HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE FUTURE,Pete Molyneux is going to a funny farm ho ho
    Edited by Mar27w at 01/10/10 @ 07:25