@vanderblade: Y'know, they'd all meet cute girls if they got off their asses and went to a convention or something.

We get this EVERY TIME Jade shows up in a posting.

And FAHEY KNOWS THIS. Yes, I'm looking at you ;)

Spoony Bard

@thezman: Funny you never paid for it but it was apparently good enough to play through and see it all its horrible glory throughout via other questionable means which will no doubt be excused as "I played it @ my friend's house" or similar.

Al3xandr0s

@pd771: I didn't say it's going to suck, I'm not interested / don't really care much. They are totally different meaning. And First Impressions are important

djricekcn

@Fury-genesis: I'm sure she felt she was taken pretty seriously when seeing the sales of Assassin's Creed. Unless you think looking at forum trolls is a better way to measure the respect one's work can earn.

Al3xandr0s

These comments are so disparaging. I suppose I should accept the repressed sexuality of some gamers and understand how that results in these sometime inappropriate statements.

Anyway: another FPS? Oh. Okay.

vanderblade

@zegota:

Oh, my god! That's... that's pretty terrible.

Did she actually know anything about the game? My assumption was always that if she was involved with the game then she knew what she was doing and that she was qualified and capable.

I'm still assuming that impression is correct, but it looks as though there seems to be some people who feel that the only reason she was hired is because she's hot and because the extra publicity for having a really sexy, attractive woman publicising a game is merely a publicity stunt designed to attract lonely geek boys.

As sensitive as I am to gender issues, occasionaly I miss one.

Werrick

@jasu78: You are officially ADDED TO MY FRIENDS LIST.

Go Cubbies! :D

Spoony Bard

@Ctsephion: You talk to your mother with that mouth?

Spoony Bard

I thought Assassins Creed was great.

In any case, it's funny how Jade is too pretty for her own good. Maybe she should put on a few pounds, stop wearing makeup and maybe shave her head or something, then maybe she'll be taken seriously as a game developer.

I'm really conflicted when it comes to her and the whole Jade's game thing.

One part of me thinks we should all bow our heads in shame for making the game industry place full of pathetic lonely trolls, where a pretty girl can never be taken seriously as anything but a hawt piece of ass. We're all really just shooting ourselves and the industry in the foot.

While the other part can only think "Goddamn she's hawt!" /drool ^_^

...and then I bow my head in shame again.

Fury-genesis

Wow! She can develop a game for me anytime...

ninja_warrior

What a shame. The game sounds interesting, but I'm sure in the future we'll see more things like "JADE IS MAKING THIS GAME, HERE ARE PICTURES OF HER, WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT ABOUT THE GAME A GIRL IS MAKING IT YOU MUST BUY IT" and less of "Hey, here's what this game is about, check out these screenshots and whatnot."

Oh, and I agree with Spoony Bard. Nothing will stop us Chicagoans. Though we could always just eat the White Sox anyways. No one cares about them.

jasu78

@djricekcn: cause one game that wasn't as good as everyone wanted automatically makes her suck... The game wasn't bad, it just wasn't as good as it could've been. Give her a chance. If she has a record of bad games, then take her to town.

pd771

I liked AC, and am waiting patiently for the sequal.
Whatever Jade gets into, I doubt she makes much difference, shes just a producer right? but as long as shes funding good ideas shes cool in my book.

CSat420

I refuse to take anyone with a stripper name seriously. Alright gentlemen, coming to the stage now is our next lady, Jade.

Trust me, I'm a doctor

*sigh* Oh, Jade. She's so hot she almost made me spend $60 on Assassin's Creed even though I really didn't want to. Luckily, I used the little bit of man-pride I had left and forced myself to borrow my friend's copy. No woman's gonna affect my game selection!

*Looks at his the Blink 182 and Fall Out Boy DLC on Rock Band in denial*

Ugh.

CHU BOI

A game about a city going to hell? A city that I have lived in? Hell yes. The basic idea sounds like it could end up being awesome!

sammfreak

@zegota: Eh... when everyone else, including Kotaku, UKResistance and pretty much every other game site is talking up her beauty. A comic like that shouldn't be too surprising.

It seems more like a poke at the media coverage of said beauty than a disrespectful objectification.

thezman

@taftsearlobe33: Well hotness is subjective :P I actually think she's pretty attractive, despite how terrible I think Assassin's Creed was :\

skyoon

@karasu is my homeboy: I agree with you. I also hate how any girl who is involved in gaming is automaticly considered hot. Honestly she looks slightly above average to me.

taftsearlobe33

I imagine her to be the perfect wife. And that's all I have to add.

mikeevd

Assassin's Creed sucked (to me) so dont' really care much at the moment. =-(

djricekcn

Whether or not you loved AC, you have to admit, she isn't just a pretty face, but she's a great face for gaming.

Captain_Collide

so she is not doing AC2..... maybe now that game is going to be good, thanks jade!

symphony_of_the_night

I don't care if she isn't the next Hideo, i'd still stick-it in her...

Ctsephion

@Fulgurator: *Movies are movies, videogames are videogames. And I'm a retard.

Fulgurator

Assasins creed. One of the best examples of why making a videogame like a movie isn't a great idea.

Games ares games, videogames are videogames, please get it right developers.

Fulgurator

I find it funny how everyone bought Assassins creed because she said it would be good. Am I the only one who wanted it before she started to promote it?

tdreher

Wow... I hope she can get lucky again and find a programmer that can do something cool. Then she can design the most mediocre game around said coolness... and it'll sale.

And I'll be left here, not playing her shitty games.

