Flojomojo Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Somehow I don't believe for one minute Atari SA has hired Wyatt since they already lied and made up excuses before. They pulled another Minter and I'll bet even Wyatt woke up this morning and splattered coffee onto his computer screen after noticing his name. Meanwhile, Atari SA must of drawn up names from a Speakerhat and Wyatt's name was chosen. Atari SA has now become, 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf.'So cynical! I think it's perfectly plausible they offered him a few thousand dollars in exchange for the promise of a few hours' work. If it were me, I'd need enough money to offset the stink of working with the shambling corpse wearing the skin of Atari, for little enough work so my prodigious talents wouldn't be wasted on this debacle. BTW Nathan, good catch on the Tin Giant website. It neatly encapsulates everything wrong with the product: an empty name, resting on accomplishments from many years ago, devoid of relevant content or substance. The fans: "aww yeah! The creator of the Xbox is on board! Yippee ki yay!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Tin Giant is hardly fly by night, he has a very long history of impressive work, he was part of the original Xbox team and worked with Seamus Blackley. But Atari again, lies --- they haven't been working with him for the past 3 months, they've had a few talks with him over past couple of months, he's just accepted a contract in the last couple of days and will actually start now. Oh, dear ... that doesn't exactly inspire confidence, does it? If "Tin Giant" was an established firm and not a one-man, fly-by-night operation, you'd think they'd already have a website; at the very least, you'd think they could have finished one in all those months they've been diligently working with "Atari." It's not as if they didn't know beforehand that the name of their company would be given in the press release. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 You're correct, he's just been hired as a contract consultant and he'll make recommendations on optimizing the design. Atari is way overhyping his role and he hasn't been on contract or retainer over past 3 months, they just had a few calls with him and talk with him, he hasn't taken a contract until recently to formally do some work with them, but its going to be him focusing on key parts, they make it sound like he's going to do the entire thing, he's not. So cynical!I think it's perfectly plausible they offered him a few thousand dollars in exchange for the promise of a few hours' work.If it were me, I'd need enough money to offset the stink of working with the shambling corpse wearing the skin of Atari, for little enough work so my prodigious talents wouldn't be wasted on this debacle.BTW Nathan, good catch on the Tin Giant website. It neatly encapsulates everything wrong with the product: an empty name, resting on accomplishments from many years ago, devoid of relevant content or substance.The fans: "aww yeah! The creator of the Xbox is on board! Yippee ki yay!" 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I didn't mean to imply that he was fly-by-night, only that his unfinished website template makes him look that way. I'm not surprised that "Atari" wasn't being honest, though; if they really had been working with him for months already, they'd have a lot more to show for it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lodmot Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Well, I'm at a loss for words right now.. x.x Lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 So what's the lie-tally for Atari right now? Anyone keeping score? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBerel Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) If this is all true, it certainly tends to confirm that they are only now considering a true development/first prototype phase. Everything we know to date seems to confirm they have nothing but a couple empty shells with LEDs in them and everything else is a complete sham. Can anyone contradict that seing how Atari SA seems intent on not showing anything to legitimately debunk that? Edited June 28, 2018 by JBerel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoJoe Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Well, I'm at a loss for words right now.. x.x Lol. I don't know why you're waiting until friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lodmot Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I don't know why you're waiting until friday x'D Well.... I duno.. *shrugs* I could always build my own Atari VCS console o 3 o God damn it... I was actually working on an exclusive game for this platform. xP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I'll retract that first comment I've made since cynical attitude isn't a good idea. I should of had tacos for dinner. However, I still think Atari SA is a bit shady. BTW, on the Twitter front, those "Hey, Atari, this looks super cool. Can't wait to play" tweets haven't been seen since June 7th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoJoe Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 x'D Well.... I duno.. *shrugs* I could always build my own Atari VCS console o 3 o God damn it... I was actually working on an exclusive game for this platform. xP Keep working on it. No reason to stop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainbowCemetery Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 x'D Well.... I duno.. *shrugs* I could always build my own Atari VCS console o 3 o God damn it... I was actually working on an exclusive game for this platform. xP me too :< 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I'm having tacos for dinner tonight. And I didn't need Indiegogo to make them. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacman000 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 "Yeah, sandwiches are for wimps, tacos or go home!" Atari will gladly pay you Tuesday for a taco today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youxia Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 BTW Nathan, good catch on the Tin Giant website. It neatly encapsulates everything wrong with the product: an empty name, resting on accomplishments from many years ago, devoid of relevant content or substance. A leading industry professional & his "team" can not be bothered to go past the Wordpress stock template on their site? In 2018? Wow Yeah, it's just too fitting. Personal gripe: Tin Giant is obviously a reference to the Iron Giant (see their lame logo and the original film). It's one of my all time favourites, not sure I'm happy about this corporate appropriation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 "Yeah, sandwiches are for wimps, tacos or go home!" Atari will gladly pay you Tuesday for a taco today. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffsGamingVideos Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 It's occurred to me that maybe they didn't mention his name until now because it's taken this long for them to put a signable contract in front of him? They probably signed an NDA. I'd guess with all of the negativity toward Atari now they are trying to reverse it by disclosing some info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainbowCemetery Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 is it normal for a subcontractor to foist an nda on their employer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 "Yeah, sandwiches are for wimps, tacos or go home!" Atari will gladly pay you Tuesday for a taco today. Fish tacos though are NOT tacos. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Ataribox might gladly pay you sometime next year for 300 plus tacos today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Sticking to my plan from last night: If they don't produce any real updates by the end of the campaign on Friday, I'm changing my pledge to just the controllers.That may not be a bad idea. I risked $33 on a cool looking controller. You are risking up to $300 on a device that might be "dog doo in a shiny box" when it arrives for all we know. If it does at all. Just think risk vs reward and ask youself if it is worth it. I am all in for the joystick. Gonna have to fold on the console... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 'Tried stored' tacos? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lodmot Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 That may not be a bad idea. I risked $33 on a cool looking controller. You are risking up to $300 on a device that might be "dog doo in a shiny box" when it arrives for all we know. If it does at all. Just think risk vs reward and ask youself if it is worth it. I am all in for the joystick. Gonna have to fold on the console... I actually almost feel bad for these guys though.... o u o LOL They literally thought I removed my pledge when I really didn't. The Atari rep was like, "So are you going to re-back the project Tommy?" xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 He's been hired as a consultant - or his firm: Tin Giant has been. Rob is still arms length away from Atari, but he may have little tolerance for Atari's ignorance of technology and they'll demand pie in the sky functionality which he's going to have to keep repeating to them, can't be done and he's going to get several pissed with them. I had many a time of meeting with Chesnais & Co. and he and his people are clueless and it will constantly end with me wanted to just bang my head against the wall. I have a very short temper but I've got probably a higher tolerance than Rob will have and he's gonna tell them to flip off and walk away. As long as the partnership lasts through Friday, he'll have served his purpose. After that it'll take a lawsuit for backers to get refunds. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 He's been hired as a consultant - or his firm: Tin Giant has been. Rob is still arms length away from Atari, but he may have little tolerance for Atari's ignorance of technology and they'll demand pie in the sky functionality which he's going to have to keep repeating to them, can't be done and he's going to get several pissed with them. I had many a time of meeting with Chesnais & Co. and he and his people are clueless and it will constantly end with me wanted to just bang my head against the wall. I have a very short temper but I've got probably a higher tolerance than Rob will have and he's gonna tell them to flip off and walk away. This sounds an awful lot like John Carlsen's experience—at least, as he tells it—with the Retro VGS project. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Tin Giant's experience with "Atari" ends in the same way. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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