John Romero on Daikatana "Bitch" Advertisement

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    May 19, 2010 6:01 PM

    ugh john romero shouldn't have had to explain himself. offended people aren't the demographic

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      May 19, 2010 6:06 PM

      It's fine for a post-mortem. "That ad was a mistake." I don't remember him trying to explain his way out of it when it ran.

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      May 19, 2010 6:50 PM

      Actually, that's wrong.

      The problem was that the target demographic was offended.

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      May 19, 2010 8:15 PM

      I have to agree entirely. The ad fucking worked if we're talking about it almost a decade later?

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        May 19, 2010 8:21 PM

        If Romeros aspiration was to have this game and ad be the butt of jokes above all other bad games, then yes it worked. But I doubt that was the type of success he was going for. I would think he was shooting for dedicated mod community, hearalded landmark among PC gamers, one of the top grossing games of all time, that kind of success.

        But ya, Diakatana and this ad deserves more than what it gets in the press and in casual gamer talk. But it is what it is. I and saying it "worked" is a spin at best.

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