Peter Molyneux

docdolittle

So Peter Molyneux, the main guy behind bullfrog (Theme Park, Theme Hospital) Lionhead studios (Black & white, Fable) populous and many other games is giving a talk in DIT for the Jameson Film festival http://jdiff.ticketsolve.com/shows/23497949/events This guy has created a lot of my favorite games through the years and I'd say it'll be interesting.

€5 to see this is well worth it for anyone looking to go into the games industry.

Also

Peter Connolly - Executive Producer from Microsoft Games Studio will be in attendance.

So... anyone else heading...?

WolfForager

I wonder if he'll bring Mylo!!!

TBH i think he's made some great games, but i'll only go if someone can promise me he won't harp on about how great Natal is/will be and how it'll revolutionize the market.

SeantheMan

He's a bit up his own hole , but it may be worth checkin out

docdolittle

WolfForager wrote: »

I wonder if he'll bring Mylo!!!

TBH i think he's made some great games, but i'll only go if someone can promise me he won't harp on about how great Natal is/will be and how it'll revolutionize the market.

Ehem...

Molyneux will discuss RPGs and their inherently cinematic nature. This will be followed by a panel discussion addressing RPG game development within the Irish gaming industry and will be chaired by Aphra Kerr.

Doesn't sound like natal talk to me

WolfForager

He always finds someway to bring it up :P

Jazzy

hes also one grade A sh1t talker

Retr0gamer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjzTPFRITrQ

tman

Retr0gamer wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjzTPFRITrQ

Beat me to it!
A fiver is well worth it to be in the presence of the man who invented dogs!

RobertFoster

Will he talk about his balls?

Skerries

one word people
Syndicate!

Fnz

Might go if there are tickets available. Is it safe to buy from ticketsolve.com? I don't like inputting credit card details on unfamiliar sites.

How do you receive tickets and, if it's by standard post, how long does it take for delivery?

RobertFoster

Fnz wrote: »

How do you receive tickets as, if it's by standard post, how long does it take for delivery?

They charge an extra €1 for a booking fee

TICKET COLLECTION: Thank you for your booking, your tickets will be available for collection, Monday to Saturday 10am - 6pm at Filmbase, Curved St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Otherwise your tickets will be available for collection 45 minutes before the start of the event.

docdolittle

RobertFoster wrote: »

They charge an extra €1 for a booking fee

I was so pissed off when I ordered online! I thought it would be like ticket masters ticketfast, just print them straight away or at least get them posted :mad: If I knew I had to go to temple bar to collect them anyway I would of just went in!! Still though, can't wait for this

Ostrom

Nice one, I'll be there!

VinLieger

Deffinitely going to this, bit pissed i have to collect my ticket though

lizardfudge

You can get the ticket printed off at Cineworld as well if that's any help.

allanb49

Anyone not able to go give me a shout please

docdolittle

Oh for anyone that can't make it, there is going to be a live stream from here http://seriousgames.ie/wordpress/

BaelNaMblath

Milo is ultra-creepy, but I'd be interested to hear the man speak.

johnny_ultimate

I'd love to go, think I'm busy on Thursday night though Say what you will about his games, but the man is one of the closest things to a developer with a unique personality and vision. Of course he can go over the top, but there are generally good ideas buried in the hyperbole.

Nevyn

All the tickets were sold out before I could get any but thanks for the stream will be watching it with my son as Peter Molyneux is pretty much his childhood hero, (I know could be worse could be a soccer player )

Sisko

Skerries wrote: »

one word people
Syndicate!

You sir, have taste :cool:

lizardfudge

I have a spare ticket if anyone wants it.

allanb49

lizardfudge wrote: »

I have a spare ticket if anyone wants it.

hey ill buy it off you if no one else has gotten in contact

lizardfudge

allanb49 wrote: »

hey ill buy it off you if no one else has gotten in contact

No problem.

allanb49

Where abouts will i find you in the morrow?

VinLieger

Anyone know which DIT its in?

lizardfudge

VinLieger wrote: »

Anyone know which DIT its in?

