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I came, I bugged, I left Build a Rocket Boy, the studio behind MindsEye was shut down today Leslie Benzies, ex-president of Rockstar North and former GTA Producer left the studio and then founded Build a Rocket Boy in 2016. BARB would go on to showcase a video-game that... looked quite similar to Grand Theft Auto games called MindsEye. In 2025, MindsEye launched in a horrible state, nowhere near as polished as everyone expected it to be; bugs, game crashes and performance issues. Instead of taking accountability, the executive leadership blamed the failure on ‘Saboteurs’ and even went as far as to accuse that Rockstar Games had been paying content creators to trash on the game before it launches. This didn't stop there, in an open letter to the executive leadership, employees who worked for BARB accused Leslie Benzies and Mark Gerhard of mistreating them, having them work overtime prior to Mindseye launch. The MindsEye co-CEO went on to say that they've also caught the people who were responsible for the game’s failure. He claimed that it was a €1 million+ sabotage campaign Nothing subnational happened since then except more layoffs in the studio itself, the game didn't get fixed and would go on to receive a final DLC mission which included "evidence" supporting their repeated claims that the game was sabotaged by bad actors.show more

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Game studios will do everything but take personal accountability.

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There have ben some rocky starts to games, No Mans Sky and Cyberpunk are most notable imo. But those two games had a vision and turned it around. MindsEye was completely broken from the start, the story was terribly written made no sense, and it never recovered. Mindseye is one of the worst games ever made at a supposed AAA level.

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@AngryJoeShow reviewed it. They gave it an honest try. The review turned out better than the game itself.

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They should merge with Insomniac and IO Interactive

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So Leslie...what have you learned from all this?

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Game was good had zero issues with it

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Mindeyes easily tops one of the worst games I've ever seen like seriously there isn't anything good to talk about besides the fact that essentially the game was just bad with terrible gunplay, enemy AI, story, characters, writing, and more no wonder the studio shut down

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Lessons to be learned from this: never trust a Brit named Leslie ever again

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eli 🌿vor 10 Tagen

so insane this happened

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"You forget a thousand things everyday. How about you make sure Mindseye is one of them." - Leslie, probably

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The studio that spent 8 years building MindsEye shut down the same week they finally showed gameplay footage , timing that feels almost engineered for maximum irony

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@ArkadikussPL

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DEI of the disastrous MindsEye

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Needed mindseye 2

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It's kinda amaze me how Leslie Benzies who played a big role in Rockstar Games and wasn't a stupid guy, could release such an abomination like this and pretend that the game is good and it was sabotaged by Rockstar.

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The new Mindseye mission is literally a reskin of the Hitman X Mindseye mission IO Interactive and BARB had to do last year, which was then cancelled. Instead of playing as Agent 47, you're now playing as Julia Black. The mission includes some few changes like references to real life "espionage and sabotage" that happened within the company. This mission has the same outfit swapping mechanics found in Hitman games. Most of your objectives in this mission are to infiltrate, gather intel, swap clothes with someone and then eliminate the target.

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You can't compare Cyberpunk 2077 launch to GTA 6 and here's exactly why Cyberpunk 2077 was the CDPR's first installment to feature a futuristic city with tons of NPCs and fast moving cars, something which was never done before on Witcher games. The gameplay video from Cyberpunk 2077 shown off in 2019 had a clear text showing "work in progress - does not represent the final look of the game" After the launch disaster of Cyberpunk 2077, Marcin Iwiński also explained that the reason the game had so many bugs is that the game was designed for PC first in mind, then scaled down to consoles that still had a hard drive (PS4 and Xbox One) an extremely difficult task on its own, combined with the fact that the game development progress took a major hit during the pandemic. Rockstar Games on the other hand has a much different engine and experience working on large scale open world game filled with tons of NPCs and fast moving cars, including the fact that they're developing this game for current gen consoles first, then scaling it up for a PC release not vice versa. Are we guys suddenly forgetting the fact that Rockstar Games managed to get GTA V running on a PS3 console which had 256mb of VRAM and 256mb of RAM at that time? The reason Rockstar Games has shown zero gameplay of GTA 6 is because historically they save the gameplay showcase before the game launches, GTA 6 Trailer 2 came out in 2025 and all footage for that Trailer was captured on a base PS5 with a mix of gameplay and cutscenes. They'll obviously show off more gameplay on August 27th, but comparing Cyberpunk 2077 to GTA 6 isn't exactly fair for both companies. On one hand, it was CDPR's first time making that kind of genre of a game and on the other hand, it isn't Rockstar Games first time making a Grand Theft Auto game.

