szerda, július 12, 2006

Name, what's in a

Johnny B.'s name is Alexandru. Well, that explains the conquering thirst. In this story, he is quoted as saying: "Out of ten missions, only one is against the ethnic Hungarians. Everything was a joke and it was mean [sic] to be a joke that mocks all the problems between Romanians and ethnic Hungarians." Oh, well, why didn't you say that in the first place? That makes all the difference!

So, Alex, since you have such a fantastic sense of humor about these things, I'll tell you what EZA Enterprises is up to these days. We're developing a game in which the Soviets invade Rumania after the Rumanians got more uppity and thoroughly annoying than usual. The Soviets decide they're going to teach the Rumanian insurgents a lesson and so they will slaughter 1 out of every 10 Rumanians they run into (maybe literally...they do come in with tanks). As the player, you're a red commando and your mission is to kill Rumanians on sight (but just 1 out of 10. We're leaving the real carnage for the sequels). This is all in good fun, Alex. All a joke. Next year we'll develop one featuring German fighter pilots targeting Jewish insurgents. And year after next, we plan to have one in which white commandos squash dark-skinned insurgents. It's all for fun, you understand. Not in any way designed to incite to ethnic hatred or anything like that. It's just a way to mock all of humanity's problems.

You're really a butthead, dude.