Betty Boop, Blondie, and a slew of Mickey Mouse cartoons are entering the public domain, so let's hope for something better than bargain bin horror games
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/betty-boop-blondie-and-a-slew-of-mickey-mouse-cartoons-are-entering-the-public-domain-so-lets-hope-for-something-better-than-bargain-bin-horror-games/
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31 Comments
DrFistington@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 250d
It's gonna be used for the worst fucking purposes
LordMayor@piefed.social · 16 pts · 250d
OpenAI: You rang?
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 250d
They already scraped it. Why would they care if it became public domain?
Skua@kbin.earth · 31 pts · 250d
I'm never going to actually watch any of the live action Popeye horror films, but it is funny that we immediately got three of them
Whirling_Ashandarei@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 250d
... I haven't heard of any of them lol wtf? This is real?
Chronographs@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 250d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye%27s_Revenge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye_the_Slayer_Man
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiver_Me_Timbers_(2025_film)
AppleTea@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 249d
Assume all horror movies are Producers style you-make-more-on-a-flop-than-a-hit tax scams.
Zorque@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 250d
Or we could just enjoy them as they are and not try to capitalize on them with low effort garbage.
cecilkorik@piefed.ca · 7 pts · 250d
Capitalism's gonna capitalize. It's what it does.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 250d
Still waiting for public domain character Smash Bros
Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 250d
Sherlock Holmes & Captain Nemo vs the Ghost of Christmas Future & a morlock
nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 250d
There's a game with exact idea that just finished Kickstarter several months ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQLIASwUO64
Yezzey@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 250d
Oh Betty is 110 years old now, I guess the public should have fair use now, its only fair.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 250d
Can we not have a battle royale game?
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 250d
After more than a century. That's 4 generations.
How about limiting it to 25 years, 1 generation?
regedit@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 250d
But won't you think of the poor Disney's of the world, ya heartless bastard!
qarbone@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 250d
Best I can do ya is Betty Boop with a chef's knife in the shadows.
sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 250d
Cuphead DLC when?
fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 250d
Betty Boop grand stratagy game when?
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 4 pts · 249d
We should embrace the bargin bin horror games/movies. The bargin bin is a great step to show people what can be done with public domain characters.
We need people to take risks on their creative takes on public domain characters. Bargin bin media allows people to take those riske with low stakes. Someeone has to get everything started.
blinfabian@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 249d
i bought the mickey mouse origin horror game, even being a little hyped for it and wanting to make a yt video on it. it was so boring i just didnt do anything with the recording and never played that shit again
devolution@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 250d
Blondie 4 Blood: Part of the Poohniverse
deadcream@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 250d
I guess not even Disney has the money to extend copyright indefinitely
MehBlah@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 250d
I think a killer betty boop movie would be great.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 250d
Betty boop detective noir film. That would be good. Make her a badass like Ana de Armas in No Time To Die.
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 3 pts · 250d
I'd like to get some fair use on betty boop if you know what I mean.
sirico@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 250d
But Minnie the Moochers aesthetic is so on point
texture@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 249d
why the heck would i want to see any of these characters in anything that comes out today?
im old, but not old enough to have any desire to see these characters in any way.
AppleTea@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 249d
I'm kinda curious to see how The Public Domain: The Game turns out, though it looks like it's gonna be more about the idea of privately owned ideas in general.
texture@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 249d
"it looks like it's gonna be more about the idea of privately owned ideas in general"
that sounds interesting on its own. i dunno i guess i just find 100 year old characters are just a bit stale.
anachronology@fedia.io · 1 pts · 248d
Looks like Itch is hosting a game jam focusing on public domain woks to celebrate: https://itch.io/jam/gaming-like-its-1930 Maybe something fun will come out of it.