Didn't see this posted anywhere else. I saw the bit about Randy lying and everybody knows that but this is worthy enough for it's own thread to expose this mother fucker even further.
While the Internet at large still waits for Randy Pitchford -- or anybody -- from Gearbox to come clean and explain what went wrong with Aliens: Colonial Marines, the studio CEO has decided his best course of action is to display contempt for those who felt cheated when they bought his stinker.
A number of Twitter accounts, which were only set up recently and seem spectacularlypreoccupied with Gearbox and Gearbox products, are lavishing Pitchford with praise for Colonial Marines, and they are now the only people worthy of his time. Anybody with criticism -- not just the insults and threats he mentioned last time -- is to be ignored or outright blocked.
Even if you like Aliens: Colonial Marines, it's undeniable something went wrong with its development, and Gearbox needs to tell people why they allowed customers to keep believing the game looked much better than it actually did. For Pitchford to refuse to talk for a week, then do nothing but publicly lap up praise for his gigantic, Facehugger-shaped shit, is absolutely astounding.
All we need now is for him to do what he did with Duke Nukem Forever and start makingargumentum ad populum statements to really showcase how little respect he has for the game industry's long-term credibility. Of course, I'd prefer someone involved with this mess actually grow a spine and address the issue directly, but apparently that's as extravagant a request as asking for a decent Aliens game.
Fuck him and fuck Gearbox. I blame him mostly and while I still enjoyed the Borderlands games there is no excuse for them. It's bad enough of how the game turned out but all these facts make Gearbox and especially Randy look like assholes. The lies, blaming anyone else but themselves, stealing money from Sega, using resources for the game on Borderlands, and now this bullshit. It almost makes me hope the studio goes under but I'd much rather this douchebag just step down and not hurt his studio anymore.
