After supposedly locking himself in his office, going fake-crazy, and fake-giving up, Robert Pelloni is fake back – but at least “Bob Week” is over.  What first looked like a protest aimed at getting Nintendo to cough up a DS SDK now seems to be the first Chapter of the new hype machine behind “Bob’s Game.” In the most recent update, Pelloni Challenges “Yuu” to the “First Interdimensional ‘bob’s game’ Championship,” a reference to a plot point revealed in the game’s Trailer. Sporting a mo-hawk and spiked shoulder pads, Pelloni takes on the role of his own game’s villain. If he already has a deal with a publisher, developer, or otherwise already has the SDK, this is an interesting and interactive way to hype the game before release. If no such arrangements have been made, it’s probably suicide. Either way, you’re sick of reading about it and i’m sick of writing about it – until a real announcement or statement from Nintendo is released, Bob won’t be getting my attention from here on out.
For those of you still interesting in watching Bob’s digital masquerade, head over to Bob’s Game to watch the pre-organized madness unfold.
Huh, so all that craziness there was only a backstory for the game’s villian, and a method of generating hype?
Gotta admit one thing, the guy knows how to put on a show, probably a little too well if you ask me. Maybe he should’ve taken up acting or writing instead of gaming. Eh whatever, I guess we’ll see what happens.
What I’m wondering is, is this game actually gonna come out sometime?
“Either way, you’re sick of reading about it and i’m sick of writing about it – until a real announcement or statement from Nintendo is released, Bob won’t be getting my attention from here on out.”
I’m holding you to this.
No worries there Paul. I’m not going back to Bob’s game until some non-show drama news appears. An announcement or rejection from Nintendo counts, Bob releasing the game on iPhone or Android or even as homebrew counts, but new stunts or fits do not. It’s not news if it’s just Bob acting crazy.
@Sean
I don’t think he was actually acting crazy, it was just some sort of guerilla marketing meant to hype the game, and help establish Bob as the villain of his own game. It certainly worked for us, didn’t it?
I think the poor guy is struggling to keep his sanity, these periodic lash outs are obviously a reaction to his need to gain attention from Nintendo and every one else.
I wish him luck, but don’t think it will help.
He should have gone the Cave Story route, if he truly loves the art of making games then the game itself is more important then approval from any publisher. And if the game is truly good then publishers will come.
Pixel did not make cave story for the money, he made it for the craft of the game.
Bob on the other hand is a capitalist who cares more for profit then the art he made himself.
I never knew why Infendo thought this was newsworthy in the first place. There are plenty of hobbyists out there working on homebrew, and all of them would love to get Nintendo’s approval. This guy just happens to have a webcam and domain name.
This guy is crazy.
Fortunately, I sorta like crazy people. They keep things interesting. If this whole thing was actually some sort of set-up for him becoming the evil boss of his own game he’s creating, and if he tied together his own actions while creating it and the eventual finished game, it could actually be really interesting.
Being trapped inside of a game trying to finish it while simultaneously having to find the creator in his own game and punish him for being so crazy and not finishing his game would be hilarious. You couldn’t get to the last level until you found Bob’s house in the game, broke in, and beat him up in his little pity-party room. Or maybe you would need to discover the source of his traumatic existence and go talk to all these other characters he’s created to somehow learn how to fix Bob’s troubled state or previously disastrous lovelife.
POTENTIALLY a really interesting and unique experience. Unfortunately, it will probably just be him on some screen at the end of the game with a mohawk and spiky shoulderpads laughing at you.
I don’t understand how this guy deserves this much attention. I almost feel bad I’m encouraging more by commenting. Just leave Bob be.