Yu Suzuki Where Are You? MadWorld? Infinitely Bad Things Happening in Space! - Editorials

More Randomness from the Internet (M.R.I.) tries to sort out whether or not Yu Suzuki still works at Sega, wonders if anyone parent would be their youngster MadWorld, and takes another terrifying look at NCSoft's Operation Immortality.

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M.R.I. #10

Yu Suzuki Where Are You? MadWorld? Infinitely Bad Things Happening in Space!

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Yu Suzuki May or May Not Work Here Anymore

Through an article over at Gamasutra, Sega of America President Simon Jeffery noted that famed game designer Yu Suzuki wasn't with the company, noting that "Last I heard, he was doing some online stuff in China" and made it more clear with "He's not an employee anymore but..." Soon after, Gamasutra reported that Jeffery had retracted those comments by stating:

"I can safely say that Yu Suzuki is in fact still a Sega employee," adding that Suzuki "...is a creative officer of Sega Corp."

One can imagine the kind of day that Yu Suzuki woke up to following Jeffery's comments that he was involved in a Chinese World of Warcraft gold farming scheme or worse. One can also imagine the kind of telephone calls and emails that

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were sent... And let's not forget Jeffery who appears to have little knowledge as to what one of Sega's most high profile game designers is actually doing.

Still on the Sega side of Things

In what can only be seen as attention whoring, UK tabloid The Daily Mail has published an editorial aimed at Sega's Wii-exclusive, MadWorld. The black-and-white-and-red gorefest (not expected to be released until

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2009) was described as "very unsavoury" by director of Mediawatch-UK, John Beyer, having not actually played the game. The editorial went on to lament the fact MadWorld will land on Wii (at least at first) because the console's "family fun image" will be chainsawed. The very clear implication of the editorial is that MadWorld will be marketed to the Wii's stereotypical crowd of "very young children, families and even the elderly."

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"Hey kids, let's stick a street sign into this punk's head!"

"Yay, Dad! You're the best!"

On the Wii or not, MadWorld will move through the same channels every game does on its way to be rated by the ESRB in North America and BBFC in the UK. Though it's not rated, it will likely acquire the highest age rating and this writer is confident enough in the human race to think that no adult in his or her right mind would even for a moment consider buying MadWorld for little Johnny or, worse, grandma and think it entirely appropriate.

More Evidence that God Has a Sense of Humor or that God Doesn't Exist

In the last MRI - August 2, 2008 - this writer decried the possible use of MMO gamer DNA to "resurrect humanity" should some cataclysm wipe us out. (Which begs that question: If humanity was wiped out, who would do the resurrecting?) There have been developments since then that require reporting.

Since the original report of NCSoft's Operation Immortality, the company has announced that seven-foot, 320-pound American Gladiator and TNA Wrestler Matt Morgan has been "selected" to have his DNA digitized for the Operation that is hoped to act as humanity's "saved game." It has also been reported that some rockers have also signed on for the digitized DNA treatment and fantasy fiction author Tracy Hickman is also confirmed.

If global warming, extreme weather, gang warfare, child predators, and running out of toilet paper weren't enough things to worry about, now we have this. Humanity brought back from the brink by those in the rock, wrestling, and MMO industries? If NCSoft is going that route why not scoop up the DNA of pornstars (which would not be difficult), politicians, and gorillas in the hopes that some rogue cosmic waves will reconfigure the digitized DNA so we have the blueprints to produce a being that would put the worst sci-fi nightmares to shame?

And, as if it couldn't get any worse, NCSoft apparently had cheek swab kits at the recent Comi-Con in San Diego so DNA could be collected from attendees!

Alan Horne's vision may become a reality!

- Omni

(August 15, 2008)