Tim Schaefer and the art of the Brutal Subtweet

[terminaljeremy]

Content: "Told you that guy was a prick."

Context: Bobby Kotick

 

[Slader166]

Tim Schafer is a legend, good dude all around

 

[Slader166]

Bobby Kotick slags off Tim Schafer

Bobby Kotick has hit back at Brütal Legend developer Tim Schafer – who famously called the Activision Blizzard CEO a "t…

www.eurogamer.net

Double Fine boss Schafer told Eurogamer in July: "His [Kotick's] obligation is to his shareholders. Well, he doesn't have to be as much of a dick about it, does he? I think there is a way he can do it without being a total prick. It seems like it would be possible. It's not something he's interested in."

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[OhSatan]

BrÜtal

 

[Ubik]

I mean, yeah, has anybody other than Bobby Kotick said otherwise though?

 

[Scrappy-Fan92]

I mean, yeah, has anybody other than Bobby Kotick said otherwise though?

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Activision Blizzard's board of directors.

Do we have any other instances of devs who formerly worked for or with Activision openly expressing their dislike for Kotick?

 

[Gobias-Ind]

Oh God I'm having flashbacks to that last thread about Tim v Bobby

"Well Bobby did have point they missed deadlines on Brutal Legend so..."

 

[GundamStyle]

He is lucky he never had to publish brutal legend under activision.

 

[Dyle]

Poor Bobby's feelings are going to be hurt

 

[Rodney McKay]

 

[HorseFD]

I love Tim Schafer. I used to read all of his Double Fine Action News posts back in the day, and they can all still be read now on their site (you have to go back a long way to when they were not really game related). I sent him an email about the composer on one of their (then) upcoming games and he sent back and very nice reply with some great info.

 

[Griffith]

That was a tweet very very long in the making. Almost as long as Psychonauts 2.

 

[lvl 99 Pixel]

tweet unavailable? what was it

 

[Equanimity]

Tweet unavailable

 

[mattiewheels]

Lëgend

 

[Grimminski]

He was right 11 years ago, and he's right today.

 

[Slader166]

Tweet unavailable

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Tim Schafer wrote "Told you that guy was a prick."

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Oh God I'm having flashbacks to that last thread about Tim v Bobby

"Well Bobby did have point they missed deadlines on Brutal Legend so..."

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lmao …

It's as if some people's drive to "both sides" every issue is pathological.

 

[HorseFD]

Shame he deleted it. Maybe Microsoft asked him to?

 

[Finaika]

What did he say?

 

[Feep]

Well, seems like he made someone mad.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

lol he got some swift texts from the boss folk at MS for sure

 

[Musubi]

Awww did Tim rustle someone's jimmies because he told the truth?

 

[Scottoest]

Man, I hope they get to make a nice polished sequel to Brutal Legend one day. Just emphasize the action adventure stuff and cut out the RTS stuff, and you've got a winner.

 

[Mona]

i came in here expecting an artbook based on heavy metal album covers...

 

[Chuck795]

lol he got some swift texts from the boss folk at MS for sure

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I doubt it, Phil Spencer ripped Bobby a new one in an email already.

 

[B-Dubs]

Tweet got deleted and don't make threads on random tweets in the first place.