Is "Air Control" some sort of meta joke I'm not getting?

[Jeff Kaos]

So there's this game that just released on Steam called: Air Control that has the worst reviews I've ever seen. I first heard of this game a few weeks ago when PC Gamer wrote about it being possibly the worst game ever made. The Steam Store page is full of broken English in it's description of the game and other sites have claimed the game is using music and other resources lifted from other games. I've done some basic Googleing and all I can find is negative comments and reviews. So I'm wondering if this game and the devs. responses to criticism ("it's weak computer, game is good") is real or is it some sort of joke? Or is it a scam as reported by several gaming sites and Metacritict? One commentor in one of the many negative reviews had something about the game being a form of protest about lack of QA on Steam.

[Walter Sobchak]

Originally posted by Jeff Kaos:

One commentor in one of the many negative reviews had something about the game being a form of protest about lack of QA on Steam.

That's what I was guessing. No way this is a legitimate attempt at a game.

[ElfShotTheFood]

I think the developer lacks the intelligence and skill to make some sort of "meta" game. He just wanted to make a quick buck and slapped something together over a weekend.

[bigironpete]

Youtube Poop: The Game.

[45]

Originally posted by The Jesus:

Originally posted by Jeff Kaos:

One commentor in one of the many negative reviews had something about the game being a form of protest about lack of QA on Steam.

That's what I was guessing. No way this is a legitimate attempt at a game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0h2tX0GmDE
https://www.youtube.com/user/lowtaxico/videos

You've never seen amature games

[north]

It's a neo-modernist look at the current state of the games industry, covering topics like feminism, cash grab "simulators", the lack of talent/art/anything (and acceptance of this) in the indie scene, day 1 DLC, etc etc

The irony is that most people don't realise this.

[Jeff Kaos]

Originally posted by north:

It's a neo-modernist look at the current state of the games industry, covering topics like feminism, cash grab "simulators", the lack of talent/art/anything (and acceptance of this) in the indie scene, day 1 DLC, etc etc

The irony is that most people don't realise this.

Well, regardless of the developers intention, and your explanation is both elegant and plausible, I certainly have a hard time believing this game is any sort of "scam" to make money because one look at the trailer and 5 minutes with Google is more than enough to keep any potential customer away. And your explanation may also show why Steam isn't doing anything, apparently they're in on it; or at least see it for what it is.

[Hanging Bunny]

Originally posted by Jeff Kaos:

Originally posted by north:

It's a neo-modernist look at the current state of the games industry, covering topics like feminism, cash grab "simulators", the lack of talent/art/anything (and acceptance of this) in the indie scene, day 1 DLC, etc etc

The irony is that most people don't realise this.

Well, regardless of the developers intention, and your explanation is both elegant and plausible, I certainly have a hard time believing this game is any sort of "scam" to make money because one look at the trailer and 5 minutes with Google is more than enough to keep any potential customer away. ANd your explanation may also show why Steam isn't doing anything, apparently they're in on it; or at least see it for what it is.

I don't know that Valve would be in on copyright infringement of Disney (one of the John Williams Star Wars themes) and Delta (that pre-flight announcement recording) the stolen movie screens (on the chair displays) etc.
That seems like a lot of litigation risk for a large company to take for a bad, semi-functional joke.
Valve should have done it's due diligence when proof of these issues came out.
The best thing to do is write Disney and Delta (the larger of the companies whose IPs have been violated) and let them know that Killyjoy Games (AKA Ramil Nassyrov) is selling a game using their sound files through Steam (and other sites). If the lawyers want to pursue it they will.

[ElfShotTheFood]

Originally posted by north:

It's a neo-modernist look at the current state of the games industry, covering topics like feminism, cash grab "simulators", the lack of talent/art/anything (and acceptance of this) in the indie scene, day 1 DLC, etc etc

The irony is that most people don't realise this.

Right...

Do you have any proof of this, or are you just pulling stuff out of your ass again?

[ElfShotTheFood]

Originally posted by Jeff Kaos:

Originally posted by north:

It's a neo-modernist look at the current state of the games industry, covering topics like feminism, cash grab "simulators", the lack of talent/art/anything (and acceptance of this) in the indie scene, day 1 DLC, etc etc

The irony is that most people don't realise this.

Well, regardless of the developers intention, and your explanation is both elegant and plausible, I certainly have a hard time believing this game is any sort of "scam" to make money because one look at the trailer and 5 minutes with Google is more than enough to keep any potential customer away. ANd your explanation may also show why Steam isn't doing anything, apparently they're in on it; or at least see it for what it is.

Everything North says in defense of this game is just designed to troll people. Don't believe anything he says.

[Tokyo Banana]

The developers are using Damage control as well. Replying to reviews saying unrelated stuff like "glitches are happening because you have a weak computer"

[BT]

This game is a piece of art, I come from the future .. Every original copy is selling now for millions.

[Juneau]

feel so bad about voteing for this now

[Rokku]

http://killjoygames.blogspot.ca/

[BT]

Originally posted by megatiger78:

feel so bad about voteing for this now

I feel bad for your vote too.

[north]

Originally posted by ElfShotTheFood:

Originally posted by north:

It's a neo-modernist look at the current state of the games industry, covering topics like feminism, cash grab "simulators", the lack of talent/art/anything (and acceptance of this) in the indie scene, day 1 DLC, etc etc

The irony is that most people don't realise this.

Right...

Do you have any proof of this, or are you just pulling stuff out of your ass again?

Killjoy added me on Steam to discuss a few things and I asked him about his motivation behind the game. It's pretty obvious anyway, this is like high school level meta-critique