BeefJack writes, "The Bob's Game mystery continues. In January Robert unveiled that he had been in contact with Nintendo about the viral marketing campaign. He said this on his site:
"This is the end of my pitch to Nintendo of America- which Mr. Tom Prata, Senior Director of Project Development, authorized on Feb 22, 2008."
Robert Pelloni has just released a YouTube video in which he visits the Nintendo store in New York. If in fact it was done with participation from Nintendo only one conclusion can be made: Nintendo is actively involved in the marketing of Bob's Game"
Josh Griffiths writes: "We’ve written about Bob’s Game in the past, an infamous “joke” Kickstarter campaign that raised over $10,409. Fully funded in May 2014, it's success presumably horrified its creator, Bob. That would probably explain why he vanished without a trace for two years."
It’s always admirable seeing the underdog stick it to the man, especially in a generation that’s so homogenized with the same games being remade and remastered every year. The video game industry needs more creativity and the indie scene is rea...
Stephanie Smith writes: "2 years ago a Kickstarter for a puzzle-RPG called Bob's Game appeared. It managed to raise over $10,000 toward its development and was scheduled expected to be delivered at the end of last year. Well, I doubt it was expected, the Kickstarter was only updated once during the campaign, and since the Kickstarter itself didn't look too promising I would have assumed that he just ran off with the money."
Wasn't this the guy who screamed for years about Reggie trying to not support indie devs by not paying for his game?
In the update he basically describes himself as homeless and using the cash he got from backers to try and get his life on track.
This is just plain weird.....
unlikely.