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E3 09: Lionhead taking precautions against 'touching' Milo photo

Peter Molyneux knows that we're a savage group of people. We kick children, shout obscenities, and curb-stomp puppies on a daily basis. So, not surprisingly, within moments of Lionhead Studio's Milo project being unveiled, many of us has inappropriate thoughts about what we could possibly do with Milo.

And so, Molyneux said that they're taking "very, very, careful precautions" to make sure that we don't have inappropriate relationships with Milo. The game is supposed to replicate your childhood -- the fun and simplicity of it all. So, "it's almost impossible to form an inappropriate relationship... it's just not something that's possible to do within the game."

Well, Mr. Molyneux, that sounds like a challenge. So, you don't want to give us the option of locking Milo in a room and leaving him to die, but we can still introduce him to our pet snake. Plus, you know somehow, Japan is going to do something inappropriate with this technology. Sure, it might not be with Milo, but it might be with Kate, whoever she might be -- the full title of the game is Milo and Kate, by the way.








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GoldenGamerXero's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 12:44
GoldenGamerXero
All I wanted to do with this was punch him in the face and see him cry. Why won't mircosoft allow me to take the words "Cyber-Bullying" to a whole new level?
Phantom Spaceman's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 12:45
Phantom Spaceman
Fox News is gonna have a field day with this.
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 12:46
ThunderHeartXI
Is it wrong that the first thing I thought of when I saw Milo was 'Pedophiles are going to have a ball with this'?
Avidgam3r's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 12:49
Avidgam3r
@phantom spaceman
Thank you I lol'd
Daxelman's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 12:52
Daxelman
Will Milo be able to advance me in the tactics of Magic: The Gathering?
DinnertimeNinja's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 13:01
DinnertimeNinja
Milo looks depressed all the time.

Methinks his house is located somewhere in the uncanny valley.
Havoc Fang's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 13:02
Havoc Fang
The FIRST thing I will say with our new best friend will be:
"Now, Milo. I'm a brutally honest person. I'm going to abuse you. I will find some way to put you into uncomfortable situations. I will actively try to make you corrupt. I will BREAK YOUR INNOCENCE LIKE A TWIG. Understand this now, Milo, and the next few hours will be significantly less painful. And don't think you can make ME human. I lost that a long time ago."

If he reacts realistically to that (breaking down in tears/laughing it away/quivering in fear), Molyneux deserves the money I paid.
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 13:03
Los255
One thing I though was just cursing at him and telling him to STFU.
shinryu's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 13:05
shinryu
and just like that, this article became more fun than Milo will ever be.
BurnPianoBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 13:08
BurnPianoBurn
Damnit, I had already devised a plan to lock him in a freezer in the basement, only to later hide his body in that pond with the fish. Guess I'll have to go to plan B' where I tell him his parents are dead and force the kid to run away, only to be eaten by a wild cougar roaming around.
funran's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 13:09
funran
honestly milo does sound cool, the idea of having an interactive AI sounds awesome. But he's going to be so limited with his responces, that it seems that there would be very little freedom. I can already imagine his most common phrase will be "I'm sorry chap, could you repeat that?".

Also, does lionhead/microsoft expect us to stand up and stair at the tv, or get down on our knees to make eye level with our tvs? Those of us with SD tv's probably are not short enough to look on straight into the TV, and even those of us who have HD tv's will run into the same problem. My tv's at my eye level when sitting....not standing. This sounds like a problem.
Dragonzigg's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 13:09
Dragonzigg
Kate is actually going to be his dog. Now there's a whole new avenue for inappropriate content.
BurnPianoBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 13:10
BurnPianoBurn
p.s. If Kate is that hot chick, I wonder how many losers will tell people they have a girlfriend with an imaginary woman.
P.s.s. Maybe since I can't punch Milo in the face, maybe I can slap Kate around and tell her to cook me supper...
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 13:11
Cowboy TTop
Question beckons why make this character a kid? In todays society, people will put two and two together and get five.

