April 2008
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Archive Restoration Project
So there are a a bunch more rants or sequences of rants I’ll integrate once I get more spare time.
Chew over these, I’ll post more in a bit. Have to go to work now. Woohoo! -
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Old Post #4 – Building on the Shoulders of Giants
I’m going through the old archives I’ve got and migrating my old posts to the new blog.
Some are still applicable, but I want to give context to the newer posts.
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Well not giants, but Raph at least.
Raph posted a great analysis of the Station Exchange white paper.
Go read it now. I’ll wait here .
The most telling [...] -
Games
Old Post #3 – The Casual Gamer is a myth
I’m going through the old archives I’ve got and migrating my old posts to the new blog.
Interestingly enough, this post isn’t that applicable anymore unless you work for hooting morons.
Most devs are a lot savvier with how they work with the casual/core/whatever gamer market.
So I’m much less angry about this issue than I used to [...] -
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Old Post #2 – OhNoes! Instancing!
I’m going through the old archives I’ve got and migrating my old posts to the new blog.
Some are still applicable, but I want to give context to the newer posts.
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So somewhere along the line, developers lost their nerve.
They lost their balls, cajones, guts, adrenaline glands, or whatever you want to call it.
Anything out of the [...] -
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Old Post #1 – In Which I fire one across the bow
I’m going through the old archives I’ve got and migrating my old posts to the new blog.
Some are still applicable, but I want to give context to the newer posts.
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Interactive storytellers and story driven developers don’t get it. Story as an explicit separate design construct is a crutch and should be phased out.
There. I said [...] -
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And seriously
I poke fun at Angus, but I’ve read his stuff for years, courtesy of Mr. Freeman. I very much respect his writing and ideas, even if I disagree.
Think of it as a form of Hero Worship.
Any disresepect is purely for entertainment and humourous value, and does not construe any actual disrespect… -
Games
I think we are arguing next to each other
Mr. Angus has a beautifully put together explanation of why I’m full of shit about some things.
And he’s right.
I’m here arguing about the future in the sense of Summer Blockbuster gaming, big sales figures, and he’s talking about the future from the standpoint of Ubiquitous Gaming.
The ultralite EEE, OLPC, whatever primary/secondary/tertiary computing platform that ends [...] -
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It has been pointed out
My wife berated me for saying Angus was wrong after he spent all that time saying how awesome I was.
I formally apologize if I came across as mean.
Angus – You are wise in your bald oldness, and many youngsters would benefit from your unfocused and drawn-out stories.
You have many things you can teach the [...] -
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This is why we can’t have nice things.
So while I am honored to be noticed by the bald monk himself, Angus, I must repay his kind words with disagreement.
In fact, I will slay the mightiest beast, climb the highest mountain in the land, all to shout the proclamation…
I DISAGREE!
First, let’s cover where I sort of agree. He says :
If I was gonna [...] -
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You are all on notice.
04.20.08 | Permalink | 18 CommentsMMO Developers.
You are officially all on notice.
Everyone except Blizzard…
They don’t count because they’re off in some magical alternate universe where nobody ever goes hungry and the king of the Mushroom people writes all of your design documents and you get to ride a giant squid to work.
Oh yeah.. Raph isn’t included either. He’s pushing the [...]
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