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[RobotChant]

As far as I am aware, Rubin works for CAA.

That was the direction I thought he was alluding to. Hollywood's talent agencies are now making the venture into the gaming industry, though I'm not sure what they intend to do. I'm assuming top talents in the industry will all have agents one day. That could lead to talent being more independent and allow them to move around from company to company depending on the property or whoever is willing to finance their projects.

 

[Li Mu Bai]

Why is it that everytime someone high-profile defects from a company, there's immediate wishful speculation that they're going to MS? Even though Jason said he may now be able to develop for Nintendo. And yes, last I heard he was heading for the CAA. Mist Walker Studios headed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, & now Rubin. It never stops.

 

[budala1]

Jason has stated before that he thinks MS has the best chance to be #1 next generation.

Freddy stated that Nintendo is going to be number 1 next generation

 

[Kon Tiki]

Jason has stated before that he thinks MS has the best chance to be #1 next generation.

Well there you have it folks. Jason Rubins will NOT be going to Microsoft.

 

[Gazunta]

Once I ate lunch with John Ricciardi. OMG I AM GOING TO WORK FOR JOHN RICCIARDI.

I had dinner with him once. Does this mean I get to be your boss?

 

[disabledHeliocentric]

Mist Walker Studios headed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, & now Rubin.

Yes! Rubin and Mistwalker joing in a tender embrace means the undisputed triumph of xenon. Master's plan is falling into place. Never doubt master.
This is obviously a huge stone in the MS Masterclastle. Master Micro-S's moat shall be populated with the remains of EA, Sony, Nintendo which Microsoft will then buy one by one.
This is all part of what Rubin initiates call the inevitable solution, the one where Mario becomes Rubin's puppet and Link his voice. With Rubin at the helm of the Nintendo warchest a new Royal order of gaming Godlyness shall over rule the nomadic war machines of gaming dissent. There is no room for Cloverleaf studio, they will go the way of smilebit. Ontological erasure. The Rubin is Benevolent like weather.
Bill Gates and Jason Rubin will at this point meld into one purely digital being.

 

[Dekajelly]

But this man cannot cohabit with Xbox weenies

http://www.naughtydog.com/corporate/kennel/jasonR/jason_R.htm

 

[Lord Error]

omg all this time I thought Jason Rubin was the guy behind Marble Madness I (and II?). Good looking out, Element & Marconelly!

Actually, Mark Cerny had barely anything to do with marble Madness 2, which by his own words is not such a good game, and even the author of Marble Madness fan site agrees :\

Check out this site, btw. http://www.bodenstaendig.de/marble/
I think you're going to like it!

ps Supposedly some guy - who will be at California Extreme this year - has the only three roms of Marble Madness II in existance... and he refuses to dump them for MAME! Say what you will about emulation, but I think that's pretty shitty of the dude to hold on to something like that.

Yeah, that guy is some nut who is hellbent on hoarding that game for himself alone, for whatever reason (and as I've said above, it's apparently not even a good game to begin with) He was not only not willing to donate ROMs for dumping, but was really, trying to buy all the boards for himself so that noone gets them before him, and that noone can dump them. Oh, and he was not game's developer or anything. Just some crazy fellow.

 

[jedimike]

I'd like to see that too, Element...

Oxy's sources are not in print.

 

[Saint Cornelius]

Marconelly, that site is fuckin' a amazing!! Thanks so much for telling me about it. I've never seen screenshots of "Marble Man" before...

...it's probably best that Atari didn't release it. JOYSTICKS!!?! I still would like to play it on MAME, though, for shits n' giggles.

 

[jarrod]

Do mascots still sell consoles? I thought that went away during the SNES->PLaystation transition.

Er, don't you remember the constant PS advertising featuring Crash, Spyro, Parappa and Lara? Mascots were a big part of Sony's plan last gen.

 

[TekunoRobby]

As long as Jason Rubin stays away from any decent game dev teams and franchises I don't care where the man goes.

 

[Gaia Theory]

Where's the source for Rubin saying he wanted to develop for Nintendo? That would be a very interesting mix, and seeing how THQ is getting some of Nintendo's properties for handheld development, I wouldn't be surprised at all if Rubin is at work on something for Nintendo too, it seems to be all the rage these days.

