Harmonix's Alex Rigopulos Loves...Stephen Colbert?

@Johntdrake said:

I guess the more popular the bomb gets, the more trolly some of the comments become? Some really headscratching theories banging around.

Is this really John Drake? And if so, c'mon dude, we've always had trollylolly comments.

@Napalm: definitely me and there's always been a balance of informed/uninformed, but I haven't seen sincerely conspiratorial in a while. just weird is all. (about something so harmless that is...we all know Lord British is trying to control our minds from Space...that's not a conspiracy, THAT'S A FACT, JACK).

@Johntdrake said:

I guess the more popular the bomb gets, the more trolly some of the comments become? Some really headscratching theories banging around.

...it's the internet. I remember when literally every comment on the internet was, "Fuck you. Get out of my face." Ah, BBSs were great.

While I'm not entirely sure if this deserves an article all its own, I'll ignore it because of how pleased I am to be reminded of that video.

@Rolyatkcinmai said:

I came here for the news story.

I stayed for the @Methodis being out of his fucking mind with irrational contempt.

I agree. He single handedly made me read every comment with anticipation of what he will say next. His anger is palpable and his rage unstoppable.

I don't like Rock Band and don't care for the Harmonix of today(nothing against em but am not a fan either, I do respect them though) but I read this because Patty K told me to, I always listen to Giantbomb Staff, always. :(

@EmuLeader said:

@Rolyatkcinmai said:

I came here for the news story.

I stayed for the @Methodis being out of his fucking mind with irrational contempt.

I agree. He single handedly made me read every comment with anticipation of what he will say next. His anger is palpable and his rage unstoppable.

His anger is infectious!

I didn't even know the name "Alex Rigopulos," before today, but now I WANT HIS BLOOD!

I WANT TO EAT HIS FUCKING HEART!!!

Um, why is this news. I'm not saying "why is this news" because I don't think its cool information. I'm saying "why is this news" because WHO THE HELL DOESN'T LOVE STEPHEN COLBERT.

@cavemantom said:

His anger is infectious!

I didn't even know the name "Alex Rigopulos," before today, but now I WANT HIS BLOOD!

I WANT TO EAT HIS FUCKING HEART!!!

I'M GOING TO STAB STEPHEN COLBERT WITH A PLASTIC GUITAR CONTROLLER! BLOOD FOR THE RYTHM GAMES GOD!!!!

@benson said:

@Kandycane2029 said:

@Methodis: I really can't tell if you're trolling or not.

From what I understand, years ago a forum on wich Methodis used to post got closed because of Harmonix and it completely broke his mind. He also got himself banned from the SomethingAwful forums multiple times because he can't stop flipping the fuck out every time Harmonix is mentioned.

Yeah it truly takes dedication to be so obsessed over Harmonix that he spent $40.00 in registration fees for Somethingawful because he kept on getting banned.

Holy crap, there is a mention of Harmonix and Alex is not here to tell us he was a big shot at Harmonix!!!! The end times are truly upon us.

@MadScientistWorking said:

@benson said:

@Kandycane2029 said:

@Methodis: I really can't tell if you're trolling or not.

From what I understand, years ago a forum on wich Methodis used to post got closed because of Harmonix and it completely broke his mind. He also got himself banned from the SomethingAwful forums multiple times because he can't stop flipping the fuck out every time Harmonix is mentioned.

Yeah it truly takes dedication to be so obsessed over Harmonix that he spent $40.00 in registration fees for Somethingawful because he kept on getting banned.

UbiSoft and Activision pay for those bans. It's good PR. :)

@DoctorWelch said:

WHO THE HELL DOESN'T LOVE STEPHEN COLBERT.

The terrorists. That's who!

Not really news, i remember seeing his name scroll across the screen when they were doing their "Heroe$" ticker.

How is this news at all? Who gives a fuck about this?

@Johntdrake said:

I guess the more popular the bomb gets, the more trolly some of the comments become? Some really headscratching theories banging around.

*cool guy glasses*

Comes with the territory.

