DanMarshall Posted May 25, 2006 Sorry to go back to blithering on about Gibbage, but: Woo hoo! PCZone's review of Gibbage is out today, and it was raaaather favourable! I'm extremely happy! I'm off to count the doubtless neverending tide of money that's about to start flying my way...! Dan ps ooh, there's more info on what they said here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oath Posted May 25, 2006 Wow, that's great! Have they done reviews of independant games in the past or is this a first? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanMarshall Posted May 25, 2006 They do a round up of 5 Indie games each month. This month, I'm number one, which is the best number to be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oath Posted May 25, 2006 They do a round up of 5 Indie games each month. This month, I'm number one, which is the best number to be. The loneliest number... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miffy495 Posted May 25, 2006 Unfortunately though, I've heard that two can be as bad as one. In all seriousness though, grats man. Now I can say "I communicated with him on a forum once in a while way back when..." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nappi Posted May 25, 2006 Unfortunately though, I've heard that two can be as bad as one. Me too, but on the other hand I've also heard somewhere that one is much much worse than two. What's the deal with that? ... Anyway, congratulations! I have seen the name Gibbage many times here in the forums, but for some reason I never took a closer look at the game. I probably confused it with some other game I knew wouldn't interest me. Now that I have checked the screenshots, it looks pretty cool. I'm going to try the demo tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanMarshall Posted May 26, 2006 Groovy. Let me know how you get on...! Cheers for the comments, guys. It just got reviewed on GameTunnel who, moments after deciding it was 'meh' offered to sell it for me taking a large slice of the profits. Unbelievable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hermes Posted May 26, 2006 Groovy. Let me know how you get on...!Cheers for the comments, guys. It just got reviewed on GameTunnel who, moments after deciding it was 'meh' offered to sell it for me taking a large slice of the profits. Unbelievable. DON'T DO IT... they're just after money (oh yeah - this is capitalism - sorry I forgot....) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanMarshall Posted May 26, 2006 DON'T DO IT... they're just after money (oh yeah - this is capitalism - sorry I forgot....) Not a chance! After the creidt card peoples' fees and transfer fees, I make little enough cash out of this little enterprise as it is! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hermes Posted May 26, 2006 Not a chance! After the creidt card peoples' fees and transfer fees, I make little enough cash out of this little enterprise as it is! Not a chance that you will do it or not? ... sorry for being daft... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanMarshall Posted May 26, 2006 There's no way I'll let them sell it. Until sales comepletely dry up, at which point I'll let any old crook flog it in the hopes of making a little extra beer money...! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hermes Posted May 27, 2006 Up that alley - you could try to pimp your game to Chris Kohler at http://blog.wired.com/games/ ... he seems interested in all sorts of games and he might give you a mention or something... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-MaSQuE- Posted May 28, 2006 The loneliest number... That you'll ever dooo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SiW Posted June 1, 2006 Niiice. I guess your comments have stirred up the Game Tunnel guys a bit. While I think GT does a great job in making people aware of indie games, I think their reviews can sometimes be damaging for a game if the particular group of reviewers doesn't like it, and I think the Gibbage review is one of those cases, Seth's comments aside. I don't think you got an unfair deal, and the guys who didn't like it seem very apologetic about it, but that big 6.5 lumps your "this-would-be-great-if-I-liked-it" game with the big pile of mediocre releases that come out every day. I just think that when you're dealing with an industry where a couple of lost sales means the difference between making a profit or not you should be able to say "This game is great even if I don't like it". Sorry I'm rambling. 2 hours sleep twice in a row. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanMarshall Posted June 1, 2006 I guess your comments have stirred up the Game Tunnel guys a bit. Yeah, I figured I'd better stay out of it. My favourite bit is where Russ says: "My guess is that Gibbage saw some sales due to the round-up." Nope. Not one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SiW Posted June 1, 2006 Yeah, that's exactly my point. I bet the 8+ score games see sales from the round-up, because if most people are like me, they want to spend their hard-earned cash on something worthwhile, but it's burning a hole in their pocket and they have to act fast and don't have time to read Share this post Link to post Share on other sites