 

[LakeEarth]

Dammit. I read like 15 posts before realizing this was old.

 

[brandonnn]

seeing how THQ is getting some of Nintendo's properties for handheld development

Apparently Chittagong wasn't speaking loudly enough, but just in case you missed it, that was not the subject of the agreement:

http://www.ga-forum.com/showpost.php?p=948943&postcount=70

 

[Gaia Theory]

oh, oops...

 

[bitwise]

oldest fucking topic ever.

 

[etiolate]

I wonder what game Rubin will rip off and put a goatee and marsupial on next?

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

I cannot find the source on the page. Is this true or not?

 

[bitwise]

I cannot find the source on the page. Is this true or not?

no.

 

[Pimpwerx]

Hmmm, I was off this forum for too long. This is the first I heard about Jason Rubin leaving ND. That sucks. He's one of the industry guys I liked to listen to. Sure, he was "controversial", but he was also right. It only flustered the non-Sony fans when he said that stuff, but it was mostly true. Anyway, wherever he goes, I hope it still involves making games. I didn't buy J&D, but it was still a good game from what I played. Would have been an awesome steal for MS. PEACE.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

*looks at date originally posted* Big nevermind on my end.

 

[Axsider]

I cannot find the source on the page. Is this true or not?

No, it is NOT! FAKE!

 

[MrSingh]

I had dinner with him once. Does this mean I get to be your boss?

I cooked him dinner a couple of times. that means I get to work for the both of you!

 

[TTP]

Marconelly, that site is fuckin' a amazing!! Thanks so much for telling me about it. I've never seen screenshots of "Marble Man" before...

I love this part of the interview

Bern: Maybe the world seems to be different now, but didn't you say in 1984 "I designed a game I'd want to play so you'd want to play it?". This may sound like suicide for a business manager, but i still believe in that kind of stuff.
What about the 18 years of licensing? Is it not true that Marble Madness is an extremely succesfull game compared to its short development time? Maybe Marble Madness is a bit like the movie "Tron", where the money is made with a delay of 20 years. Do you think that could be possible?

Mark: ......

:lol

 

[teruterubozu]

JR wants to be a mascot himself so he can get into ritzy parties.
Somehow I think his priorities went astray somewhere...

 

[NexusEggy]

I hope he comes to Nintendo

 

[AlphaSnake]

Dammit. I read like 15 posts before realizing this was old.

Same here. =(

 

[Axsider]

I hope he comes to Nintendo

No way!

 

[Enigma]

Marconelly, that site is fuckin' a amazing!! Thanks so much for telling me about it. I've never seen screenshots of "Marble Man" before...

...it's probably best that Atari didn't release it. JOYSTICKS!!?! I still would like to play it on MAME, though, for shits n' giggles.

Marble Madness 2 had two versions: Joystick and trackball. The trackball version is what all of us BYOAers want.

What sucks is that StarRoms sells legal Atari roms. But it seems they just downloaded the ROMs off the internet and are reselling them: Because if they were actually taken from company archieves, where the hell is Marble Madness 2?! The most wanted ROM in the MAME community and they omit it?

As for the guy with Marble Madness, the story I heard at BYOA is that the guy is afraid to have it dumped for legal reasons. With only a couple in existence, he's worried they'll know it was his ROM that was dumped. Supposedly he's even contacted Atari (Whichever arm owns the rights now (Infograms?) and asked for permission to do it. Or whether *wink, wink* they would even mind and just ignore it. But he was never able to get any response one way or the other.

A nice site with a cool backstory on one of the few actual people with MM2 (And pictures of both models):

http://www.safestuff.com/marbleman.htm

And a thread specifically explaining why this guy hasn't dumped it:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,11092.0.html

 

[AniHawk]

I hope he comes to Nintendo

No.

 

[Chiggs]

I heard Rubin wants to be an actor (this isn't bs) but is still seen very often around the ND studios.

Well, maybe once he lands a starring role in a feature film, Sony will actually let him into one their parties!

Har Har