Seriously, I can't even convince myself (and yes, I try) to get Assassin's Creed for $17. Just everything is so mediocre, repetitive and unimaginative.

I swear, anyone over the age of 10 could play AC and come up with some legitimate, yet simple solutions to make that game better.

Really, only the ability to climb/grab everything and the natural interaction he had with his surroundings was impressive. And it's only impressive on the technical side of things.

It was horrible design that took those things and made me completely uninterested in them. Which is a shame. Must suck being an incredible programmer, while everyone else using it to design a lackluster game.

thezman

@Werrick: I think the most controversial thing was the comic. Google "Jade Raymond comic" and you should be able to find it. NSFW!

zegota

@Werrick: I could see it. If you've ever played an online where there is females in the game, there is always one worthless pig bashing them. I don't understand why, maybe it's just that they can do it. So I usually start making fun of the guy who does that, treating him like a piece of shit just for the sake of it. :)

PumpkinPieman

I like Jade. Honest!

Shiryu

THANK GOD JADE IS ALIVE.

Yes.
ok.
I'll go...
Man, i love this chick
I wish i could buy her on ebay.

pulyx

Buy Jade's game! Uguu!

tralu

Too much attention in this gaming industry would do you no good, especially if you're a female. But hey, it's Jade, she's damn pretty! What else can I say?

Ricksterlau

jade raymond.

no hideo kojima, that's for sure.

Parapraxis

@liquid_kore:

Yeah I'm wondering if it's just him working on it. I would think that she would be working on Assassin's Creed 2. I loved Assassin's Creed, and it's story. Deep stuff for sure.

dead_red_eyes

I loved AC.

I remember all the controversy surrounding Jade, though. I remember all the comments surrounding how she was objectified and harassed by male gamers and things of that nature.

I never saw it, though... maybe I just wasnt' looking in the right place? Can someone throw me a link to a story that describes the events that took place? Preferably something relatively unbiased?

Werrick

big woopdeefuckingdoo...

Bluetribal

@karasu is my homeboy: Agreed. played the first 3 missions, realized the rest of the game was going to be a repeat of those three the entire game, and could not bring myself to finish it. The sad story is, I enjoy Dynasty Warriors, which is as monotonous as you can get, but Assasins Creed still bored me to tears.

@jay427:Agree with you also. Rayman Raving Rabbids has been the only Ubisof title I've enjoyed for years, and that's only slight enjoyment. From Call of Juarez to Ghost Recon all of their games have been "meh" IMO.

I_Hate_This_Place

It's almost annoying how gorgeous she is =/

I'd rather focus on her game than daydreaming about hanging out with her lol.....

+10 stalker points

Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.

@hotdamn: "Creep" is correct. +10.

Spoony Bard

Assassin's Creed was so close to being a great game, it just didn't quite make it. It had some truly fantastic ideas, but just got too bogged down by the mindless repetition. I really think they will get it right with the sequel.

Franklin Comes Alive!

NO ONE TAKES US CHICAGOANS DOWN.

NO ONE!

Not even Jade Raymond!!!

The deep dish pizzas and the italian beefs would be enough to keep us alive.

That or we would eat the White Sox, or something.

Spoony Bard

@jay427:

Sands of time was my favorite game of all time

ddollar

Jade. >sigh<

SigmundTheSeaMonster

I quite enjoyed Assassin's Creed.

ZeeBeeEss

I just can't believe how stunning she is. Like, fuck, I'll buy the game if it's good, jade or no jade, but I'd love to take her on a date or something. ugh.

/creep

hotdamn

@karasu is my homeboy: Well I think you're in the minority when it comes to Assassin's Creed, but that's all subjective. I am happy to give HER all my attention, though. I'll worry about the actual game she hypes once I get some other people's opinion on it.

sarcasmOD

She's soooo pretty.

yes I did it first, do not follow

nerdBOY01

I let her talk me into believing that Assassin's Creed was going to be a fun game. I'm not letting that happen again.

Hauler

I've been disappointed in Ubisoft for years now. When they make something that WOWs me, I'll jump back on the bandwagon....until then, I'll remember The Sands of Time.

jay427

At first I thought Jade was making a statement, not that it was the title of her game.

Arsenicberyllium

I hear ya Mike, no earthquake (even in Chicago) can stop some of the extremely stubborn and crazy people living in Chicago. My uncle and his son being two of them.

Go Team Venture

I actually want more Assassins Creed, maybe Patrice and his beard will be working on it.

liquid_kore

Am I the only one who doesn't think, "Omg, a girl making a game! Give all my attention to it I must!"

Assassin's Creed was a huge disappointment for me. You talked a big talk, Jade.

karasu is my homeboy

When is she gonna do maxim mag?

Scrapple

Hmmm, sounds interesting.

chuffhoncho

A next gen SOS? Sounds good.

Shiloa

@WolFEnsTeiN68: I know, it is tough to root for the Crew out loud isn't it?

It's like creating a blog about your love for Seaman(DC) or something.

On topic: Hooray for a new game not saddled with a "4" somewhere in the title.

EricStratton-RushChair

I liked Assassin's Creed and I hope they make a sequel to that.

kojirodensetsu

I want .. .

her

invictus13

@thezman: urr rather, I couldn't get myself TO (pick it up) because it was so repetitive.. etc.

thezman

@skyoon: I agree that its subjective however I have noticed that any girl involved in gaming is always considered much hotter then they really are. I mean ok she is pretty get over it.

taftsearlobe33

@wild homes is being recast!: Lol, Wild Homes, I don't think you want people to give Jade the same "respect" given to Cliffy B (aka "The Cliffster") on Kotaku.