You can't compare Cyberpunk 2077 launch to GTA 6 and here's exactly why Cyberpunk 2077 was the CDPR's first installment to feature a futuristic city with tons of NPCs and fast moving cars, something which was never done before on Witcher games. The gameplay video from Cyberpunk 2077 shown off in 2019 had a clear text showing "work in progress - does not represent the final look of the game" After the launch disaster of Cyberpunk 2077, Marcin Iwiński also explained that the reason the game had so many bugs is that the game was designed for PC first in mind, then scaled down to consoles that still had a hard drive (PS4 and Xbox One) an extremely difficult task on its own, combined with the fact that the game development progress took a major hit during the pandemic. Rockstar Games on the other hand has a much different engine and experience working on large scale open world game filled with tons of NPCs and fast moving cars, including the fact that they're developing this game for current gen consoles first, then scaling it up for a PC release not vice versa. Are we guys suddenly forgetting the fact that Rockstar Games managed to get GTA V running on a PS3 console which had 256mb of VRAM and 256mb of RAM at that time? The reason Rockstar Games has shown zero gameplay of GTA 6 is because historically they save the gameplay showcase before the game launches, GTA 6 Trailer 2 came out in 2025 and all footage for that Trailer was captured on a base PS5 with a mix of gameplay and cutscenes. They'll obviously show off more gameplay on August 27th, but comparing Cyberpunk 2077 to GTA 6 isn't exactly fair for both companies. On one hand, it was CDPR's first time making that kind of genre of a game and on the other hand, it isn't Rockstar Games first time making a Grand Theft Auto game.

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MindsEye Launch is an Absolute Disaster, here's a thread of all the things that are wrong with this Game. #1 Bad Performance and Extreme Stuttering I'm playing this Game on PC and the Game stutters like hell, there is zero optimization as framerates can be seen dipping to 2FPS

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In case you're wondering how the MindsEye new mission looks like, which is all about giving players some insight into the real life sabotage and espionage that happened within the company leading to the game's failure... Just listening to this conversation alone is hilarious as it seems to reference that someone irl has actually paid big money to spread lies about MindsEye and create a network that affected its release

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I'm playing GTA V on a PS3 and its been such a fun experience. I remember when was a kid and playing this for the first time, I didn't give a damn about how BAD the framerate was during driving. I was constantly in awe by how realistic this game looked back then that the framerate wasn't something that was going to stop me from enjoying it. Don't get me wrong, this game is running on a PS3 that has 256mb of RAM and 256mb of VRAM which is some black magic itself and the fact that Rockstar Games managed to have such a massive open world game with that much traffic and NPCs running in real-time is a feat on its own.

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#5 You can't steal any cars and you can only enter from the left side of the car There's only one animation to enter the car and that's from the left side, during some in-game missions you aren't even allowed to get out of the car and explore the open world like this one here, I tried getting out of the car to walk on foot but the game didn't allow me to. This is because the Open World of MindsEye is extremely restricted, the Game doesn't want you do explore so it either forces you to move from point A to point B with a timer and most of the times it asks you to enter a car and you can't get out of it once you're inside the vehicle.

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The open world of MindsEye feels like an empty shell of what could have been. I'm being honest, Redrock is beautiful and it is beautifully designed but that's about it. The fundamental issues of this game like lack of NPCs, activities, bugged out traffic system, limited open world exploration and what is an overall half-baked game results in nothing other than a good looking ghost town. Build a Rocket Boy shouldn't have released this game in this state.

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Suns guard Grayson Allen on flagrant 2 on Chet Holmgren, ejection: "Felt like I gave a good foul within the physicality of the game and what was going on both ends, especially with the bumps on screens. Some of the hits on blockouts that were happening. It was straight up. He was cutting into me. Definitely a foul, but I thought it was within the physicality of the game. I think the reaction afterwards kind of played into that." On if he was surprised it was a flagrant 2: "When (lead officials James Williams) said the explanation, I thought that was the description of a flagrant 1. They looked at it a bunch of times. I didn't feel like there was wind up. I braced myself. Definitely delivered a bump and a hard foul, but it was straight up. It wasn't like Mark (Williams) last game when he was flying in the air (fouled by T-Wolves big Rudy Gobert that led to flagrant 2, ejection)." On level of physicality reaching a heightened level: "They're obviously a physical team and that's part of their identity. That's part of how when you play against them the game is going to be played. Us as a team, we're a little bit like that, too. Any big games like this, regardless of the score, I feel like physicality is going to build up throughout the game. As players, we just play off of what gets let go and what does/doesn't get called and try to match the lines. I think our game against them got more physical as it went on with us matching their physicality and them matching our physicality. That back-and-forth just kind of builds throughout the game." #Suns #ThunderUp

