# Next year's top videogame ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 31, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137 "2007-05-31T00:40:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/1 "2007-05-31T00:40:58Z")
… is contained within a seven-page pitch document sitting on my desk **right now**! I just finished dropping in the last piece of concept art. In a few minutes I’ll email it off to my producer. It’s got compelling characters and completely original gameplay! It’s so simple you can learn to play in five minutes. It’s so deep it can take months to master! It’s funny and innovative and designed to be totally addictive! It will spawn many sequels and imitators! It will eat up millions of hours of free time and destroy marriages! And you heard about it here **first**! 😃 (I’m not usually such an egomaniac … but I’m really chuffed about this game idea. Realistically it faces a huge number of hurdles. Even though I think it’s a great idea it probably only has about a 30% chance of actually getting made. But if it does … well, I thought it would be funny to be able to point back at this thread and say “You see! You see! I told you it would be great!”) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/2 "2007-05-31T00:41:38Z")
So, can I hear more about it? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/3 "2007-05-31T00:49:05Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] So, can I hear more about it? [/QUOTE] No. It’s proprietary and confidential. ☹ If it actually does get made I can probably start talking about details sometime next year. I’m just so pleased with myself right now I had to crow … . ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/4 "2007-05-31T00:51:20Z")
Is it call Spore II by chance? ---
**Author:** ![Aioua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@Aioua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aioua)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/5 "2007-05-31T01:14:25Z")
[QUOTE=SlickRoenick] Is it call Spore II by chance? [/QUOTE] Don’t jinx it! Now Spore won’t come out for another two years! **Pochacco** , it _will_ be for Wii, right? Please 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/6 "2007-05-31T01:18:06Z")
[QUOTE=Aioua] Don’t jinx it! Now Spore won’t come out for another two years! [/QUOTE] Good thing i didn’t ask if it was Duke Nukem Forever & A Day, huh? AH DAMN!! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/7 "2007-05-31T02:04:54Z")
Game companies are starting up the hype machine even earlier, huh? ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/8 "2007-05-31T02:44:57Z")
Can I be a beta tester? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/9 "2007-05-31T02:46:07Z")
Ooh! I wanna beta test, too! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/10 "2007-05-31T03:37:59Z")
Bah. You’re game’s gonna suck because it’s not gonna be exactly the game I want. I can’t describe exactly what it is I DO want, and I have no idea what your game even LOOKS like, but your game sucks. It’s an insult to games everywhere that your game even exists. [sub]Wait, this ISN’T the beta test of the next Fallout 3 complaint thread? Oh. Right. Carry on, then.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/11 "2007-05-31T03:44:27Z")
[QUOTE=Aioua] Don’t jinx it! Now Spore won’t come out for another two years! [/QUOTE] Two years is a reasonably optimistic scenario. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/12 "2007-05-31T15:35:40Z")
[QUOTE=Aioua] **Pochacco** , it _will_ be for Wii, right? Please 😃 [/QUOTE] Sorry … I work for Sony. Part of my job is to make that $600 price tag for the PS3 seem palatable. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/13 "2007-05-31T15:37:10Z")
[QUOTE=ultrafilter] Game companies are starting up the hype machine even earlier, huh? [/QUOTE] Hey, at least I waited until I finished the pitch! I could have posted when I first had the idea two months ago! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/14 "2007-05-31T15:39:47Z")
[QUOTE=MannyL] Can I be a beta tester? [/QUOTE] If the game actually gets made … and if we have an open beta … I’ll post info here. ---
**Author:** ![Grossbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@Grossbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grossbottom)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/15 "2007-05-31T15:41:17Z")
Can we ride mammoths in it? I want to ride a mammoth. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/16 "2007-05-31T15:51:48Z")
If the main character’s name doesn’t contain “Master” or “Chief” in it then it’s going to suck. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/17 "2007-05-31T15:54:14Z")
[QUOTE=Pochacco] Sorry … I work for Sony. Part of my job is to make that $600 price tag for the PS3 seem palatable. 😛 [/QUOTE] I thought you said it would be simple to play. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/18 "2007-05-31T16:52:41Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] I thought you said it would be simple to play. [/QUOTE] And “compelling.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/19 "2007-05-31T20:01:54Z")
[QUOTE=Amp] If the main character’s name doesn’t contain “Master” or “Chief” in it then it’s going to suck. 😉 [/QUOTE] Well, it’s Sony. That rules that out. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137/20 "2007-05-31T20:05:38Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Well, it’s Sony. That rules that out. [/QUOTE] But, Duke or Nukem will come in a nice second place. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-years-top-videogame/406137.md?page=2)