DugDawg

@Al3xandr0s: And when did I say I played through the whole game... or even alluded to that?

I just said I couldn't get myself through because it seemed so repetitive, while all the cool technical stuff was wasted on such a boring, uninteresting design.

But hey, if you want to stand behind a game because it does 1 thing well (even if it's 1 thing that, in the end, never really affect gameplay)... then by all means...

But you have to admit, it got way more hype for it's own good.

thezman

@Al3xandr0s: Actually, I played for about 15 minutes at work... And watched as my coworkers pretty much played through the whole game.

And yeah, looks like you do about 3 different things... and even those 3 things are very similar.

thezman

JADE YOUR GAME FEELS SO GOOD

Mr. Mastodon Farm

.....following an earthquake that decimates Chicago....Wrigley is still packed with drunken Cub fans. They don't notice anything out of the ordinary until the beer lines stop working.

EricStratton-RushChair

Interesting to see what Jade has in store for us next. It actually sounds like disaster movies mixed in again, I remember a few Japanese made titles that also carried motive.
There was another bizarre game named "Michigan", which Suda51 worked on. (it was a mix of reality, and definitive on human survival.. but there was more going on, the further you went on)

Does explain a bit more why Altair had the balance on an angel. Maybe another new face may carry on in spirit?

kadosho

Is this the name of the game, or the title of her career?

LostToys

@Spoony Bard: Cough cough Go Brewers...Cough Cough

WolFEnsTeiN68

@wild homes is being recast!: Where is Witz with that trusty banhammer of his?

Spoony Bard

@wild homes is being recast!:
Agreed.

Fulgurator

@Mike Fahey: ;)

Spoony Bard

They should release a "Making Of" DVD extra for the game. In it, there is a 2 hour video of Jade Raymond sitting at her desk, typing away and taking the occasional call.........in lingerie.

Easy money.

Quilt

This topic is even worse than racism in the way it inspires reaction. I didn't love Assassin's Creed, and was in fact a little let down by it, but that's no different than any other game. I've been let down by games from loads of great designers and producers. Jade's a woman, and she's no different from any other producer. Give her the same respect you'd give to Cliff, or to Miyamoto, or to the guy making the next crap PSP title for Crave. She doesn't deserve special protection as a woman, but she deserves the same respect we give to everyone else.

wild homes is being recast!

@karasu is my homeboy:
You are dead-on Karasu. Not that I got the game because she hyped it, although she is hot, but I was too intrigued by the concept. If anyone is to blame it's Penny-Arcade. I listened to them because they are always so cynical.
[penny-arcade.com]

Lazlo

@I_Hate_This_Place: I completely agree with you about AC and Dynasty Warriors. I love decimating hordes of enemies over and over and over...but the map and the monotony of the missions got to me.

WolFEnsTeiN68

You know, it takes more than a designer to make a good game, and more than a designer to make a bad game also... It also takes a smart person to learn from past mistakes and attempt to do better in their next endeavours. And I'm not just talking about the actual developers, a publisher can also have a big effect asking for certain changes, additions or complete overhauls during ongoing development. Very few developers have a record of ONLY grand games which exceed expectations.

Al3xandr0s

Yay another game with a cliffhanger ending!

Cchrist

I long for the day when Jade's game crafting abilities outshine her god-crafted face.

PATSCRU

@Spoony Bard: Who, me? I know nothing.

Mike Fahey

I should care what she does . . . why?

Assassins Creed was a pretty disappointing title, I think its a shame that this woman should get more attention than many other prominent developers because she is moderately attractive. (I would, but that isn't saying much)

Sniper_Zegai

@Spoony Bard: Don't even need to go to a convention, just go to your local mall or even a super market

djricekcn

Was disappointed with Assassin's Creed. First hour or so of playing was incredible-the graphics, the movement, the camera work. But after the initial impressions/experience? Completely repetitive, zero drama, trite story.

It was a great tech demo for what is possible in the next-gen. But it failed for me as a game.

Totorototoro

@Trust me, I'm a doctor:

im a Offended by ur very gay comment

my sisters name is jade and im pretty sure its a not a strippers name

idonia

There seems to be a few misconceptions about the role of the producer in videogames, notably at Ubi. I can't get into it too much (NDA and whatnot) but let's just say that the producer does as much work as any other team lead - they just handle the organising, hiring, coordinating side of things.

SicariusIV

Are survival horror games really that popular? I for one can't stand them, they stress me out and I never want to play them again after completion.

argh

Yeah the first thing that came to mind was Disaster Report (aka SOS). Incredibly clunky game in ways but a really cool concept that managed to trump it's execution.

It would be neat if games with a survival premise like this could be laced with actual survival techniques that go a bit deeper than 'if you fall, you die' or 'stay in water too long, you drown'. Games like Disaster Report had you drinking water to keep your health bar from draining and with Raw Danger keeping your body heat at a healthy level by huddling near heat sources.

It would be a compelling counter-arguement for videogames being a waste of time. Games that can provide all the fun,spectacle, and compelling narrative of a AAA title but teach core concepts that can be applied to real life survival situations is a merger of entertainment and edutainment that could probably get positive press similar to Brain Age.

Not that this game will necessarily be any of that, but having games that people can relate to aspects of their lives in a universal sense seems like an incredibly untapped market.

russtophiles

Shes hot, even in person shes still hot.