This is, like, 95% politics, 5% video games.

Great job, Klepek. That Reddit mentality is showing itself in spades.

I just don't stand for people trying to screw corporations out of the money they worked hard for. If this was any other company I would comment too. Just so happens it's Harmonix this time.

No you wouldn't.

(Also, poor multibillion-dollar multimedia empires who don't make expected dividends on a single specific investment.)

@Methodis said:

I just don't stand for people trying to screw corporations out of the money they worked hard for. If this was any other company I would comment too. Just so happens it's Harmonix this time.

"I don't stand for people, but I am going to keep trolling this comment section on this videogame website that I have chosen to sign up for. Because you know, hypocrisy."

@Methodis said:

I just don't stand for people trying to screw corporations out of the money they worked hard for. If this was any other company I would comment too. Just so happens it's Harmonix this time.

your unedited comment was "Yet people got so mad there that they tried to E-stalk me and ended up being led to a message board where their personal information was comprimised by friends! I don't know what's worse, pretending to hate a video company on the internet, or having your feelings hurt to the point you try to stalk someone because they insulted a video game company? Who knows!"

Getting people to make fun of you sure is a great feat of puppetmastery!

@benson said:

@Methodis said:

I just don't stand for people trying to screw corporations out of the money they worked hard for. If this was any other company I would comment too. Just so happens it's Harmonix this time.

your unedited comment was "Yet people got so mad there that they tried to E-stalk me and ended up being led to a message board where their personal information was comprimised by friends! I don't know what's worse, pretending to hate a video company on the internet, or having your feelings hurt to the point you try to stalk someone because they insulted a video game company? Who knows!"

Getting people to make fun of you sure is a great feat of puppetmastery!

I removed it because it's a discussion that is not valid for this place, and is valid for places like rock-banned.com or SomethingAwful. That said, the people who get so upset to come in here everytime I comment on something is funny to me and they can call me crazy as much as they want because I am not the one getting upset in the digital realm or in real life to the point of going out of my way other than commentating on articles. :)

@DoctorWelch said:

WHO THE HELL DOESN'T LOVE STEPHEN COLBERT.

The terrorists. That's who!

@OllyOxenFree said:

@ZZoMBiE13 said:

@DoctorWelch said:

WHO THE HELL DOESN'T LOVE STEPHEN COLBERT.

The terrorists. That's who!

I don't LOVE Stephen Colbert. Then again, I rarely watch cable TV and I do not watch his program.

*calls Homeland Security*

@Methodis: People aren't making fun of you because they're upset, they're making fun of you because your tantrums about Harmonix are hilarious.

Also how come this is news yet the thousands of dollars Bobby Kotick gives to charity ever year not "news"? Is this implying that a political organization is more important then supporting sick and needy children around the world? Where's the article highlighting the good deeds of Mr. Kotick and the other CEO's?

Isn't donating to a fake Super PAC for Stephen Colbert kind of defeating the purpose of being anti-Super PAC? "Politicians shouldn't be getting this money, give it too MEE!!!"

Edit: Also, this isn't news, at all. If you're going to post crap like this why don't you post what every game developer ever has donated to places?

@SeriouslyNow said:

@Methodis said:

Also how come this is news yet the thousands of dollars Bobby Kotick gives to charity ever year not "news"? Is this implying that a political organization is more important then supporting sick and needy children around the world? Where's the article highlighting the good deeds of Mr. Kotick and the other CEO's?

Donating to charities when you steal from your workers and rip off your customers is not news is American Corporate Tax Law.

I said Bobby Kotick not Alex Rigopolous.

@SeriouslyNow said:

@Methodis said:

Also how come this is news yet the thousands of dollars Bobby Kotick gives to charity ever year not "news"? Is this implying that a political organization is more important then supporting sick and needy children around the world? Where's the article highlighting the good deeds of Mr. Kotick and the other CEO's?

Donating to charities when you steal from your workers and rip off your customers is not news is American Corporate Tax Law.

I said Bobby Kotick not Alex Rigopolous.

