It seems that Mr. Bernard's newfound alcoholism has reached beyond his physical self. It's also reached into his child.

His eternal child.

This is a screenshot of the latest added scene. 100% unedited and completely real and definitely not faked with a minute of MS paint.

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7932/bernaaaardiv1.jpg

Huzzah!

@aborto

Did he? I didn't notice. This just shows the awesome power of the Sterlimaniacs! Journalism! Controversy! Alcoholism!

Good. Luc has excellent art, and graphic novels are a good medium for him to express it.

So much drama, I just hope this isn't a stunt to get people to go "don't quit! those dtoiders are meanies!!"

I wish the man luck in whatever endeavor he wishes to participate in. Hopefully he will try his hand again in games. I highly doubt the greatest or even the most competent game makers out there started with resounding critical and/or financial success.

His art was strangely beautiful, I could easily see it being implemented into game form with the right amount of work, dedication and collaboration with seasoned veterans in the business.

I love his art style and I hope he finds a decent writer. If he gets big enough as an artist, he might be able to work on games with a larger team where he would not have to handle so much of the production on his own.

I wish him a hundred palatial regalias, and I hope destiny's child gets back on their feet soon.

Unfortunately, this is what happens when you allow your work or people's view of your work to define you as a person. When an internet community is your standard, and that community belittles you as a person (nevermind his remarks...they WERE unprofessional, but what other "professional" game designers are here trolling these boards offering some peer-to-peer advice as opposed to outright defamation?) it is bound to rock your world. I think the 1/10 reviews were well written and fair. The fallout was not.

My advice to Luc: In terms of art, do your best, and pick yourself up when you fall and then do your best again. Your best will get better. And there will always be people who don't like it or refuse to like it. That is them defining themselves, not defining you.

My advice to critics: We all have our weaknesses. Luc just showed his off, and got jumped on for it. Take a minute to look at your own. If you have none, start producing something, instead of destroying someone.

This whole thing has been pretty fascinating, to be sure.

It seems to me that Luc is just not cut out to be a public viewed artist. His game had some major flaws and he was jumped badly on it. Some were FAR more critical than they needed to be.. Honestly, two reviewers gave the game a 1/10 and yet Destructoid gave Eternal "Worst Fucking RPG Of This Generation" Sonata a 7.5/10? Overly critical and might I say it might even be a biased angle.

Yes, Luc didn't deserve all the childish commentary, likely over half of which came from people who didn't give a damn and just jumped on the bandwagon.

But this is just an extreme example of an individual who is acting like a spoiled brat who bought their way into art. Luc is not letting his creativity be an inspiration or letting it flourish into great lengths. Instead he got a mediocre team to make his game, and expected people to just like it. Making a game is a team effort, and apparently Luc didn't know that - and still doesn't.

Luc, if you want to make yourself a good person who is well respected in any community - it has to be earned. There will always be douchebags out there with unfair views, but for even the kindest of people - especially if your product costs money - you have to show them that you went to extra lengths to provide a quality product from day one. If you do not, then expect a great deal of backlash.

A movie studio cannot release a DVD release that has terrible audio quality and extremely pixilated video steams. A game studio cannot release a broken game and expect good response. Fix it, Ship it. That order, no other.

Well, maybe he'll make that graphic novel, people will dislike it, and then he'll quit that too. I'll have to agree with what someone posted above "He's an emo fag".

Farewell Luc, you awesomely insane bastard, you.

And did Rev Anthony's ego really need this?

Alcoholism? How... artistic.

@ Bioautographical

One can deliver positive criticism in the most off-the-wall manner possible, and the message itself is going to superceed how it was presented. You're right about that much. However, the opposite is true where negative criticism is concerned. If you dress it up in irreverant overtones, then the message often gets buried under the words you used to convey it.

Now while you and I might appreciate the tone of D-Toid's reviews, and how they go to great lengths to separate themselves from other sites that post dry, and arguably soulless, reviews, you gotta be fucking blind not to see how that approach might bite D-Toid in the ass from time to time. I'm not saying that I think that it's right that anyone should be bothered by D-Toid's reviews. These guys are just bloggers for fuck's sake, not the Pope of Video-games. Even so, I sure as fuck understand how it might happen that someone could.

Look, I don't think that the reviews were unproffessional, but then, I wasn't the one with my head on the chopping block. However, I can see how their tone might come across as being unprofessional to someone who just saw something he poured himself into appearing to be savaged. It's all down to perception. I don't have to think that he's right in order to see it his way either. A little understanding does the trick.

And that's what this is about to me. The dude fucked up, sure, but where was the understanding? Y'all act like you've never fucked up before, but the moment someone else fucks up, you fly at your keyboards like mad-men, textually raping people like your lives depend on it. And saying he started it doesn't excuse give you free reign to jump up his ass and plant your eggs in his colon either. If the dude is being a bitch, then be the bigger man.