She only produced the game though, the person who I believe made the bad design choices for Assasins Creed was patrice, if some very small changes were made to that game. It would of been absolutely amazing.

flukielukie

@Proto_Man: What do you mean, big deal about her? That people are reporting on her like this? Well, I think most game directors or producers or whatever are talked about when their new game is announced - for example Kojima, Jaffe, Molyneux. Also, there was this thing about Assassin's Creed that promised so much and delivered so little (although I still liked what it did).

I don't hate her game and I don't hate her, the only thing I hate is that she talked so much about this game and built hype and in the end it was NOTHING like anybody expected (in a bad way). Lame combat, missions as repetitive as it gets, and the open world was pointless because you couldn't do anything. In a nutshell, the game was a linear, story-driven game but in an open world. The way it should have been is either have loads of side missions that are interesting and some more interior levels, a bit like Mass Effect actually, or, don't give us an open world and just make it a level-to-level experience.

Just my two cents. And why I am going to stay away from whatever games she makes in the future is quite frankly because I don't think she's good at what she does. She couldn't pull off Assassin's and that's why she's mediocre in my book.

That doesn't mean she shouldn't get attention or anything, so I think people can talk about her for whatever reason all day long. She just doesn't stand for good games like Kojima does. :)

Candlejack

An earthquake in Chicago? Not likely. I've lived in the Chicago area all my life, and the few I recall were next to nothing on the Richter scale. No one even notices them.

But, hey, I'm all for a game set in Chicago, assuming it actually FEELS like whatever part of the area they choose to set it in.

superberg

@VakeroRokero:

She was the producer for assassin's creed and Im assuming she is the PRODUCER for this game as well.

I hate that people think she actually was the lead designer for AC.

CCCombobreaker

funny how half the comments on here are about Jade alone...and have nothing to do with the game.

hahaha.

Anyways, they did pretty well on AC, so bringing that experience into this new title, I am alive.....might help and turn out a good game. We'll see.

nousemercenary

Go into Maxim and I'll buy any game you make.

Sweaty-Moobs

That Hideo Kojima is not very attractive but he does get a lot of hype...

zombiefrank82

I don't get the big deal about her. Is she a really good producer, or is it just because she's pretty? I mean, her work in Assassin's Creed had zero influence in my decision to purchase the game. I didn't even hear about her until, like, a week before the game came out.

Proto_Man

That's what we need, more hot developers, a good looking bunch. Now she needs to work on fun mechanics.

VakeroRokero

I was born in Chicago, and I refuse to believe Mayor Daily will let anything ruin the city. He even loaded up all of the homeless people on buses and shipped them to other cities in Illinois. No joke. He's crazy like that, but that's just the way things work in Chicago.

I refuse to let Jade Raymond -- pretty as she is -- ruin my home town. And especially not for the sake of repetitive missions featuring eavesdropping, pickpocketing and flag grabbing. No Ma'm. I'm telling Mayor Daily on you. There's going to be a bus with your name on it Jade!

DugDawg

Thanks for letting me know which game she is working on, guys. Now I can give the mental image of "Jade's New Game" a name and stay the fuck away from it properly.

Candlejack

If this is anything like SOS: The Final Escape, I'll be all over it like a crazy humping dog.

And Jade, for that matter.

gdf

I think she's beautiful, but I think she gets alot more hype than she deserves.

radink

Nice. I'm up for trying some first person not-shooters!

fuchikoma

Dang...when I heard the words "I am Alive" as the title to a video game, I was thinking it had to be the portal sequel. Oh well, still sounds like an interesting game. ^^

sariah

@EricStratton-RushChair: Well I am not a very confrontational sort of person...I thought I could get that in there without anyone noticing. I could say something about how the Cubs are smelly turdburglars, but that wouldn't be very nice. Watch out Chitown, CC, Ben and Ryan are coming for you! :)

WolFEnsTeiN68

@Spoony Bard: YES! a family of five could live for a week off of AJ Pierzynksi alone. i really dig the idea of post-apocalyptic Chicago, as long as they get the details right.

i wonder if Jade posts would get the same reaction if the post-pic were of a screenshot, say, instead of her face.

yes, she's a woman. we make up more than half the fucking planet. we're not just fantasy vessels. we can think, we can write, we can do. get over it.

geekgrrl

So the horny loner contingent is out in full force here.

Would it have been weird to lead with the Cold Fear or Alone in the Dark thing instead of a picture of Jade? I mean... they've been working on this new game for three years now, and presumably Jade got parachuted in after AC - so about six months back. Why is she immediately getting all the credit?

randomnine

@thezman: Played for 15 minutes and realised it's repetitive? Damn, you're good. As for the co workers argument, well, I was close enough with my prediction...

Al3xandr0s

French speaker eh? Yes that confirms it, she deserves a spoogeing in the mouth.

damienchowder

For godsake guys, she is decent looking but she is not so super hot that you have to worship the ground she walks on. You need to put down the gamepad, go outside, meet some people.

dirkxxdiggler

+ Watch video

kidko

@SicariusIV: Well, you're right, but it's actually different pretty much everywhere you work.

Producers are managers, but they're knowledgeable managers that usually have final say as to what makes it into the game. They're also the ones that have to appease publishers and do all the business-side of things for the team.

And if they're really doing their job, they play and play and play and play their games and help the team improve the experience... since most designers, programmers and artists don't have the time to sit and play through EVERYONE's levels and stuff.

...