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343,750 Aufrufe • vor 9 Monaten

I have to say that I’m very disappointed by this year’s #vibejam I'm disappointed because the judging process was… weird My game that you can see bellow ranked #94. Way lower than what I was expecting. I put a lot of effort into the game, I wanted to make sure I’d “push the limits on what AI can do”, just like the organizers were pushing to the builders. And in all honesty, I think I delivered that. I got a lot of positive comments about it (appreciate who did) But it was not enough to be even in the top 25. The judging process went like this: > 2 people judged 950 games, selected the top 25 and handed them to other judges Once I knew my game didn’t qualify in the top 25, I reached out to one of the first judges to ask for feedback, trying to understand why my game went so poorly. The response I got was “your game is not fun at all and lack any kind of story. You focused too much on graphics”. I thought it was a bit harsh, but okay. I’m fine with criticism. Then I reached out to a judge (a game dev) that was responsible to rate the top 25 games and asked for feedback as well. The response was completely different, I got “Jesus, this looks awesome! You should’ve be in the top 25” and the rate he gave me would've put me in the top 10 or maybe even top 5! Then I noticed the biggest problem of the jam: > The judges responsible for picking the top 25 has no experience on game development at all, and this completely broke the judging system So all my work focusing on real game development and not AI Slop was pretty much thrown in the trash as this was simply not important for the initial judges All because they just didn’t consider the game fun. Which brings me to another problem: > Fun is subjective I’ve played my game with my wife and we had a blast, and we also played other games that we didn’t find it as much fun. So they decided the results of the game jam that has 50k in prize pool based on their personal experience of fun. I mean, fun is important. But technical depth also should be considered in a game jam. They said that “fun > polish” was the criteria. But this is definitely flawed by the reason above. You can build GTA 6 but if the judge does not like GTA you are discarded. With no regards on the technical complexity of the game whatsoever I’m not here to trash on anyone, I think everyone that shipped a game deserves to be praised. And I think the winners deserved their spot. But the rest was very... questionable. And lots of participants didn’t get the respect they deserved (I've talked to a bunch of them) That’s my take. I'll tag some creators down bellow that should've get more credit

I have to say that I’m very disappointed by this year’s #vibejam I'm disappointed because the judging process was… weird My game that you can see bellow ranked #94. Way lower than what I was expecting. I put a lot of effort into the game, I wanted to make sure I’d “push the limits on what AI can do”, just like the organizers were pushing to the builders. And in all honesty, I think I delivered that. I got a lot of positive comments about it (appreciate who did) But it was not enough to be even in the top 25. The judging process went like this: > 2 people judged 950 games, selected the top 25 and handed them to other judges Once I knew my game didn’t qualify in the top 25, I reached out to one of the first judges to ask for feedback, trying to understand why my game went so poorly. The response I got was “your game is not fun at all and lack any kind of story. You focused too much on graphics”. I thought it was a bit harsh, but okay. I’m fine with criticism. Then I reached out to a judge (a game dev) that was responsible to rate the top 25 games and asked for feedback as well. The response was completely different, I got “Jesus, this looks awesome! You should’ve be in the top 25” and the rate he gave me would've put me in the top 10 or maybe even top 5! Then I noticed the biggest problem of the jam: > The judges responsible for picking the top 25 has no experience on game development at all, and this completely broke the judging system So all my work focusing on real game development and not AI Slop was pretty much thrown in the trash as this was simply not important for the initial judges All because they just didn’t consider the game fun. Which brings me to another problem: > Fun is subjective I’ve played my game with my wife and we had a blast, and we also played other games that we didn’t find it as much fun. So they decided the results of the game jam that has 50k in prize pool based on their personal experience of fun. I mean, fun is important. But technical depth also should be considered in a game jam. They said that “fun > polish” was the criteria. But this is definitely flawed by the reason above. You can build GTA 6 but if the judge does not like GTA you are discarded. With no regards on the technical complexity of the game whatsoever I’m not here to trash on anyone, I think everyone that shipped a game deserves to be praised. And I think the winners deserved their spot. But the rest was very... questionable. And lots of participants didn’t get the respect they deserved (I've talked to a bunch of them) That’s my take. I'll tag some creators down bellow that should've get more credit

André → andreelias.dev

74,429 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

MPJ talks about Russ as a teammate and the stories that leaked out of the locker room last season “So Russ, here’s the thing, it would be hard for any player to go from being the MVP of the NBA to then taking on a role off bench. When he went to LA (LAL & LAC) he was disrespected crazy. When he came over with us, he came in with great energy, he really bought in to the system and cheering people on. The things that came out were normal things that happen within an 82 game season. It was strange. I looked up to Russ. Me and Russ have a good relationship”.

