Professor Gull Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 There is not enough information to know for sure either way. Too many layered assumptions. We need expert advice. Anyone got a lead on Mr. Lee? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Depends, got three thousand dollars? Hmmm ... the $7000 that he made off with could have bought over 100 Nintendo Classic Mini machines. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Well, if this thing doesn't use cartridges, they better tell the programmers to make sure the games are bug free, or else someone's going under the bus. Simple as that. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Miyamoto won't go under the bus. He already has his own, or so it seems. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 So was that bit about MK having a special tell-all issue of Retro for real, or just another joke? It's so hard to keep track anymore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tschak909 Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I guess after MK and the rest of the RGR crew brushed off my attempts to try and publicize my smart home platform (which has a built in game player that can bounce to multiple rooms), this is kharma. -Thom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StopDrop&Retro Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 So was that bit about MK having a special tell-all issue of Retro for real, or just another joke? It's so hard to keep track anymore You're thinking of Pipercub's report that the next issue of RETRO will be an all interview special, which it will be. I don't remember any rumor that Mike was going to come clean to the magazine. From Kickstarter (sent to all RETRO year 1 & 2 subs): RETRO Replay: Vol. 1, 200-Page Collectors Digest - FREE SHIPPING ANYWHERE Hello Year 2 RETRO Backers! We have some extra RETRO Replay issues still available for purchase. As a RETRO backer we would like to offer any of you FREE SHIPPING anywhere in the world. Just use Discount Code: "kickstarter" when you click here and check out. RETRO Replay: Vol 1 consists of 200-pages of our best articles, interviews, collecting guides and more from our first ten issues. It features a thick stock, UV coated, glossy cover with artwork from our Senior Illustrator, Thor Thorvaldson. We hope you will want to add this special "Best-Of" issue to your RETRO Magazine collection. For many of you issue 12 will be your final issue. Issue 12 will be focused greatly on interviews from dozens of your favorite gaming pioneers and will be mailing in August. We hope you have enjoyed RETRO so far and will decide to subscribe for another 6-issues. Thanks again for your support and if you want to continue your subscription you can do so right here. - Team RETRO I also have to say that the "decide to subscribe for another 6-issues" line gives me the heeby jeebys. Unless he has some major card he's not showing, or if he's gone completely delusional, I think anyone watching this can easily conclude that the future of RETRO is in doubt. They're churning their issues out at.... well... regular pace... but still, two issues in one year is pitiful and the confirmation that the next issue will be mostly interviews can be read to infer that they're running out of writers and content. Again, not a good forecast for the future. So why direct people to resubscribe? I understand it's a magazine business and subscriptions are what feeds it, but considering how shaky the foundation is right now I would hope he's come up with a way to protect the new subs who might be immediately SOL if it all goes under. If there is no plan then that's an incredibly shitty move to ask people to resubscribe knowing they're buying into a whole bunch of risk, or even worse, if the influx of resubscription money is part of an exit strategy. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 You're thinking of Pipercub's report that the next issue of RETRO will be an all interview special, which it will be. I don't remember any rumor that Mike was going to come clean to the magazine. Pipercub wrote something about MK putting a "positive spin" on the Chameleon debacle. That probably led to some confusion about the actual content of the upcoming issue. More likely, it's just that he was able to put out a CYA press release where he'd be less likely to get shunned by people he wanted to interview. It'd be interesting to see the PR itself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipercub Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 (edited) StopDropandRetro is correct, what I said weeks ago was that it was going to be a collection of interviews, and your partially correct.... I later pointed out he did the press release announcing that trying to put a positive spin on the matter (it being all interviews), obvious implication being no writers will work for the mag. Nothing about that was relating to the Chameleon scam. Edited July 16, 2016 by Pipercub 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 "I would hope he's come up with a way to protect the new subs..." ...because he has such a proven track record of protecting other people's interests :lol 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKMike Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 I guess after MK and the rest of the RGR crew brushed off my attempts to try and publicize my smart home platform (which has a built in game player that can bounce to multiple rooms), this is kharma. -Thom Wait what? We did what now? I don't have any recollection of this. What did we do or not do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipercub Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Yeah, never heard of this dude, sounds like the world owes him though.. Wonder if he knows we ousted Socal a LONG time ago for ethical reasons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tschak909 Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Email to you guys dated Aug 4 2012 regarding LinuxMCE including ad hoc explanation and demos.... Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipercub Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 (edited) We get a constant stream of emails from people asking for attention to their projects, all of them very important to the creator, but it is impossible to address them all as there are HUNDREDS. But Socal's empire steering into the ditch was all his own doing, and not attributable to one of the many projects sent to us not getting covered. If you want to believe it is go for it. TBH it sounds like a pretty cool project, and best of luck with it in all sincerity, but the CC downfall was its own ecosystem. Edited July 17, 2016 by Pipercub 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tschak909 Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 (edited) and I wish you the best of luck, in the same passive aggressive fashion. And I am sorry for attributing the CC to you guys, my mistake. -Thom Edited July 17, 2016 by tschak909 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StopDrop&Retro Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 and I wish you the best of luck, in the same passive aggressive fashion. -Thom Holy shit, what a fucked up way of thinking about the world. I didn't pay attention to his first comment because I thought it was just someone's idea of humor that fell flat. Dude, if the entire success of your product hinges on it being covered by RGR then (as good as their podcast is) I'm pretty sure your idea is going nowhere. If you want to go to a place where you can blame others for the failure of your own product then I've got a one-way ticket to Retro Land that you're more than welcome to. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKMike Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Email to you guys dated Aug 4 2012 regarding LinuxMCE including ad hoc explanation and demos.... Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Nah, we discussed it and we have a link to it in our shownotes page - http://www.retrogamingroundup.com/shownotes/2012/roundup051_2012.08.php That's pretty much what we do. We have so many submissions we can't personally help out each of them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipercub Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 And might I add, my comment was not passive aggressive, that is not how we roll, we are aggressive aggressive if we don't like something. We have always been pro community and do wish everyone the best if they are trying to do something for the community. Lets face it, the REAL bad guy here is STOPDRPANDRETRO, for not pointing out the kingmakers that we are. If you don't kiss our ring then down you go! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 How many Kennedy/Natalie8888/Thom people are there, as a percentage to the rest of the population? Retroland is real, and it it leaking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Lets face it, the REAL bad guy here is STOPDRPANDRETRO, for not pointing out the kingmakers that we are. If you don't kiss our ring then down you go! Wait, what? I thought it was Shane R. Monroe's ring that you had to kiss to get approval. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawnphase Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 piko has entered the cashgrab fold of mike k, pushing a recycled product on kickstarter for profit. he's learned from this thread and mike k too, he's enjoying pruning his comments on his fb. what a little turd. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1549719931/the-arkade-a-classic-christian-video-game-plug-and Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdownita Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 piko has entered the cashgrab fold of mike k, pushing a recycled product on kickstarter for profit. he's learned from this thread and mike k too, he's enjoying pruning his comments on his fb. what a little turd. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1549719931/the-arkade-a-classic-christian-video-game-plug-and How so? I thought Piko has the rights to publish those games and he's doing it on a NoaC in a controller kind of a package, and he is using KS to get the funds to do it (or to test the waters to see if it even make sense). Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I don't know if there's any legal issues with the physical design, but the price for a low-volume device is pretty low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Piko should be asking for $1.95 million, how is he going to fund the office rent etc? Amateur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawnphase Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 having the rights to release the games is one thing, but does the world even need these shitty games bundled on a pnp device or a multicart of em. id like to see him get the capital together on his own to make these if he thinks theres a market for it instead of shilling something this crappy on ks. of course, theres no market beyond dipshits wanting to toss their money at it. wheres anyones effort these days. seems eli learned something from mike's mistakes, lol! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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