Of course, there are also places where Producers don't do a God damned thing aside from talk to publishers on the phone, while assigning out everything else.

thezman

@superberg: Have you never heard of the New Madrid fault line. An earthquake from there has the potential to destroy plenty of Chicago. [en.wikipedia.org]

WolFEnsTeiN68

Just because she is connected to video games and is good looking... I really want to spooge in her mouth whilst slapping her boobs.

damienchowder

*obligatory sexist remark about Jade Raymond's physical appearance*

it does sound like an interest concept, except for the first-person aspect

seafisch

@karasu is my homeboy: Nope, my thoughts too. If this were a case of equality between the sexes, the producer's gender shouldn't matter and thus promoting the product with it seems sexist. If it's a case of T&A association, well, that's what porn is for...and it's free.

Arklop

@damienchowder: OMG where ARE YOU Witz...

Spoony Bard

@damienchowder:
@damienchowder: Someone get in here with a banhammer already. Talk about blatantly, stunningly inappropriate and sexist. You're the only one who "deserves" something here, and that something is a swift boot to the head.

Avrithor

forget the games, she is so damn pretty. just imagine the possibilites....

dipsetboy17

@dirkxxdiggler: easier said than done, dude.. '-'

More on topic, this new game doesn't sound promising, at least not initially. I was excited for AC and I did enjoy it.. enough so to play it through 3 times almost back-to-back-to-back to get all 1000 achievement points. I do think Jade overhyped AC, and I can see why some people were disappointed, but it still wasn't a bad game. (though other people are more deserving of praise than Jade, for the demographic who enjoyed AC)

And yeah, she's mesmerizingly beautiful... even though there are a ton of other women who are that attractive or more, Jade, and her hot stripper name, are well above anything I'm ever hooking up with. I would imagine the same is true for many others, and honestly, I don't see the harm in comments indicating as much.

supafrench

@damienchowder:
Im just messing around brotha. Id bang her also. lol.

zombiefrank82

@zombiefrank82:
Why thanking you kindly my dear zombiefrank82 but no..
My essence has been gift wrapped in black silk, tied with gold ribbons and sent to the temptress Jade Raymond. I belong to her. Always and forever.... Always.. and forever.

damienchowder

@ariete: I think it's Oo-buh-soft

Arklop

Wow, that's a cute picture.

This is the woman who sold Assassin's Creed to me :#

Rybo5000

@Numerous: What's the correct pronunciation? I always pronounce "you be soft"

ariete

@damienchowder:
Your rhetoric is turning me on also, Jade whoo..? I wanna splooge in your mouth you sexy articulate beast you.

zombiefrank82

@argh: Dude. Resident Evil 4.

Not stressful thanks to good controls. Still, the first few hours are scary as hell until you get used to the game.

The problem with most survival horror games is poorly implemented control or design schemes. Often these are defended by fans with the reasoning that, 'It adds to the terror.' And yes, it's terrifying to have some asshole lumbering after you with any number of bodily destruction implements when you can't do anything but run into walls and struggle with the combat mechanics - but it's just an easy excuse for poor design.

RE4 remedies all this. Still waiting for more developers to catch onto creating a solid design scheme and building the survival experience around that...

Hopefully this one works with that in mind.

sir_carrot

Dear Ubisoft,
You are now in the Rental zone. The goodwill and confidence that you created with your few high points has run out.

Also, I will continue to pronounce you incorrectly.

Numerous

Oh yes ones forgetfulness to address my comment of the "French speaker" deserving it. It is a sad day when I have to explain to busy bodies.. But yes I am very turned on when a beautiful specimen of pure female speaks the language of love. OOOooh wet indeed....

damienchowder

I know it's overdone.

But. Still. I can't see a Jade Raymond article with picture, without thinking - 'So hot.'

It's unavoidable.

sir_carrot

@Avrithor: @Spoony Bard:

Dear gentlemen my apologies for you feeling that I am being sexist to all the wonderful women on our suppressed earth... But I'm not. Please do not bend my post I am not being sexist it is my own utmost complement to Jade Raymond as she brings out the pure sexual beast in me. As inappropriate as you perceive of me I mean everything with love. And there is no love stronger than the action of the term "spooge". As for the reference of the "slapping of the boobs" Please let me clarify that I do not wish any pain on
the recipient rather it is a playful slapping.
On a rather normal day I sip tea and sit down to a nice episode of Frasier.

damienchowder

Proof that, even if an article doesn't mention her being a woman, that is all the comments in response to the article will talk about.

KaneRobot

1. Not interested in this "tale of survival following an earthquake that decimates Chicago". I want Assassin's creed 2.

2. She's alright, but she ain't no Cheryl Cole.

3. No one wants to know what you'd do to her...

ariete

no thanks jade. not until you give me some wii games. good ones at that. and no ds version of one of your console releases, ala assassins creed ds. seriously, what was the justification in that?

bigman88zz

@zombiefrank82:
Indeed, brothers of same mind. Miss Raymond is too fine a women to belong to one man. We shall share the fruits of Gods loins. Let it be a veritable feast.
Jade Raymond the sweet dominatrix of our souls.

damienchowder

Hells yea, she sure is fine. The thing people who are against us saying that there's hotter girls out there, don't realize one important thing.

She is attractive AND seems like she would be kind of cool to chill with. If you end up with Paris Hilton(who I personally don't think is hot), you're ending up with a car that requires insanely high maintenance. And most people don't want that.

OiScout

@karasu is my homeboy:

No, you're definitely not the only one. Even sadder is the fact that many of these people don't actually know that a producer isn't the one calling all the shots on a game. It's likely they have very little creative influence over a game, and do very little of the nitty gritty development work. Their job typically has more to do with managing schedules between different departments and making sure the game gets out the door. That being said, this is not her game. She is not the creative director, nor the person that came up with the initial idea for the game. She likely hasn't even written a design document. It would be like going nuts over "Hamilton Chu's Halo." Very few games these days are the products of a singular mind. They are the result of a team, or teams, collaborating to form the final project. Some games are clearly assosciated with certain designers, like Metal Gear, or Super Mario, but even those involve a huge team undertaking with many different people adding their ideas.

