PixlBit

Kinda sad that death threats have come to be an expectation for trivial matters ...

I'll be honest, I think Molyneux is mischaracterizing what's been said. What I've seen (though I haven't looked into it,) is that in one interview he gave an example from his twitter feed.

"So when someone says, as they did on my Twitter feed, 'Why don't you just shut up and die?' You don't know whether that's from someone who is a 60-year-old or someone who's a 6-year-old."

That isn't a death threat. Someone wants him to die, yes, but no threat is being made. It is their desire. Allegorically, I'd imagine that's about as much of a death threat as masturbation is sexual battery. Granted, in this interview, he did not state this was a death threat, I believe his intention is for the audience to infer that it is one, and I think he embellished the idea in the Eurogamer interview. I don't know which interview occurred first, though.

Death threats are a serious matter, but by mentioning a death threat in this context in this interview, I don't believe his intentions are to shed light on the difficulties he's faced, but rather to paint those who believe he's been a dishonest man who's essentially part of a con game hosted by 22cans as people of ill repute. The reality is, he's lied. He's lied about lying and he's bragged about lying. Most recently, he's tried to recalibrate history in his favor by stating he's always tried to be completely honest with people. That statement is in the interview I posted in this comment.

A quick google search produced this article. Undoubtedly one of many covering the actual truth. Molyneux admitted on stage that he would lie to journalists to keep them interested in his games, particularly in the context of a convention or large conference, where journalists would interview and preview one game after another. He uses the phrase "over-promise" here, as well, but when you read the following line:

What I remember about this RPS interview was thinking 'how far gaming press had transformed itself into a purely advertising arm of the game industry'. Having seen all of my fav gaming journalist personalities leave the writing business for other carreers only to see it replaced by fanboy flamewars.  1up at least still gave controversial review scores before it went under, and I had rarely seen a game site go after a developer the way RPS did. I wasn't really sure how to process it all? I read a recent news item about another startup that blew all their funding on alchol, and I really wish that gaming press would take issue with these things more in the way RPS did with Molyn. Even still, I remember a lot of sympathy being directed towards Molyneux for being 'mistreated' in the interview. Good grief!

that is kind of fucked up, what he said about it (complaints of his being an ass) becoming caustic.  It seriously reveals how out of touch he is.

Coming up with sensational features in a game is definitly a marketing tactic and it works, but like he said, it can come back to bite you in the ass. At first Molyneux was just charmingly over-excited about his projects, but now he's seen as just a blatant liar. I still like him and want him to make something great. He has that in him. But no one's going to jump on his bandwagon now. He's over done it in the PR department.