@SeriouslyNow said:

@Methodis said:

@SeriouslyNow said:

@Methodis said:

Also how come this is news yet the thousands of dollars Bobby Kotick gives to charity ever year not "news"? Is this implying that a political organization is more important then supporting sick and needy children around the world? Where's the article highlighting the good deeds of Mr. Kotick and the other CEO's?

Donating to charities when you steal from your workers and rip off your customers is not news is American Corporate Tax Law.

I said Bobby Kotick not Alex Rigopolous.

Indeed and Bobby is who I am talking about.

Kotck has never stolen from workers or ripped off customers. I don't think any CEO has, and if they have they where quickly out of business or being sued. Bobby Kotick is a great man, a legendary one some might say. He helped take such great franchises as CoD, Guitar Hero, Spiderman and brought them from absolute bottom of the pits rubbish into national treasures. Internet hyperbole got mad because he is very popular. It's the same reason why so many people hate Justin Bieber.

It's just a poor double standard, and makes you question the validity of this article in the first place other than to act as a fluffer to their friends. Mr. Kotick gave $3 million to vets 2 months ago, not a peep was heard. Kotick also stared in a movie, titled MONEYBALL, to give money to charity. GiantBomb instead took the opportunity to poke fun instead of shining a light on the kindness of Mr. Kotick's heart. Them, some no name CEO gives $10k to a political joke and it's headlines? And CELEBRATED to boot?! I know this site is light hearted, but some things make you question the editorial decisions around here.

I will gladly pay $50 to support this site, it's podcasts and it's videos, but I question the news content at times. I understand they're trying to make it better, and having the actual real news stories like the exposition on Game Reviews, Aspergs playing Games etc are really fun to read, along with informational and educate people on things about this "culture"(and I hate to use that). That's where things like these come into play. It serves no real purpose other than to highlight the "Why?". It would be okay if you could turn it into a real article, maybe explaining the links of video game ceo's to the political hemisphere and the elections, but this just seemed worthless.

@SeriouslyNow said:

@Methodis said:

@SeriouslyNow said:

@Methodis said:

Also how come this is news yet the thousands of dollars Bobby Kotick gives to charity ever year not "news"? Is this implying that a political organization is more important then supporting sick and needy children around the world? Where's the article highlighting the good deeds of Mr. Kotick and the other CEO's?

Donating to charities when you steal from your workers and rip off your customers is not news is American Corporate Tax Law.

I said Bobby Kotick not Alex Rigopolous.

Indeed and Bobby is who I am talking about.

Kotck has never stolen from workers or ripped off customers. I don't think any CEO has, and if they have they where quickly out of business or being sued. Bobby Kotick is a great man, a legendary one some might say. He helped take such great franchises as CoD, Guitar Hero, Spiderman and brought them from absolute bottom of the pits rubbish into national treasures. Internet hyperbole got mad because he is very popular. It's the same reason why so many people hate Justin Bieber.

It's just a poor double standard, and makes you question the validity of this article in the first place other than to act as a fluffer to their friends. Mr. Kotick gave $3 million to vets 2 months ago, not a peep was heard. Kotick also stared in a movie, titled MONEYBALL, to give money to charity. GiantBomb instead took the opportunity to poke fun instead of shining a light on the kindness of Mr. Kotick's heart. Them, some no name CEO gives $10k to a political joke and it's headlines? And CELEBRATED to boot?! I know this site is light hearted, but some things make you question the editorial decisions around here.

@SeriouslyNow said:

@Methodis said:

@SeriouslyNow said:

@Methodis said:

Also how come this is news yet the thousands of dollars Bobby Kotick gives to charity ever year not "news"? Is this implying that a political organization is more important then supporting sick and needy children around the world? Where's the article highlighting the good deeds of Mr. Kotick and the other CEO's?

Donating to charities when you steal from your workers and rip off your customers is not news is American Corporate Tax Law.

I said Bobby Kotick not Alex Rigopolous.

Indeed and Bobby is who I am talking about.