That being said, Jade had little to do with the overall quality of Assassin's Creed. She is neither responsible nor to blame for it. She's just a poor pretty face that Ubisoft seems to like to exploit to sell their games, and it's unfortunate that her career is marred by rabid fanboyism.

TheRockingDead

Ubisoft had thus far produced nothing that I would consider better than a weekend rental. So until they raise the bar a little higher there is nothing Jade is working on that I'm even mildly interested in.

Also, this is not a porno blog, can the admins please do something about the inappropriate comments?

dirkxxdiggler

some of these comments are definitely face palm worthy.

Back on topic AC was a good game. Not great but definitely worth a play through. So lets see what she can do for game number 2 as producer. Sounds like this one's gonna be like the Wii disaster game.(are they even making that anymore?) Hopefully will see something next week.

And for those saying she's just a producer and not really involved, that's like saying Kojima really isn't a part of the Metal Gear series, or Inaba isn't a part of Okami. Give the girl some credit. She didn't make the game by herself obviously but she pulled everything together which is the job of any producer. So stop hatin. \rant

bjlive4350

I wasn't that thrilled with Assassin's Creed though perhaps this will be better. I'll have my grain of salt already.

TaggarT6

I dont know who Jade is, and so i wonder why she is being followed like some sort of celebrity. If she wasn't attractive would anyone care that she was involved in making assasins creed (which was a pretty average, repepative and laregly boring game). What about the rest of the hundreds of people who worked ont he game i find it hard to believe its 'her' game...

Crankyhobo

Wasn't a fan of ASS-assin's Creed. I personally was not a fan at all.

Let's hope the next venture will entail PLAYBOY!

Kempatsu

that girl isn't real. Everyone knows hot girls don't play video games, let alone make them!!!

ihateeverything

Most of the comments here break down into either Jade is hot, AC sucked, or AC sucked because...she's hot? That one is a bit weird.

AC looked cool beforehand, before they had an attractive woman telling me about it. It wasn't quite as good as sold, but it did pretty much do what it said it would. We just didnt know about the repetition.

Seems her looks are both a plus and a minus. Can't a pretty young woman work in the gaming field and not become an oogle object? Jade is attractive, as many women are, regardless of the field. But Jebus Cripes...tact, gentlemen-look it up.

Give her credit, though, she IS a good saleswoman. I was curious on AC and her enthusiasm added to it. NOT her looks.

Then again, how long has Morgan Webb dealt with that "OMG...A GIRL GAMER WHO'S ALSO HOT!!!" Its not rare, fellas. Not outside the basement, anyway. Go outside sometime.

Mal-Content

@dirkxxdiggler: If this looks like a "porno blog" to you, I'd reckon you've never seen, read, or glanced at a porno blog. '-' (Which among Kotaku readers/posters is likely a rarity..) It gets a lot worse than the word splooge, or variants.

But funnier still is your cry to the admins for help; this article is only semi-news-worthy, and even that much is dependent upon the fact Jade Raymond is a part of it. So expect (and deal with) a little of the resulting comments. I always wondered how people have the audacity to complain about what they think admins should be doing.. *shrug*

supafrench

Lol @ people saying she's hot. I know it's all subjective, but ol' flatface here is only hot to those who must not see beautiful women on a regular basis.

I_Hate_This_Place

Quite a lot of attention for a producer. Granted she is really hot. But its not like she has a huge say in how the game actually turns out - that's what the creative director does. Also any of you complaining about how you didn't like Assassins Creed, that blame goes to Patrice not Jade. Producers in the gaming biz are there to make sure the developers are happy(programmers, artists, designers), and doing the other things no one else wants to do like deal with sony, microsoft, or nintendo. Yeah she did hype the crap out of the game, but that's part of her job too. She's not going to say the game sucks, that'll get a person fired.

rabbibert

@ariete: @Arklop: "you-be-soft" is the correct way. I've stuck with "oo-be-soft."

Numerous

I wondered what Ubisoft meant on the disclaimer screen in Assassin's Creed saying "This game was made by a diverse group of people of different beliefs, values etc.,"

Did it mean just "Hey, we had a woman involved..."

vx2

Assassins Creed wasn't "her" game, goddammit.

pasquinelli

@supafrench: Thank you. Some of these people are too uptight, why do they care to get people banned because of the word splooge? Did it really offend them that much?

Sweaty-Moobs

It should have been called, "I am hot." Heh.

Strangelove

@Al3xandr0s: And by the way... when I say I watched people play.. I mean for hours and hours. Almost the whole game.

Working at a game studio usually leaves you with plenty of time to play and watch others play games.

You see... it spawns ideas... keeps people up-to-date so that in the future, maybe we can borrow things we like from other games.

You're a genius, I tells ya.

thezman

@supafrench:
@Sweaty-Moobs:

I don't give a shit about the word "splooge". But I give a shit about the fact that people are being completely disrespectful to someone who really doesn't deserve it.

I sure as hell wouldn't want someone to splooge on my face.

Would YOU?

Spoony Bard

@Brendar: Producers are often times the person that says "Yay" or "Nay" about what gets included.

Additionally, they're the ones that work out the deals... they're the ones responsible to get more time for a project to make it better... to keep things on track.

You're right, she probably didn't fully design anything... but she OKAY'D every step of it.

