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Joel Johnson
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You misread what I wrote - the concept WAS portable even if the final product was not. Read more

NOA made the case that gamers in NA needed something that looked more like the NES, so they proposed a redesigned shell. Read more

...that is some fiery hate you got there! But, I agree with your sentiment I have to admit. Read more

As opposed to the dreadful mall-rat VO we always get from US localisation...? Read more

what's wrong with his voice? Sounds like a grandmother on crack. Read more

Yeah, the approach is a tad Daily Mail to be fair Bash... :) Read more

sorry - I'm not spreading hate just expressing disappointment. I don't HATE Bowling, he just really irritates me and unfortunately that attitute is attricuted to that of his old bosses. Read more

Hey Steve - I assure you I did read the full quote and article twice over - I just get really irked by his attitude, it's got worse over the years even. You were there, so maybe you didn't get that vibe and my emotions are blinding my judgement or I'm seeing something no longer there but whenever I spoke to him in Read more

I know what you mean, but I should have clarified. I read that and I DO think he's serious. He's chucked some transparent diclaimer PR line in here but he actually believes that. Black Ops sold more than MW2, but Bowling and old IW bosses (as Sith Lords) are in such a closed off world of deluded grandeur that they Read more

While they paid for development, I didn't say that financer=creator. I'm just saying the developer/publisher relationship is not simply that, a financer. Most developers don't have a clue on how to do what Valve does so well. Read more

Acti didn't just pay for the development like a bank pays for a new business. They worked with them all the way. IW are the most diva developer out there, while you see Treyarch working just as hard, humbly and selling mroe games on top of that. Read more

Maybe it's subjectivism, but I read that more as his personal disclaimer while pulling a trollface (him, not me). What can I say, I just don't like the guy, never have. Read more