Kotck has never stolen from workers or ripped off customers. I don't think any CEO has, and if they have they where quickly out of business or being sued. Bobby Kotick is a great man, a legendary one some might say. He helped take such great franchises as CoD, Guitar Hero, Spiderman and brought them from absolute bottom of the pits rubbish into national treasures. Internet hyperbole got mad because he is very popular. It's the same reason why so many people hate Justin Bieber.

It's just a poor double standard, and makes you question the validity of this article in the first place other than to act as a fluffer to their friends. Mr. Kotick gave $3 million to vets 2 months ago, not a peep was heard. Kotick also stared in a movie, titled MONEYBALL, to give money to charity. GiantBomb instead took the opportunity to poke fun instead of shining a light on the kindness of Mr. Kotick's heart. Them, some no name CEO gives $10k to a political joke and it's headlines? And CELEBRATED to boot?! I know this site is light hearted, but some things make you question the editorial decisions around here.

Quick, someone shoop Justin Bieber's hair on Bobby Kotick.

@SeriouslyNow said:

It's nice that you touch yourself and think of Bobby.

But then he thinks about Harmonix, his boner goes soft and he starts crying. "WHY" he shouts at the heavens "WHY DO PEOPLE RESPECT A COMPANY I DON'T LIKE AND DON'T GIVE PROPS TO GRANDPA BOBBY?". But the angels don't answer him, and he weeps himself to sleep, a sleep filled with nightmares of cackling Harmonix representants and melting plastic guitars.

Quick, someone shoop Justin Bieber's hair on Bobby Kotick.

@Methodis said:

Why don't you cover real news instead of glorifying Harmonix who will be foreclosed this year? Is $10,000 to a SuperPAC really smart when your company stole money from Viacom?

First off, did you read the article? Sort of makes Rigopulos look a little bit like a hypocrite. And 2... what? I never heard of Harmonix stealing money from anyone. Source?

I guess I'm the only one who found it an interesting read. And the folks at Harmonix, they are friends of the site, and so it is nice to hear what a friend is up to, even if it sort of makes them sound like a bit of a hypocrite.

@Korne: why is it hypocritical? I'm confused about people using that word.

I just want to set the record straight; I am not singling out Harmonix. Mr. Rigopolous donated like $10k to AbleGamers and that was a very kind gesture. I don't know if it got a article here, but it should've.

I find it weird that @Methodis so concerned with the well being of a multi-billion dollar media conglomerate.

Hey, I'm sure Viacom is doing just peachy, you can stop bending over now, you don't have to let the corporate d f you in your a. [edited to remove profanity]

@Johntdrake said:

@Korne: why is it hypocritical? I'm confused about people using that word.

I think it's because he previously donated money to Obama's campaign, and they think donating to a campaign and donating to a Super PAC are the same thing.

You got your politics in my video games.

Even though Stephen Colbert is a comedy god, this is not news. If you post crap like this it should be in the middle of alot of actual content not the only peice of content.

Now I'm really glad i never bought any of their games.

@pplus0440 said:

Even though Stephen Colbert is a comedy god, this is not news. If you post crap like this it should be in the middle of alot of actual content not the only peice of content.

Why is this not news?

The whole super pac stunt has been brilliant, especially the past 2 weeks. I was a little surprised that he raised over a million dollars, I wonder what he's going to do with the rest.

@Methodis said:

I just don't stand for people trying to screw corporations out of the money they worked hard for. If this was any other company I would comment too. Just so happens it's Harmonix this time.

Mitt, is that you?

@benson: Oh. So the satire of the Colbert Super PAC is just totally lost on those folks. Got it. That makes everything a lot clearer. <3s for explaining.

@Johntdrake said:

Drake, you haven't posted in like 4 months. Get out of here! Unless, this is some elaborate segue into your next game: Occupy Dance Central.

@Johntdrake said:

Drake, you haven't posted in like 4 months. Get out of here! Unless, this is some elaborate segue into your next game: Occupy Dance Central.

@SeriouslyNow said:

Quick, someone shoop Justin Bieber's hair on Bobby Kotick.