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Re: Entire staff of game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned

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Post by hinkley »

jerf wrote: post #90
toyg wrote: post #41

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That rant is famous, but I always wonder at the naivety of Cantrill and friends. Ellison was already known for being a shameless shark since the '80s, 20 years before the SUN acquisition. Believing he would leave your little blade of grass untouched was always going to be fanciful - particularly when they were a loss-making part of the company with no-future already.

Given the situation that IP was in at the time, I'm not sure it was a "believe" so much as a "hope". There wasn't much of an alternative.

It would have made so much more sense to sell to IBM though, and I don’t even like IBM. I respected their R&D at the time, but their global services division is a blight on society.

I can’t recall, did the feds block that option?

Re: Entire staff of game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned

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Post by helpfulclippy »

mikrl wrote: post #136
JohnBooty wrote: post #120

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It's like how Microsoft owns Windows, but not windows.

If you got a few of those motorized windows and hooked up a laptop running MS’ operating system to control them all, but only during certain times of day, there would be a window where your windows would be Windows windows.

You could set up a sweepstakes to install them with some complicated terms. Then you could explain to the local Vietnamese baker how the rules work — in other words, when does Nguyen Doughs win doze Windows windows?

Re: Entire staff of game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned

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Post by jayd16 »

InDubioProRubio wrote: post #79
threeseed wrote: post #63

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There is another way to look at this. Annapurna Pictures in Dec 2022 produced Nimona for Netflix which debuted at #9 globally and was as high as #3 i.e. it was a massive hit. So they now have the Stray IP which could be extremely lucrative and are looking at how CD Project Red handled their successful Cyberpunk integration on Netflix as a model. Which is where you cross-promote a game add-on or sequel with the movie.…

IP, content, blobs - container words - a sure-fire indicator in any conversation that , that the parties involved areunable to accurately value, evaluate, organize and produce, the valuables that should reside inside the container. So here the daily reminder, that logistics is a commodity now, but producing something of value, is not.

IP has pretty clear connotation in games. I don't really think it shows what you say. Characters and worlds are IP and that IP can be used across media types. Gameplay is not IP. A game project can swap or take in IP.

Re: Entire staff of game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned

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Post by hinkley »

robjwells wrote: post #29
hinkley wrote: post #12

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Another lawnmower is born.

For those who don’t get the lawnmower reference, take 5 minutes and have a hearty laugh: https://youtube.com/watch?t=1980&v=-zRN7XLCRhc (Start at the 33 minute mark if it doesn’t jump you there.)

You grow up an Ellison, I figure you either end up just like daddy, a social justice warrior with means, or like Mary Trump, a psychologist. Just so you can unpack your fucked up family and help others.

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Post by jszymborski »

Qwertious wrote: post #138
SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #113

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Outer Wilds is top three all-time for me. And hands-down, the most underrated game and at least one generation. it’s a good point that the publisher does have an eye for talent.

PSA: Outer Wilds is not Outer Worlds, which is a completely unrelated game from Obsidian.

Thanks, I made that mistake.

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Post by coloniser »

School-Cotton wrote: post #86
thoroughburro wrote: post #57

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Annapurna is a god of food and nourishment in Hinduism; a manifestation of Parvati.

It is also the name of a mountain in the Himalayas which I believe is the most familiar meaning to Americans.

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Post by School-Cotton »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #93
thoroughburro wrote: post #57

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Annapurna is a god of food and nourishment in Hinduism; a manifestation of Parvati.

I bet the way people in the US say it is nothing like the (traditional) way it is said in India. I think it’s supposed to be “un-na-poorna” with a nasally rn sound.

AFAIK an r sound is always nasalized when followed by an n sound in American English.

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Post by SV_BubbleTime »

Qwertious wrote: post #138
SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #113

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Outer Wilds is top three all-time for me. And hands-down, the most underrated game and at least one generation. it’s a good point that the publisher does have an eye for talent.

PSA: Outer Wilds is not Outer Worlds, which is a completely unrelated game from Obsidian.

I’m aware. Outer Worlds got all the attention but it was a 1/2 expectation Fallout clone.

Outer Wilds was a masterpiece.

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Post by Rinzler89 »

kbelder wrote: post #145
Rinzler89 wrote: post #11

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I agree with you about IGN's quality, but I think it's not necessarily your opinion that's generating the downvotes, but the tone. IGN being disconnected from the tastes and preferences of gamers? Almost inarguable. Letting political opinions of the journalists have huge sway over game reviews and scores? I'd say that is inarguable. But you'll get downvoted when you type a post on HN that seems like you're getting ex…

>but the tone

Who cares? Debates are about ideas, not tones.

>But you'll get downvoted when you type a post on HN that seems like you're getting excited while typing.

Unless you're getting excited about the same world views as the mobs'.

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