Anyway, none of that shit would bother me so much if it weren't for how much it reminds me of shit-holes like GameFAQs. I'd hate to see one of the best sites on the web overrun by stupid bullshit. D-Toid is better than that.

illness and alcoholism huh? that's funny because that was my reaction after playing his game. ZING!

i'm kidding. of course i didn't play his game.

god I love these shitstorms!!!! wait, wrong article

By the way, how did Destructoid cause his alcoholism? He responded to the reviews almost immediately stating that he was already drunk, he is probably already a drunk but just wants to blame it on someone else for the pity. Don't forget, he did the same thing to his programmer, he took no responsibility for the problems with the game and then blamed it all on his programmer. He does these things. He blames his problems on other people and then the people who pity him jump in and act like he's done nothing to warrant the negative attention.

Also, in an underhanded and sneaky move, he put Mr. Destruction in the game to try and gain favor with the Destruction community. After the reviews turned up detailing how bad the game really was he flipped; insulted the reviewers, community, and even his own programmer then announced that he was removing Mr. Destructoid. That doesn't warrant negative attention? He acts like a child who can't get his way even after trying the "puppy dog eye" routine.

If he had simply accepted the blame for the mistakes of his game and said he'd work to correct the mistakes. I guarantee that he would still be in good standing with the Destructoid community. He brought it all on himself. Blaming Destruction, the community, and calling them "sheeple" or "sheeptoid" just makes you look as foolish as Luc.

He's definitely better as an artist than a programmer or game developer, so going with graphic novels will be better for him. Let's just hope he doesn't piss his pants and beat his fists against the floor in anger when someone criticise his art work, because it's going to happen. Everyone and everything has it's critics no matter how well received they are.

Luc Bernard's game dev career epitaph:

"Good artist. Crappy game dev. Kind of a douchebag."

Am I the only one who finds his art boringly gaytastic?

It's like Tim Burton ingested Emily the Strange while fucking an elf who was half rainbow.

I believe the only hopes and dreams of Luc Bernard, is money. That’s all I’ve ever really noticed from his posting of this game and others. You could always tell how bad the gameplay looked from videos but that didn’t stop him from publishing it. He even planned merchandise and a film around it. $5 adds up quickly when you think about how many possible purchases can come from Steam and WiiWare. This ontop of his subject matter which always has to "shock". This game contains an orphaned gay, drug addicted, homeless prostitute. Oh and this one is about a lesbian and a drug addicted, alcoholic, mechanical rabbit. Oh and this one is about the Holocaust. I feel none of these things would be that big of a deal, but he seems to makes it a big deal and creates his own controversy.

He needs to start small. Get some free games under his belt, learn what makes games fun. Everyone has ideas, but it takes someone special to actually make them work. How much time did he really spend on the artwork, a week" a month at the most? And his only job was the artwork(game design and story don’t amount to much it seems)? He could of at least animated all of the characters instead of cheating his way out.

WW: "Do you see yourself as a videogame creator or an artist, and do you think it’s possible to be both without one area of expertise suffering?"

LB: "Videogames are entertainement, you just need to be good at entertaining. People should stop thinking that videogames should only be done by game designers. Now everyone plays games this industry needs more people from other areas in it. For example, one of my friends is a singer and she came up with the best gameplay ideas and she hardly ever touches videogames."

To learn more about this and everything else about Mr. Bernard read these interviews:
http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/06/luc_bernard_talks_eternitys_child_rose_princess_and_uwe_boll

http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/02/inside_the_mind_of_luc_bernard_eternitys_child_interview

http://www.gamegirl.com/article/65673/interview-with-eternitys-child-creator-luc-bernard/

http://gaygamer.net/2007/09/luc_bernard_talks_about_gay_ch.html

http://www.konsolifin.net/juttu.php?site=cube&id=113

Way to get butthurt over internet commentary, Luc. I'm sure there have been plenty of devs who released a few shitty, critically panned games before making anything good. You just have to swallow your pride and keep going. Destructoid is the voice of probably 1% of the gaming community, and that might be a pretty generous estimate.

If making games just isn't your cup of tea, that's understandable. But why give up on something you love just because some kids on the internet said some bad things? Take the criticism constructively, use your experience and feedback to make an even better game in the future.

Ah well, you probably won't read this anyway.

This is a good thing.

Hopefully it will once again broadcast the message that art does not equal design, and you can't make a game good by making it pretty. Too bad that message has been going around for 20 years and 90% of developers still don't care.

I have no sympathy for "celebrities" that fall prey to media scrutiny. It's part and parcel of the whole deal - you are going to get reviewed, sometimes badly, and of course you will get haters in the community.

That's the price you pay for having an awesome job and getting the big bucks.

Come work as a slave from 9 to 5 doing shitty unfulfilling work for peanuts like the rest of us if you don't like it ;)