MPJ talks about Russ as a teammate and the stories that leaked out of the locker room last season “So Russ, here’s the thing, it would be hard for any player to go from being the MVP of the NBA to then taking on a role off bench. When he went to LA (LAL & LAC) he was disrespected crazy. When he came over with us, he came in with great energy, he really bought in to the system and cheering people on. The things that came out were normal things that happen within an 82 game season. It was strange. I looked up to Russ. Me and Russ have a good relationship”.

𝙀𝙧𝙖

1,072,092 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Marvel Wolverine First Impressions [SPOILER FREE] The Good: > The game is visually stunning, I've been playing it on a PS5 Pro with VRR uncapped and the game looks incredible. Character models and environments are highly detailed, combined with beautiful lighting and gorgeous Ray Traced reflections. Most importantly the game manages to have a consistent framerate at a high resolution with no noticeable performance dips > Traversal; Coming from Spider-Man games, I know some people had doubts on how Insomniac would approach Wolverine but I'm glad to say that it has been incredibly fun and intuitive to traverse. Climbing buildings, trees and jumping like an beast is quite fun. Traversal is fast and quite easy to learn, it reminds me a lot of Assassins Creed games but it is much faster > Blood and Gore; Insomniac Games didn't hold back when it comes to this and its incredible, you get hooked instantly as soon as you start fighting enemies and the finishers are awesome especially when you reach the RAGE 3 tier, it is quite literally the same as "Spartan Rage" from God of War games. > The game is also very polished, I have experienced zero bugs or game crashes so far, which is to be expected from Insomniac Games as their PlayStation ports have always shipped with little to no issues > Cutscenes are top-tier and the action sequences are a work of art. The actor who plays Logan does a phenomenal job and I'm really enjoying his character so far, I can't wait to experience how his story unfolds and I'll share my conclusive thoughts when I finish the game Mixed feelings: > Combat sections; As much as I enjoyed playing as Wolverine and the combat too, it did get overwhelming at one point. You move from point A to point B and the game throws a ton of enemies at you, once you're done with them you move to section C where there a lot of enemies again that you can take out using stealth mode... until you get discovered and its the same thing again. I don't want to sound like I'm nitpicking but I feel like at one point, the game becomes too repetetive. The bad: > Game clues; You've probably seen the "fart-gas" memes by now and I won't go deeper into this other than Insomniac Games has been doing too much to keep the players attention to move forward, as soon as I start exploring other areas in-game, Logan will say to himself something like "I gotta focus on the mission" and it becomes irritating because its a linear game and with these kind of games, I like to take my time especially when the game is not that lengthy. It doesn't end with the sense of smell and Logan dropping hints too, Insomniac takes it a step further by adding more white paint and blue radio boxes just to make sure that you'll find everything as they wanted to instead of giving the players freedom find these items. I really wish there was an option to disable these hints, in fact I don't think the blue scent will ever be removed because Logan is always detecting it and sniffing so it is deeply imbedded in the game as a core mechanic.

