It all began in late 2007 when our own Dustin Burg was so awed by the explosions in Torpex Games' Schizoid that he was forced to invent a new word to describe them. Upon seeing the positively terrific explosions, Dustin combined the terms "explode" and "terrific" to create the perfect word to describe the harmonious combination of explosions and joy. That word is "sploderific." Not long after, we were contacted by Torpex's Bill Dugan, asking us if the company could use our word for an achievement in Schizoid. After a brief and fruitless attempt to work out a royalty system in which Dustin would receive a check every time the achievement was unlocked, we agreed to allow the word's use free of charge.
We caught up with Bill Dugan at GDC today, and we can confirm that "Sploderific" will definitely be appearing in Schizoid. Thus, step one in X3F's plan for world domination is complete. Good work, Dustin. You've made us proud! Stay tuned for our full interview with Bill Dugan coming soon.
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2-20-2008 @ 9:34PM
Dustin Burg said...
if this blogging thing doesn't work out, I know I can always fall back on my superb achievement naming skills.
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2-20-2008 @ 9:50PM
Miguel said...
All in favor for getting Dustin a job at making achievement names? I =P (if he still keeps this one ofcourse)
2-20-2008 @ 10:00PM
Phil said...
CONFIRMED! Dustin is leaving the fancast for good! PETITION!
2-21-2008 @ 4:00AM
bonzai said...
haha nice picture Dustin, you're too funny man
2-21-2008 @ 8:47AM
DjDATZ said...
Congrats Dusty!
2-21-2008 @ 10:03AM
ZEBRA NINER said...
Well, I will tell you that this post makes me happy. Two reasons:
1. I'm a big fan of Dustin's ability to create one word out of two words. Can I get a "Holidazzle" from my peeps?
2. I'm SOOO ready for this game. That will be my most prized achievement.
Did they say if the picture tile would be Dustin's face?
2-21-2008 @ 10:47PM
Lewis said...
Either his face or a X3F Logo, thatll be awesome
2-20-2008 @ 9:46PM
Lewis said...
First stop, Schizoid. Then....Microsoft Game Studios :)
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2-20-2008 @ 9:49PM
John said...
They didn't happen to mention what action unlocks the spolderific achievement?
Also if we use this enough we can get it into websters dictionary
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2-20-2008 @ 11:08PM
SoxFan13 said...
To unlock the "sploderific" achievement, you must say "good times" 4000 times into your Live headset while playing Schizoid.
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2-20-2008 @ 11:44PM
Dustin Burg said...
good times! (only 3999 to go)
2-20-2008 @ 11:46PM
DemonGSides said...
Confirmed: A copy of Schizoid up as fanswag.
Perhaps, though, you could do it only for people who've been active for 2 months before its release, as well as commenting at a ratio of at least 1 post per day.
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2-21-2008 @ 8:49AM
DjDATZ said...
LOL...don't worry...we've already tried...NUMEROUS times...no luck. AOL doesn't roll that way.
2-21-2008 @ 5:24AM
Anticrawl said...
Honestly I think splodgasm, sploderoni, or splodtasm would have worked better.
Haha just messing, great job.
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2-21-2008 @ 5:48AM
Boff said...
Nice one Dustin! Shame about the royalties ;o)
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2-21-2008 @ 6:13AM
Dr Ecksack 3000 said...
lol, this is cool
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2-21-2008 @ 7:05AM
iHomer said...
This is awesome, mabye X3F will have the same sucess with the Peter Moore The Dishwasher achievement.
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2-21-2008 @ 8:40AM
mike said...
That was nice of them to ask if they can use the word. Im pretty sure They were not require to ask at all. As one does not own any rights to a
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau
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