Seems to me, they got a sweet tech-demo going... then she just kinda okay'd a few suggestions proposed by the designers and they went full force. Then they obviously never bothered to play all the way through, or else they would have realized..." Oh shit, this feels like a tech demo".

thezman

Who the fuck cares? She's a producer, she doesn't design anything that goes into the game.

And after playing Assasin's Creed, I hope she can recognize when her next game becomes boring and repetitive and nip that shit in the bud.

Brendar

@Al3xandr0s: You're a fucking dumbass. How can I NOT get a feel for the game watching people play?

I probably played more like 15 minutes 2 or 3 times... just messing with the mechanics. While the game itself, I observed my friends playing.

God, grow up and learn to have real arguments you dumb fuck.

thezman

@jay427: Rainbow six Vegas 2??

NeVeRMoRe666

@Spoony Bard:

one day you may find that some girls *do* enjoy splooge on their face

to each their own, no need to think *everyone* thinks like you - especially in sexual matters, where the range of what people find enjoyable is bewilderingly wide

Pete193

@I_Hate_This_Place: What? You say it's all subjective, then you go on to discredit other peoples opinions, I don't get it.

Monkeez

Ass Creed featured repetitive, weak, poorly designed, flawed, boring, repetitive, repetitive "gameplay"

i wouldn't even call Ass Creed a game. interactive movie? yes. impressive tech demo? yes. actual game? noooo

some of the mission you had to press a button to advance the story. that was the "gameplay". press Y now to advance story

pathetic

weakest game EVA

Pete193

Why does she get so much attention?
It's not like she was creatively responsible for AC.
She's a marketing toy, pure and simple.

What about Patrice Desilets...oh thats right he doesn't have a pretty face and tits...

sh0v0r

@taftsearlobe33: Slightly above average? Where do you live?

Roflcopter_Down: Wants you to follow HIM!

So I heard this is today's Maximum Risky post. What's going on guys!

Hope this version of Sole Survivor turns out to be more gameworthy than Assassin's Creed was.

muu

What is Jade's actual job? Is she actually a developer, or more of a marketer? I think I may have read an interview in which she said she wasn't actually as involved in the design as we had assumed, but I can't remember where offhand. I'd like someone to do an in depth interview with her about who she is at ubisoft, and what she wants in her games, I think that would be really interesting.

iLov3

@Spoony Bard:

/agree

Disrespectful pubesant terds!

EnigmaNemesis

@damienchowder: The fact that your comment is treating someone as an object to be had and/or used is disrespectful.

Your comment is neither insightful nor funny. It's irrelevent and very much ban-worthy. Grow up.

NeVeRMoRe666

@damienchowder: How old are you?

NeVeRMoRe666

@Spoony Bard:
As much as you take offence to the said comments.
How do you know Jade Raymond doesn't like her face "splooged"? In all reality I was writing in the fantasy view that I was her sexual partner not her rapist!
So you are speaking from your point of view and rest assured I wouldn't want to spooge in your face.

damienchowder

I hope the game is more alive than the borefest that was assassin's creed

Orionsaint

@Spoony Bard: Take it easy man. You sound ridiculous over there on top of your huge throne. Also no I wouldn't want someone to splooge on my face but you are putting too much thought into a comment on the internet.

Sweaty-Moobs

@supafrench: and @Sweaty-Moobs:

Yeah exactly guys.
I was actually thinking being this so-called "sexist"
actually offends more men than women, funny old world.
And anyway to the two complainers... Kotaku has way more vulgarity and "inappropriate" content than what is in this thread.
Infact I say it's what makes Kotaku popular. The term "maximum risky" anyone?
A search on Kotaku revealing 188 results on the subject of "breasts" with words like "jubblies".
Or 100 results connected to the word "penis"?
94 results of "maximum risky" with titles like "Iroha Ravaged" or "SMBB Brawl Peach and Zelda upskirts."

Kotaku is better than the rest because it is the only video game news site that loves to informs us on the open sexual freedom of Japan. After using Kotaku's search engine it seems that some of us are in the minor leagues of "inappropriate" when compared to Kotaku.

Until Kotaku cleans up it's act. I'm certainly not going to. And when it does it will be a sad day.

P.S. Soul Calibur 4 spills out in a month. I am definitely buying it because of it's respect to women. OH and it's story line.

damienchowder

@Cogito:

why are you directing your comment at me?

where did i say *anything* about Jade at all?

please learn to read and comprehend before posting four page rants at people... thank you for your cooperation.

Pete193

@Cogito:

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I'll be following you as well.

dead_red_eyes

Nice.
Jade always makes me think about how there IS such a thing as being too pretty might get into your job's way.
Luckly I'm hideous, so don't have to worry about such things.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

@EnigmaNemesis: Seconded!

Spoony Bard

Play nice? As you guys have the last say? Thanks but no.
It's you guys with a demonized perception of me that has a problem. If I get banned so be it.

damienchowder

@Tiger-Fever:

LOL!

@Cogito:

Amen!!!

/followed!

EnigmaNemesis

@damienchowder: @Pete193:
@ everyone else on this thread that wants to "spooge" or "hit it."

Please, for the love of intelligent conversation everywhere, shut the fuck up.

It's embarassing to me that I even have to point this out, and it should be even more embarassing that it has to be pointed out to you, but your comments add nothing to the discussion, are sexist, and ignorant. It's wading through trash like this that prevents me from frequenting most sites, and Kotaku is one of the few that keeps goons like off of it's channel. Unfortunately, someone forget to lock your cages this morning, or something.

