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Tofu Man
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Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:37 pm |
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[ Person -> Article ] - More info on Person: Brian Fargo | More info on Company: inXile Entertainment | More info on Game: Wasteland
First Schafer, then Obsidian and now it's Wasteland wizard (and current copyright holder) Brian Fargo with Kickstarter fever. He got on Twitter and made the following statement:
"Pondering bringing Wasteland back through this crowdfunding. It's a world I have longed to work with again."
(@ https://twitter.com/#!/BrianFargo)
Sounds like "testing the waters" on his part but his Twitter activity following the statement is quite encouraging:
"Very encouraging to see all the love for a new Wasteland. Crowdfunding might be the perfect way to make it a reality...."
"I'm quite enjoying bringing all my Wasteland documents back out again to read. Wasn't sure if it would ever see the light of day."
With the Bethsoft-ization of the Fallout franchise not to everyone's taste, this might be the best bit of news in quite a long while, since as we all know:
"(...) Wasteland was the precursor to @fallout. We made Fallout because we didn't have the Wasteland rights."
In addition...
"I want fans to know that a new Wasteland would be complete old school vibe and made with input from gamers. Made the gamers way."
F*** yeah. Eurogamer reports the campaign is to start next month, so stay tuned.
Then again, maybe not. Spotted @ Rock Paper Shotgun |
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Wolfman Walt
Mamma's Gang member
Joined: 15 Mar 2003
Posts: 5171
Location: La Grange, Kentucky
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Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:58 pm |
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Heard about this earlier today and it interests me more than the Obsidian kick. Fargo has always struck me as a pretty cool dude and isn't the Wasteland remake what DaC wanted so bad not so long ago? |
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Stalagmite
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Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:54 pm |
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| Wolfman Walt wrote: | | Fargo has always struck me as a pretty cool dude |
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King of Creation
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Joined: 20 Dec 2003
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Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:07 am |
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| Wolfman Walt wrote: | | Fargo has always struck me as a pretty cool dude |
Aside from the fact that his obsession with collecting art ruined Interplay. |
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Stalagmite
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Location: IN YOUR PANTS AUSTRALIA
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Sat Feb 18, 2012 6:50 am |
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| King of Creation wrote: | | Wolfman Walt wrote: | | Fargo has always struck me as a pretty cool dude |
Aside from the fact that his obsession with collecting art ruined Interplay. |
Huh? |
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Burning Oasis
Desert Wanderer
Joined: 09 May 2010
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Location: Coddingtown
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Sat Feb 18, 2012 7:55 am |
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Wolfman Walt
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Location: La Grange, Kentucky
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Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:48 pm |
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| King of Creation wrote: | | Wolfman Walt wrote: | | Fargo has always struck me as a pretty cool dude |
Aside from the fact that his obsession with collecting art ruined Interplay. |
I never figured "Herve Caen" to be art of any sort. |
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King of Creation
Righteous Subjugator
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Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:16 am |
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| Stalagmite wrote: | | King of Creation wrote: | | Wolfman Walt wrote: | | Fargo has always struck me as a pretty cool dude |
Aside from the fact that his obsession with collecting art ruined Interplay. |
Huh? |
| Wolfman Walt wrote: | | I never figured "Herve Caen" to be art of any sort. |
Watch these videos, and all will become clear:
http://www.duckandcover.cx/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25848 |
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Wolfman Walt
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Location: La Grange, Kentucky
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Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:27 am |
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I still blame Herve Caen more than Fargo's experiment in trying to further the medium. |
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POOPERSCOOPER
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Joined: 05 Apr 2003
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Location: California
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Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:29 am |
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I would donate like 10 dollars maybe for this but $15 might be too much. Guy hasn't really done anything meaningful with his new company and I never played the original wasteland. |
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St. Toxic
Haha you're still not there yet
Joined: 31 Dec 2004
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Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:04 pm |
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Heck, I'd give 15 bucks for a new top-down, turn-based, post-apoc rpg. It's not like we've been drowning in them lately. |
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SenisterDenister
Living Legend
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Posts: 3086
Location: Cackalackyland
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Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:39 am |
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I've been chomping at the bit for a good turn-based tactical game like X-Com ever since Silent Storm.
The same thing with a good turn-based 4x space game. It may just be that I'm picky but the ones that have come out in the past decade all haven't been that good. I still play Moo2 a lot. |
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jimmypneumatic
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:33 am |
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| St. Toxic wrote: | | Heck, I'd give 15 bucks for a new top-down, turn-based, post-apoc rpg. It's not like we've been drowning in them lately. |
Same here, only problem is my wallet no hablo credit cardo. Somehow i think anyone that tries it might find that to be a trend among the customer base for something like this.  |
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Pizzahut Lover
Cakester Alt; I'm going places in life
Joined: 12 Apr 2011
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Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:10 pm |
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bethesda called. they want me to work for fargo then i can work for them. not bad . technically I will be working for obsidian until they give me to bethesda. some kind of foreign internship. |
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jimmypneumatic
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Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:00 pm |
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1989 called, they want their hair back. |
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Retlaw83
Goatse Messiah
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Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:47 am |
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SenisterDenister
Living Legend
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Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:26 am |
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VasikkA
No more Tuna
Joined: 15 Jun 2002
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Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:37 pm |
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Intaresting, although I don't see much of a chance it getting done. Let's revisit in a couple of years. |
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Stalagmite
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Joined: 26 Feb 2009
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Location: IN YOUR PANTS AUSTRALIA
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Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:05 pm |
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| VasikkA wrote: | | Intaresting, although I don't see much of a chance it getting done. Let's revisit in a couple of years. |
Kickstarter gets only 60 days and your money gets returned if project does not meet deadlines.
So dig deep into your pockets boys and girls and start funding. I personally am tired of Bethesda and Bioware shit dominating the industry.
Plus I'd kill to play a Fallouty-type Wasteland with isometric view and party based combat. |
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Stalagmite
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Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:59 am |
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| VasikkA wrote: | | Intaresting, although I don't see much of a chance it getting done. Let's revisit in a couple of years. |
HAHA you pull those calculations out of your ass? Shit's all funded in less than 2 days. Right good.  |
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