Re: Chris Roberts wants to write a movie, not a video game

On Mon, 12 May 2025 13:18:17 -0000 (UTC), vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
wrote:

It's not a very good movie, doesn't seem very well-researched.
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Here's the video I'm watching now, which I guess is going to
show off a Squadron 42 battle:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PIGAMDCR58
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Immediately, two things come to mind:
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a) The first actual character we see is on a "destroyer".  Short
for "submarine destroyer", I don't think calling a ship a "destroyer"
makes much sense for a spacecraft, unless it goes after cloaked ships(?).
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b) The guy sends operational intelligence back to someone -- a family
member, one would assume -- which is strictly verboten in a "real"
Navy.  "Loose lips sink ships."
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Anyway, I'm going to try to suspend disbelief and watch this thing.
Thought you all might be interested, too.

What Cloud Imperium Games wants is to keep the scam going. It's a
retirement fund for Roberts and his crew. They've raised (and spent)
$800 billion and have nothing significant to show for it; the game
still isn't out of alpha. Every now and then they'll reveal some new
trailer to trick people into shelling out a few thousand dollars more
for spaceships that maybe one day they'll get to fly, in a game that
will probably feel dated by the time it releases (if it ever releases,
that is).

Although better that, I suppose, than letting Roberts make more
movies. He was worse at that than making games.