When plagiarizing turns funny
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<div class="IPBDescription">Limbo of the Lost</div>I saw this and just had to share...
by plagiarizing an original article{<a href="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/18/limbo_lost_saga/" target="_blank">link</a>, <a href="http://forum.gamesradar.com/viewtopic.php?t=120121&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0" target="_blank">thread with more pictures</a>}:
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->A copy of the game found itself in the hands of Eric Franck, a writer with website GamePlasma. He gave it a try and was surprised to find some of the scenes in the game seemed strangely familiar. He fired up Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and was shocked to see images from the older game apparently reproduced in the new title:
Limbo of the Lost
<img src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2008/06/18/lol_1.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
Elder Scrolls
<img src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2008/06/18/eso_1.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
Limbo of the Lost (top) and Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
Images courtesy GamePlasma<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I found it on <a href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/18/1938223&from=rss" target="_blank">slashdot</a>.
by plagiarizing an original article{<a href="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/18/limbo_lost_saga/" target="_blank">link</a>, <a href="http://forum.gamesradar.com/viewtopic.php?t=120121&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0" target="_blank">thread with more pictures</a>}:
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->A copy of the game found itself in the hands of Eric Franck, a writer with website GamePlasma. He gave it a try and was surprised to find some of the scenes in the game seemed strangely familiar. He fired up Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and was shocked to see images from the older game apparently reproduced in the new title:
Limbo of the Lost
<img src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2008/06/18/lol_1.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
Elder Scrolls
<img src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2008/06/18/eso_1.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
Limbo of the Lost (top) and Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
Images courtesy GamePlasma<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I found it on <a href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/18/1938223&from=rss" target="_blank">slashdot</a>.
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I just..... I don't get it. There is absolutely no way in hell they thought they could get away with it. It *has* to be either an elaborate prank or a publicity stunt. If they were ripping off some generic games that no one plays, or even not-so-well known areas from popular games, I could sort of understand it. But this..... I dunno. It can't be serious. I have more faith in mankind than that.
I want to see an interview with the guys who did this, a current one. Just to see them fry. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
Haha what the hell were they thinking? How stupid are those guys?
... to me, it seems like almost the trend I see in some programming class sometimes... but this is the apex of trying to finish a project and hope not to get caught...
<a href="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=310683&page=14" target="_blank">http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php...683&page=14</a>
If I remember correctly, the game actually plagiarize:
Diablo II, Thief, Oblivion, Lord of the Ring, Morrowind, Unreal Tournament games and Pirates of the Caribbean, Spawn, Beetle Juice, Legend movies and Hexen soundtrack.
<a href="http://lotl.wikia.com/wiki/Limbo_of_the_Lost_Wiki" target="_blank">http://lotl.wikia.com/wiki/Limbo_of_the_Lost_Wiki</a>
I just really, really want to know what they expected to happen. The sheer amount of stolen material is just amazing. And considering they've stolen stuff from Disney movies for their cinematics, they are going to get their asses handed to them if anyone can ever be bothered bringing them to court.