Looks interesting, in a Seaman like way.
Qraze's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 13:20
Qraze
wtf is the purpose of this?
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 13:28
Chronic Logic
Ask the Japanese, they're much experienced in this field.
Zcdrike's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 13:28
Zcdrike
This thing terrifies me, not because of what gamers have done in the sims series (though you people are almost as creepy), but because the second I saw it I kept thinking how every NAMBLA member in the world will pick it up and do horrifying things then claim in court that it was a victimless crime. I will believe in god again if this quietly disappears and the concepts are put into something that won't attract pedophiles.
BurnPianoBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 13:33
BurnPianoBurn
this game honestly would be 100000x better if instead of a kid it was an Angry Dwarf that constantly belittled you and virtually kicked you.
Aziel13's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 13:35
Aziel13
if its suppost to be my childhood he's going to be one very bad mouthedchild by age 9 and a horn dog by 13 XD and learn he's a violent drunk by 15
Numpty's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 13:39
Numpty
Honestly, if people can't abuse this, they're not going to buy it. Peter, just bow to the inevitable and code some tears and bruising in now.
Nicojay2's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 13:40
Nicojay2
I want Milo to say
"SHUT THE FUCK UP AND PLAY THE GAME"
should anything inappropriate be instigated. That does bring up the question of what game though?
Roager's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 13:44
Roager
BurnPianoBurn makes an interesting point. Why not make the AI an asshole instead of a little kid? Or, at the very least, a fairly realistic person, complete with human faults? I mean, that'd be a hell of a lot more interesting, since it could actually do something natural. Milo will probably end up with responses along the lines of cry, laugh, say 'look what i can do', and run around. I'm sure there'll be more things in it than that, but you get the point. They're just scripted actions, not responses. Chat bots can give responses based on inputs, and if voice recognition got good enough, so could something like Milo.

I know it's not likely anytime soon, but still. Kinda cool to think about. Until you realize, like I just did, how much of a waste of time this post was.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 14:06
Darren Nakamura
I wouldn't have thought to do it before, but now I have the urge to suggest to Milo that he take his shirt off. I mean, it looks hot out there. Why don't we go for a dip in the pond rather than fishing? Nah, we don't need clothes, we're just two dudes who totally like girls.
Syn's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 14:13
Syn
Yeah, I wonder how this "Project NATAL" will react to people who aren't average height. What if we're really tall? Is my head going to disappear from the screen?
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 14:18
Dan CiTi
If this doesnt lead to AWESOME anime games, why bother?
Roager's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 14:29
Roager
Wait a minute. I just realized something very important. Perhaps Milo is built to attract pedos. Microsoft makes a deal with the police to hunt them down.

Conspiracy abounds.
Electro Lemon's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 14:56
Electro Lemon
"The game is supposed to replicate your childhood"

And we're not allowed to touch Milo!?
Jon B's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 14:58
Jon B
@Dan CiTi
And by anime, you mean hentai, right? No?

Uh.. well this is embarassing.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 15:10
Chronic Logic
It's supposed to replicate my childhood?

And Peter assumes that everyone's childhood was all rainbows, sunshines, and kittens?
BurnPianoBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 15:20
BurnPianoBurn
I'm not sure I want a game that replaces my childhood. My childhood was with an abusive alcoholic father who beat me with a frozen water hose. So does this mean I get to beat Milo with a frozen water hose too?
Kaspar's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 15:29
Kaspar
I wonder if they block the command "Milo, say "NISPE" really fast 10 times"


*grin*
wanderingpixel's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 15:42
wanderingpixel
What about Milo having an inaproppriate relationship with me?
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 17:43
Holyetheline
Where is Kate?
absolutzero's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/04/2009 23:46
absolutzero
This is crazy.

... that is all.
oshiee's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/05/2009 03:15
oshiee
If it's just scripted responses then what's the point? I might as well play talk to automated customer service line.
Holiday's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/05/2009 11:49
Holiday
Interesting that game developers must work that much harder, put in so much more code in a game like Milo and Kate, to compensate for all those gamers being immature douchbags or otherwise socially malformed. Perhaps it's the video game audience itself that keeps game developers from being more creative.
justbe's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/06/2009 14:26
justbe
Since Peter Jackson and Spielberg are on board for the Natal, I could see this turning into an interactive moviesque type deal.

Your talking to Milo and having a chat and then some cinematic thing happens like War of the Worlds or something.
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