This article is about Jade Raymond the game developer. She is a woman, and some people think she is attractive. And that's all anyone should say about that. Frankly, I'm sick and tired of having to read shit like this when I want to actually be informed of something, or parse through someone's comments or opinions, be they insightful or witty.

I understand the conversational nature of this blog, I realize that many stories are posted with "suggestive" material, and I recognize an attempt at humor and playfulness. But this shit is crossing the line. What line? The one of grace, class, and decency.

Perhaps some of you haven't reached the real world yet, and realize that you must treat others with respect, but when you do I imagine you'll change your tune to something akin to mine...either that or remain forever compared to a 12-year old.

Every time we have a story even remotely suggestive we get the morons crawling out of the woodwork...be it racism, sexism, ignorance, antipathy, relgious persecution, anti-country propaganda (pick your nation, they all get hate equally), xenophobia or just plain indecency.

Think about what you write before you write it. Think long and hard. And for the love of god, if you're wrong and you know it, don't try to justify your position under some ignorant title like "everyone else is doing it!" or "freedom of speech!" or "this isn't even the worst thing that has happened on this blog!" or whatever else you may dredge out of the black hole you call a mind.

There is no call for this behavior in any social setting. Anyone calling themselves educated should know to avoid this kind of junk, and certainly how to deal with it. Usually the best way is to ignore it and let the trolls deal with themselves, but I've had enough of it. Why? Because this pollution you call comments is messing up my favorite site. I didn't come here to read what you think about Jade Raymond and why you want to date her. I came here for some humor and information and gossip about video games. If you want to talk shit, go to 4chan or gamefaqs.

I'm spologize to everyone that's been acting normal through this; you shouldn't be subjected to this comment as much as you shouldn't have to read thiers'. But something needs said, and something needs done.

I'll get off my soapbox now. Keep it clean and keep it civil, please, or don't bother.

Cogito

@damienchowder: witch hunt? more like bitch hunt....just be quiet play nice and itll all be custard!

shaunomacx

@damienchowder:

Are you 12? Quit with the fucking sexist and misogynistic posts, take that shit back to 4 Chan, Something Awful, GameFAQs forums.

dead_red_eyes

@Spoony Bard: Oh no Spoony, of course girls LOVE random guys on gaming sites talking about splooging on their face. Didn't you know? Why, me and the other girls absolutely adore when they do that. Oh, today isn't sarcasm day? Crap.

Tiger-Fever

@damienchowder:

It isnt a witch hunt when you are an open ass!

Oh great ... does open asses belong on Fleshbot too?

EnigmaNemesis

@NeVeRMoRe666:
Well you are welcome to your view and you guys are on are on a witch-hunt trying to gain mod status.

damienchowder

@damienchowder: You're just... well, we'll be better off without you. Yes, Kotaku writes about breasts, and games with breasts, and about penises, and we have the Kotaku fish. But that doesn't make it appropriate to talk about jerking off onto someone's face. Not a hypothetical person. Not your fantasy. This is a real woman, a woman who (God, unfortunately for her) has a job where she has to deal with idiot gamers like you. The existence of sexual content on this site, whatever the nature of that content, does not give you a free run of the place to talk about people like that. That conversation is fine for your house, your bathroom, hanging out with your buddies, whatever. But it will get you banned, here. I'd expect your name has already been submitted, many times, because of your comments in this thread. While words can't hurt people, the inappropriate and demeaning way you're wielding them can. Take that childish bullshit to 4CH or GAF. But whatever you do, keep it the fuck out of Kotaku.

wild homes is being recast!

@EnigmaNemesis: Thanks for the site enigma! Now I know where to spend my time during the slow news weekends ;)

NeVeRMoRe666

@damienchowder: This is very sexist and misogynistic, where is the Witz man at?

I personally thought that Jade Raymond was used as a pretty face to market the game and sell it, since it usually isn't a woman promoting a game. Let's face it, it would mostly be men who would play Assasin's Creed, and Jade helped make it appeal to them more. I can't fault her for doing what Ubisoft or what was needed to sell the game, but I avoided it. Maybe this new game will be a better effort.

kylo4

@Sweaty-Moobs: yeah which is why he is a possible future (likely) Comment moderator here so do try and play nice with the hammerhand!

shaunomacx

@damienchowder: as enigma said. Fleshbot.com is more your place to be mate!

Splooge there if you dare!

shaunomacx

@damienchowder:

This is a gaming site ... you may go here however, and voice your Palmela Handerson fantasies:

[fleshbot.com]

EnigmaNemesis

@NeVeRMoRe666:
Just about old enough to have a sense of humour and defend myself.

damienchowder

@Pete193: Actually no, most of us just have a problem with stupid comments. I'm one of them, but I in no way want the banhammer. I'm much too mature and enlightened to be in that position of power. Stop trying to shine the light away from your stupid and unnecessary comment. You are the problem. I don't come to kotaku to read how people want to splooge some girl in the face and I don't care about your personal sexual desires. Go to fleshbot to talk about that crap.

Tiger-Fever

@Cchrist:

Well, it is sad that 2008 seems to be the year of the asshat here at Kotaku. I swear I've never seen so many new members who are just absolutely screwed up. It seems that most of the people from 2007 and before are the more sensible and respectful people here. Maybe it's because Kotaku is popular now, and that brings in all the "cool kids" these days, those that feel the need to be sexist, racist, misogynistic, ignorant, ect ....

One thing is for sure, we need more people holding the banhammer around here these days if most of the comment sections are going to be like this.

dead_red_eyes

Oh Jade, your game feels sooo good.

Altima NEO

*if
*can't

i love typos

Pete193