Interplay Targeted By Bioware-fare

corby writes: "Bioware Corp., developer of the highly anticipated multiplayer Dungeons & Dragons game Neverwinter Nights, is escalating the conflict with their troubled publisher Interplay. In September, they filed a lawsuit against the publisher, and now they have terminated their contract with Interplay to distribute Neverwinter Nights. The problem is, these guys need each other. The loss of Neverwinter Nights means that Interplay will lose out on substantial revenue from a surefire hit, but Interplay is apparently the only company with rights to distribute games under the AD&D license."

Penny Arcade's take on it...

[hiryuu]

Here. [penny-arcade.com]

I got a giggle out of it, at least...

Re:D&D Nitpicking

[Anonymous Coward]

You my friend will never ever have sex.

Re:Jeez..

[HunterZ]

Bunch of wart-faced trolls getting worked up over a bunch of "pimply-faced dorks". Don't YOU people have lives at all?

Re:Well, there is alwasys Open Source

[Anonymous Coward]

Right. Bioware is going to spend Millions of dollars on development and then just give it away for free. I'm glad to see everyone is living in the real world here.

Re:Dungeons and Dragons

[matrix29]

Even more hilarious are the parodies of Jack Chick
http://www.lunarpages.com/darkdungeons/ [lunarpages.com]

Re:D&D Nitpicking

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes. Remember, folks: it is very uncool to like anything.

Do you feel passion about anything? Do you ever laugh and have a good time with friends? Then you're not alive.

Only nihilists are cool and living correctly, and despite that (or because of that) their lives are wasted on them. But I guess that's the whole point.

Re:Dungeons and Dragons

[androman]

I like this parody [spacemoose.com] even better.

Re:Dungeons and Dragons

[_Sprocket_]

Scott Kurtz of PvP fame write a nice rant [pvponline.com] followed by his own parody of this infamous work. I find it interesting considering Kurtz mentions his Christian beliefs on occasion (while still supporting gaming, including the dice-and-paper variety... or at least he did at the time - his roleplay link is no longer advertised). Its a nice counterpoint to Chick and the individuals he links to.