Marvel Wolverine First Impressions [SPOILER FREE] The Good: > The game is visually stunning, I've been playing it on a PS5 Pro with VRR uncapped and the game looks incredible. Character models and environments are highly detailed, combined with beautiful lighting and gorgeous Ray Traced reflections. Most importantly the game manages to have a consistent framerate at a high resolution with no noticeable performance dips > Traversal; Coming from Spider-Man games, I know some people had doubts on how Insomniac would approach Wolverine but I'm glad to say that it has been incredibly fun and intuitive to traverse. Climbing buildings, trees and jumping like an beast is quite fun. Traversal is fast and quite easy to learn, it reminds me a lot of Assassins Creed games but it is much faster > Blood and Gore; Insomniac Games didn't hold back when it comes to this and its incredible, you get hooked instantly as soon as you start fighting enemies and the finishers are awesome especially when you reach the RAGE 3 tier, it is quite literally the same as "Spartan Rage" from God of War games. > The game is also very polished, I have experienced zero bugs or game crashes so far, which is to be expected from Insomniac Games as their PlayStation ports have always shipped with little to no issues > Cutscenes are top-tier and the action sequences are a work of art. The actor who plays Logan does a phenomenal job and I'm really enjoying his character so far, I can't wait to experience how his story unfolds and I'll share my conclusive thoughts when I finish the game Mixed feelings: > Combat sections; As much as I enjoyed playing as Wolverine and the combat too, it did get overwhelming at one point. You move from point A to point B and the game throws a ton of enemies at you, once you're done with them you move to section C where there a lot of enemies again that you can take out using stealth mode... until you get discovered and its the same thing again. I don't want to sound like I'm nitpicking but I feel like at one point, the game becomes too repetetive. The bad: > Game clues; You've probably seen the "fart-gas" memes by now and I won't go deeper into this other than Insomniac Games has been doing too much to keep the players attention to move forward, as soon as I start exploring other areas in-game, Logan will say to himself something like "I gotta focus on the mission" and it becomes irritating because its a linear game and with these kind of games, I like to take my time especially when the game is not that lengthy. It doesn't end with the sense of smell and Logan dropping hints too, Insomniac takes it a step further by adding more white paint and blue radio boxes just to make sure that you'll find everything as they wanted to instead of giving the players freedom find these items. I really wish there was an option to disable these hints, in fact I don't think the blue scent will ever be removed because Logan is always detecting it and sniffing so it is deeply imbedded in the game as a core mechanic.

NikTek

44,574 Aufrufe • vor 11 Tagen

I just called the number on the sign and was told by the first person that spoke with me that the homes were being sold to the public but you had to be Sikh to buy them. The second person, likely Manheet Singh of Juno Homes, was quick to correct the record and said the homes were open to anyone. He said the sign called it a “Sikh community” because it included a temple, and that there was a misunderstanding. I told him if a community with a Christian church in the center advertised itself as a “Christian community” it would skirt the line (and likely violate the Fair Housing Act). He argued Mormons build communities and prefer their own religion but allow others, and that the Sikh community is about believing in one God and is open to all. Under normal circumstances I would have identified myself as a member of the media but I called anonymously to ensure I received more honest answers. It was announced on the line before I started recording.

I just called the number on the sign and was told by the first person that spoke with me that the homes were being sold to the public but you had to be Sikh to buy them. The second person, likely Manheet Singh of Juno Homes, was quick to correct the record and said the homes were open to anyone. He said the sign called it a “Sikh community” because it included a temple, and that there was a misunderstanding. I told him if a community with a Christian church in the center advertised itself as a “Christian community” it would skirt the line (and likely violate the Fair Housing Act). He argued Mormons build communities and prefer their own religion but allow others, and that the Sikh community is about believing in one God and is open to all. Under normal circumstances I would have identified myself as a member of the media but I called anonymously to ensure I received more honest answers. It was announced on the line before I started recording.

Jacob Stewart

34,627 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

Chris Fowler reflects on the most powerful and emotional game he's ever called: "It was a game between Purdue and Ohio State. There was a young cancer patient named Tyler Trent, a superfan who had essentially been adopted by the team. He battled cancer courageously and was in very bad shape. His dying wish was to see them win that game. They were massive underdogs. Somehow, they got him out of bed and into the car to make it to the game. He was just hanging on, man. It was one of those magical nights. It would have been a corny movie if it had been on film. They blast Ohio State, and it's a party. They wheel Tyler through the end zone to the locker room to wait for the team after the victory. It was just an incredibly powerful emotion, and I was barely keeping it together. I said, 'Every Boilermaker would say, "Tyler, this one's for you."' It's my favorite game I've ever called because it went way beyond sports."

Chris Fowler reflects on the most powerful and emotional game he's ever called: "It was a game between Purdue and Ohio State. There was a young cancer patient named Tyler Trent, a superfan who had essentially been adopted by the team. He battled cancer courageously and was in very bad shape. His dying wish was to see them win that game. They were massive underdogs. Somehow, they got him out of bed and into the car to make it to the game. He was just hanging on, man. It was one of those magical nights. It would have been a corny movie if it had been on film. They blast Ohio State, and it's a party. They wheel Tyler through the end zone to the locker room to wait for the team after the victory. It was just an incredibly powerful emotion, and I was barely keeping it together. I said, 'Every Boilermaker would say, "Tyler, this one's for you."' It's my favorite game I've ever called because it went way beyond sports."

Ariel Helwani

466,397 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten