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ION's Manifesto

by Maarten Goldstein, Jun 28, 2001 5:48pm PDT

Related Topics – Games: PC

Thanks to AgentJ who let us know that the newest (August issue) PC Gamer magazine features a story on ION Storm Austin and Deus Ex 2. In it, it is mentioned that ION Storm Austin is changing it's name, possibly to Manifesto, and is splitting off from the Dallas office. Warren Spector is quoted as saying "It became apparent that it was time to move on" "We had a way of thinking, and we had a type of game we wanted. The Ion Storm-Dallas office was pretty heavily focused on that 'Dallas shooter community.' It just started feeling not like a family". Pick up the mag for the entire story. A quick search on Network Solutions also shows that MANIFESTOGAMES.COM is indeed registered by ION Storm.

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Bleh, Ion Storm Austin should get to keep the Ion name.

Jun 28, 2001 5:59pm PDT

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Bleh, Ion Storm Austin should get to keep the Ion name. : Ralmees
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  I don't think they would want it.... would you go to court to contest ownership of the name synonomou... : Torias
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    Deus Ex? Anachronox? Those are really good games. I would hope that Manifesto would at least pi... : LOD-Glock
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      DaiKatana? "John Romero will make you his bitch!", Tod Porter? Entire sets of developement teams walk : RatBastard
      
      Huh? I'm not talking about John Romero and Daikatana team. I'm talking about Tom Hall and the Anox... : LOD-Glock
      
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      You forgot that RTS Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3 (whatever the fuck that's supposed to mean) : SatansFist
      
      Yeah, which was a Tom Porter-led shitty game from when he was at 7th Level. ION bought the rights t... : LOD-Glock
  - But its not a name known for utter crap. Most people don't give a shit about Daikatana any more, its dea... : Ralmees

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I had mentioned before that ION Storm Austin HAS to change it's name. Anything to distance themselves from ION and The Romero.

Hell, Warren Spector should even change his own name and maybe even get facial reconstructive surgery. Because it will always be remembered as Warren Spector of Manifesto games, is the same guy who worked with Romero. No matter what he produces he will always be linked to the ION mess.

Maybe someone could just invent a machine that erases the history of ION from everyone's mind. That would be easier...

Jun 28, 2001 6:52pm PDT

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I had mentioned before that ION Storm Austin HAS to change it's name. Anything to distance themselves f... : Goat Whore
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  That's the biggest load of bullshit ive seen in a while the guy made a spectacular game while at ion,... : cot
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    Diakatana? : maalox
    - Deus Ex? : cot
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    Not talking about Deus Ex, which was so so... I'm talking about being associated with ION. ION was the ... : Goat Whore
    - they weren't even in difference cities for christs sake. there are 3 main projects associated with io... : cot

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manifesto games??

so are they going to be releasing any wacky demands anytime soon?

Jun 28, 2001 7:42pm PDT

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manifesto games?? so are they going to be releasing any wacky demands anytime soon? : -=kodiak=-
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- Just a football helmet full of cottage cheese. : SatansFist

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everything John Romero has touched post ID has turned to shit.

Jun 28, 2001 7:42pm PDT

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everything John Romero has touched post ID has turned to shit. : davecrazy
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- yeah, all 1 things : peopleknows

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* S U C K E D D O W N *

Jun 28, 2001 7:20pm PDT

* S U C K E D D O W N * : V3N0M

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whois monkeystone.com

Organization:
Monkeystone Games
John Romero

Domain Name: MONKEYSTONE.COM

Created on..............: Mon, May 28, 2001
Expires on..............: Wed, May 28, 2003
Record last updated on..: Mon, May 28, 2001

Administrative Contact:
Monkeystone Games
John Romero

Jun 28, 2001 6:47pm PDT

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whois monkeystone.com Organization: Monkeystone Games John Romero Domain Name... : Crusader
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- Methinks that does not bode well. Anyone wanna bet no one sinks a shit ton of money into Monkeystone? : acheron

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I think Ion Dallas is officially dead. I'll restate my post from the other night, I emailed Romero through his dot com site and his organization, as listed in Netscape Messenger, was MonkeyStone Games. Perhaps that his Killcreeks company that he has a his email sent through, but I don't think it bodes well for the Ion Dallas.

Jun 28, 2001 6:46pm PDT

I think Ion Dallas is officially dead. I'll restate my post from the other night, I emailed Romero throug... : agentsmith

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One of the names they considered a lot was:

Liminal Space Designs

Jun 28, 2001 6:35pm PDT

One of the names they considered a lot was: Liminal Space Designs : TERATOGEN

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So is this the result of the news item from the past?

Jun 28, 2001 6:16pm PDT

So is this the result of the news item from the past? : xvdl

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J o h n R o m e r o ' d

Jun 28, 2001 5:54pm PDT

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- aaaargh! * J o h n R o m e r o ' d * : carlcmc

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They should boot Romero and keep the other two teams on. Its not fair to the other two, they have proven to put out quality material(if anacronox turns out to be good).

S.M.

Jun 28, 2001 5:54pm PDT

They should boot Romero and keep the other two teams on. Its not fair to the other two, they have proven ... : suicidemachine

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heh, what this basically meens is they dont want to loose sales of their game because people thinking this came from the DK crew

Jun 28, 2001 5:53pm PDT

heh, what this basically meens is they dont want to loose sales of their game because people thinking thi... : ease_one

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yes! I totally called this one like 6 months ago.
Deus Ex ION is totally different from Daikatana ION.

Jun 28, 2001 5:52pm PDT

yes! I totally called this one like 6 months ago. Deus Ex ION is totally different from Daikatana ION. : jidar

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well.. I wasn't expecting this, but looking back I guess I should have been.

Jun 28, 2001 5:50pm PDT

well.. I wasn't expecting this, but looking back I guess I should have been. : Anti_dentite

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Hi....is this thing on?

Jun 28, 2001 5:49pm PDT

Hi....is this thing on? : Not Given

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Hello!

Jun 28, 2001 5:49pm PDT

Hello! : BlahBlahBlah