TIGSource is Smart

Posted by Derek Yu Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:21:00 GMT

TIGSource in Newsweek!

At least, according to this week’s Newsweek magazine. Yes, you heard that right… Newsweek!

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  1. haowan said 12 minutes later:

    Well, fuck.

    uh, i can’t think of much else to say

  2. Nillo said 23 minutes later:

    TIGSource knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn’t.

  3. Levi said 23 minutes later:

    SAVED. In all caps, no less.

  4. Guert said 27 minutes later:

    That’s great news! Congrats to everyone behind tigsource!!

  5. BMcC said 27 minutes later:

    Newswhat? Is that one of those “real” magazines I’ve read about on Wikipedia?

  6. Akhel said 28 minutes later:

    Awesome!

  7. PoV said 35 minutes later:

    Wow. Hey, I thought all the content was stolen from TIM? :D

  8. Smithy said 43 minutes later:

    Holy cow!

    Does this mean I’m going to be famous?

  9. Derek said about 1 hour later:

    Congrats belong to everyone who’s ever posted, commented, joined the forums, or read the site! There would be no TIGSource without the TIGCommunity (cue: “awwwwww”) We did it, y’all!

    collapses in puddle of own spittle

  10. ravuya said about 1 hour later:

    Oh no! We’re becoming mainstream.

    At least it’s only magazine-mainstream. Once we get covered on MTV, we’ll have to explain our strange love for manhugs before a Congressional hearing..

  11. Shinji16 said about 2 hours later:

    o.O

    …holy shit!

  12. Shinji16 said about 2 hours later:

    Wait… why the FUCK is there a Google banner ad for Furcadia?!

  13. "That Guy" said about 3 hours later:

    Uh, ”small, casual games”?

  14. PoV said about 3 hours later:

    we’ll have to explain our strange love for manhugs before a Congressional hearing.

    If you don’t get it, you don’t get one.

  15. Twisted Rabbit said about 4 hours later:

    Congrats. Now wheres the vodka?

  16. crackers said about 7 hours later:

    Is this new mainstream attention going to score Derek some more hookers?

  17. DrDerekDoctors said about 9 hours later:

    Woo! I’m going to bathe in the reflected glory!

    bathes

    Is this article what you spent your $20,000 on? ;)

  18. Xander said about 9 hours later:

    That’s freakin’ awesome!

    …someone explain to me what Newsweek is? (Alex = British ¬.¬)

  19. CosMind said about 14 hours later:

    word up. i dig how the mention serves to trick casual gamers into coming here to discover what real videogames are :)

    the love oozes further.

  20. Shabadage said about 17 hours later:

    Lets just hope they don’t read the comments too thoroughly….

  21. ithamore said about 17 hours later:

    Many of the shorter or simpler games featured on TIGSource could be easily considered casual, especially in to comparison to mainstream titles (such as GTA and WOW) that have gotten a lot of coverage in popular media. And, in that since, we have posted many complex casual games, too.

    Additionally, all three of the websites listed cover and critique more than just casual games, so maybe the article’s author was trying to enlighten the magazine’s casual gaming readers to more of the world of gaming.

    Furthermore, TIGSource is severing a noble cause in supporting and promoting independent games. Recognition shouldn’t be surprising but appreciated.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18986993/site/newsweek/ is the URL for the online article.

  22. ptoing said about 17 hours later:

    \o/

  23. BMcC said about 19 hours later:

    High fives all around!

    o/\o

  24. Shih Tzu said about 19 hours later:

    Wicked!

    Wait until the Newsweek-reading populace discovers what a… lively vocabulary Derek possesses!

  25. Albert Lai said about 20 hours later:

    Holy carp! We’re legit now!

  26. fish said about 20 hours later:

    this is neat. congrats on that. notice any peak in traffic since?

    next step: TIGS TRL on MTV.

  27. PoV said about 20 hours later:

    TIGSource Cribs? :P

  28. haowan said about 21 hours later:

    TIGS wives.

  29. Oddity said about 21 hours later:

    next step: TIGS TRL on MTV.

    At first I misread this as TIGSource, the Roguelike. That would be…intriguing…to say the least.

  30. Raincoatduck said about 22 hours later:

    Wow, cool! Derek continues his meteoric rise to superstardom. Just remember who’s your #1 superfan 4vr!

  31. Pyabo said 1 day later:

    Damn. I’m way too edgy and cool to hang out on some mainstream site like this!

    Also, I will second Albert said: holy carp.

  32. Slashed - Temple of The Roguelike said 1 day later:

    Congratulations Derek, and all the tigsource editorial team. We are one step closer in our sacred quest to bring indie games to the masses.

    Also, I too readed Tigs the roguelike… weird… it just keeps coming back

    Intriguing… scary!

  33. papamook said 1 day later:

    praise be to kenta-cho!

  34. fish said 1 day later:

    no, TRL stands for Total Request Live, d’uh.

    Derek is the new Carson, except manlier..

    but once it goes on, you can like, totally request a TIGS roguelike. like totally.

  35. the2bears said 1 day later:

    Great… more Republicans will come here to what? :P

    Bill

  36. Advenith said 2 days later:

    Finally, free advertisement!

    Oh, yeah, and with Shinji16… the Furcadia ad is kinda creepy.

  37. Aw Yeah said 3 days later:

    Firefox + AdBlock Plus ftw

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