Aungier St.

docdolittle

Well I'll guess I'll see whoevers going there :P Gotta go to town early :rolleyes: I'll be the homeless looking guy with a think geek bag of holding on

allanb49

ill be the guy with the HP ID meeting up with strange men from the internets

feckhead

For those that couldn't get tickets, you can watch the live stream of the event here at DIT's seriousgames.ie

Lee

Gian-Pa

is it just me or the streaming is not working?
edit: f*cking firefox was the problem. in safari works fine

Elessar

Someone kidnap him and force him to remake Theme Hospital. The world will praise you.

VinLieger

Was there for it all and it was pretty good..... or so i thought. I have it on good authority that he actually brought a live demo of natal and milo to a talk in trinity today and picked some random from the audience to try it.

projectmayhem

I was liveblogging it on twitter with a few pics if anyone's interested in reading back over it via @shoryuken_ie...

docdolittle

Well it was interesting to say the least I was glad to hear they are going to bring this back next year too Awh, college in the morning, well last time I seen my lecturers they where in the pub, so hopefully there gonna be as late as me :rolleyes:

Ostrom

Great evening, great speaker, if not a little pushy on natal. I was happy to hear that it would be optional.

Only downside was the tosser sitting to his right during the panel discussion who as an admitted 'non-gamer', had no worthwhile input, wasted a cumulative ten minutes speaking, and had no clue of the significance of the people he was sitting beside.

Also crackdown 2 looks awesome

projectmayhem

efla wrote: »

Only downside was the tosser sitting to his right during the panel discussion who as an admitted 'non-gamer', had no worthwhile input, wasted a cumulative ten minutes speaking, and had no clue of the significance of the people he was sitting beside.

Quite the opposite, I think the other speakers were quite ignorant of the purpose of the event and didn't quite grasp the nature of the discussion, which was cinema meeting games. Remember, as much as this was a DIT games event, it was being run under the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival banner.

Molyneux is always interesting but his speech was more laden with Microsoft PR stuff then genuine quips. His devotion of Natal is a little infuriating because you know damn well he'll drop it 6 months after Natal is released and not utilised effectively by third parties (like eyetoy).

Conolly had good things to say but his jetlag hurt that. I also would have liked to see him expand on the "Crackdown 2: A northsiders perspective" title, just because it's funny

Having someone from Havok was just a way to get them on board with the group and have a few things to say. No mention of their work with film companies with their engines, unfortunately.

Fnz

projectmayhem wrote: »

Conolly had good things to say but his jetlag hurt that. I also would have liked to see him expand on the "Crackdown 2: A northsiders perspective" title, just because it's funny

He was on a recent episode of 4 Guys 1UP if you'd like to hear (a little) more from him.

http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://podcast.the1upnetwork.com/flat/1UPYours/4G1U021210.mp3

Ostrom

projectmayhem wrote: »

Quite the opposite, I think the other speakers were quite ignorant of the purpose of the event and didn't quite grasp the nature of the discussion, which was cinema meeting games. Remember, as much as this was a DIT games event, it was being run under the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival banner.

Molyneux is always interesting but his speech was more laden with Microsoft PR stuff then genuine quips. His devotion of Natal is a little infuriating because you know damn well he'll drop it 6 months after Natal is released and not utilised effectively by third parties (like eyetoy).

Conolly had good things to say but his jetlag hurt that. I also would have liked to see him expand on the "Crackdown 2: A northsiders perspective" title, just because it's funny

Having someone from Havok was just a way to get them on board with the group and have a few things to say. No mention of their work with film companies with their engines, unfortunately.

True, sorry if it came off a little harsh - even resituating it, the guy had very little to say, and it seemed like a wasted opportunity. Ideally, Aphra should have participated, imo. The emotionless comment hurt (as FFVII memories cut in )

docdolittle

Hey, there's pics from the event up... http://picasaweb.google.com/skooter500/MScInDigitalGamesLaunch?feat=directlink# Just found one of me in the middle of it, I look a bit too relaxed