“Who?” Robot Pelloni, or Bob as he prefers to be known, is yet another aspiring independent game developer - a person who, well, independently create their works without the outside aid of money. Over the course of five years, he slaved on a project in the interests of gaining fame and fortune: Bob’s Game. A game that’s supposedly so great, it trumps everything before it. So what’s the problem here, you ask? Nintendo refused his product, and he’s gone into an enormous bitchfit as a result. Just how big is this bitchfit, you ask? He’s sealed himself into a room - cutting himself off from all outside contact until Nintendo finally gives his game the go… or he goes batshit insane. Whichever comes first.

His ordeal seems sympathetic enough: Someone denied his work; something he poured his blood, sweat, and tears into. Realistically speaking, I’d be pissed off too. But fuck, at least consider some of the other options out there. What the hell will barricading yourself prove? You’re not Gandhi; your game definitely isn’t a national issue, and you’re certainly not going to make anyone bat an eye towards your direction. Get a load of just how arrogant this guy is:

There is nobody like me. I have created the entire game, start to finish.
I am far better than Miyamoto, Itoi, Kojima, Carmack, and Wright COMBINED.
NONE of these “designers” could create the entire thing if their lives depended on it!
They rely on the assistance of others- and take all the credit. They don’t even deserve their titles! I have bested them all by far.

“bob’s game” is a game by ONE PERSON, and it’s one of the GREATEST GAMES EVER MADE- if not THE BEST.
I stand alone on a mountain no other has even dared to climb. I have swam across the ocean only cruise ships could cross.
I have walked through the desert of no return. I have stepped in the footprints of none, a path never taken.
I have MADE HISTORY, and history cannot be undone. It’s too late, Nintendo.

No man has ever accomplished what I have accomplished at 25 years old- it’s no wonder you fear accepting this truth!
My work has humiliated your teams of engineers. One young man- singlehandedly- has made their lifetime of work seem like child’s play.
How can they possibly compete with such overwhelming skill? It’s not even fair, is it? That’s too bad, Nintendo. I’m real, and I’m here.
You can’t ignore me forever. I AM RIGHT, AND IT WILL WORK.

This is just from his latest news post. I can’t even delve into the guy’s earlier comments without facepalming at mach 4.

Now, I love playing indie games. I’m an avid fan of Cave Story, and absolutely love playing Blank Blood and Windom: Bootfighter. I strongly support the movement to independently develop your own games; in order to bring some variety to a cliché-saturated market. This guy is making an absolute mockery of the indie scene, which is really quite the tear-jerker. I don’t want to see other aspiring young developers or potential geniuses turned down simply because of this guy’s actions.

As sad as Bob’s story is, the rejection is pretty justifiable. This guy has no marketing experience, a lack of team ethic as a result of working by himself, and has had no outside input towards his product at all. Combines these qualities with an overinflated ego and you’ve got a failure in the making. It’s really pathetic; almost to a sympathetic degree… almost.

If this guy does get accepted - as doubtful as that seems - then we’re looking at a rather bleak future in video game development. We’ll be seeing an awful lot of terrible RPGMaker titles commerically released if this ever goes through.