Age of Ornithology The Flight for Freedom Begins

Norg writes "Schadenfreude Interactive is still working on their momentous avian civilization simulator, but you can check out the info page of Age of Ornithology. From the site: From aXessfehler, creators of Age of Pseudopods(TM) and Age of Monotremes(TM), comes a real-time strategy game that is truly for the birds."

I can't wait

[weizur]

This game will so rock! Age of Psuedopods was my favorite hopefully they can recapture the shear evolutionism of the first game!

Ummmm....

[aelbric]

Should I be concerned that the webpage touts "Coming Spring 2003"?

Re:Ummmm....

[Ayaress]

Eighteen months after release date, "still working on it," nothing available except some boxart and meaningless stuff about branching tech trees which every strategy game has had for a decade, and haven't even updated the website since spring 2003.

I hate to say it, but 3D Realms is more on the ball with Duke Nukem Forever than these guys are. At least with DNF when they missed the release date, they changed to release date to "When it's done" and we did have that one screenshot in PC Gamer in 1999.

Re:Ummmm....

[Ayaress]

Yeah, yeah, I read the front page for the domain. I realize its a joke. It was on Slashdot, so I assumed that SOMEBODY had checked it out or something. The site isn't even that funny.

Re:Ummmm....

[Lars T.]

Many of you are also asking us, "These ads are pleasant, but when will the games be available in the US?" and to this I respond, we are currently seeking a US publisher, and will keep you in knowledge of the status.

Whisky Tango Foxtrot?

[TheGatekeeper]

It's not even 1 April, I'm so confused!

Too bad

[timothv]

Too bad this whole site is a joke... (from the looks of the trademarks and short info pages)

Checking sourceforge...

[Xaroth]

Now taking bets on how long it takes for SF projects to pop up for these very same titles!

Admit it. You're thinking of doing it right now. I can see it in your monitor glare.

Re:Checking sourceforge...

[Dexx]

Actually, Cthulu Kart Racing sounds like fun..

Re:Checking sourceforge...

[bar-agent]

Actually, Cthulu Kart Racing sounds like fun.

Seconded.

Re:Checking sourceforge...

[CaptKilljoy]

>Actually, Cthulu Kart Racing sounds like fun..

Well, somebody's got the right character designs right here [hello-cthulhu.com].

Re:Coming soon, Nazgul Thunder

[Ayaress]

I was a bit more gullible than you, I guess. Considering some of the lame shit that has actually been made, I wasn't very bothered by a game company making Cthulu Kart Racing and Age of Monotremes. It wasn't until I went to the phobe.com main site that I realized I'd been had.

Re:Coming soon, Nazgul Thunder

[Norg]

I actually found the Cthulu Kart Racing one to be the funniest today, but yesterday the Age of Ornithology just had me in tears. I guess what I liked about it the most was that it wasn't really overdone.

Re:Coming soon, Nazgul Thunder

[mcmonkey]

What tipped you off? The YETI@Home [phobe.com] project?

Great...

[Lobo42]

Oh, great. Just what the video game market needs - yet another ornithological civilization clone. When some real innovation or original ideas be developed?

False Advertising!

[wowbagger]

Feather your nest. Regurgitate resources for your hatchlings. Preen your troops.

Lead your army of penguins to glory!

How can I, when your game does not run under Linux?

Grand Theft Ottoman

[redune45]

And from the same company, Grand Theft Ottoman
http://www.phobe.com/sfi/gto.html: [phobe.com]
Just be warned:

Warning: this game contains violent behavior and representations of very old furniture. It may not be entertaining for anyone under the age of 35.

The irony...

[Thedalek]

What's truly weird about this spoof site (yes, it is a joke) is this: Cthulhu Karts (Cthulhu 500 [boardgamegeek.com]) is an actual card game, and a fairly decent one, at that.

Re:The irony...

[cd0272]

Is this a fake it looks like a fake i mean u cant even buy it from the website. I think its a funny idea though.

heres the info ppl

[cd0272]

"Wilkommen! Many of you coming to our place by noticing our ads in Computer Games magazine (Ulrike, our VP Marketing, contacted a magazine we will not call PC Gamer and they laughed at us, thinking our titles were a joking! Well, as the old German saying goes, may the cat eat you and the Devil eat the cat and also your foolish coconut monkey item, der Wederman!) Many of you are also asking us, "These ads are pleasant, but when will the games be available in the US?" and to this I respond, we are current

Bah

[Valraven]

There's no market anymore for a Tern bassed game