Marek

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Erkki, I agree. Well, I don't know any C++. But being a game designer slash shitty coder, I really like how there's now quite a few engines/frameworks/etc. that go up a few levels in abstraction, or use less overly technical languages with more readable syntax, allowing people such as me to more easily make things. Also, cool that you mention Ardor3D. One of the guys working on that was the lead programmer in my team at NCsoft. He's quite excited about working on this engine. I'm actually curious to know what people think of it as it develops.

Heh, I think EVE is an MMO that deserves to be respected. I dropped out (got sidetracked by some real-life things and then my trial had expired) but I may give it another go some day. By the way, I genuinely think The Secret World is an interesting project. I have my reservations but a couple of things said about it in the press (as well as things I've heard personally) sounded good, at least in theory. They also claimed to have learned a lot of lessons from Age of Conan. Given the large number of failed games in the MMO genre in recent years though I think it's fair to be a bit skeptical about MMOs in general.

No Dan. Case not rested. Listen, my post was just a lame jokey one-liner but I think you know what I meant, even though you immediately took it entirely the wrong way. You incidentally made a false assumption regarding my personal taste. And a "threat to me"? What are you talking about? Also jesus what the fuck, stop telling people to chill out. No one responded to some of your snarky comments in this thread, of which there are several.

MMOs deserve to be hated.

Cool. http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/04/08/will-wright-leaves-ea/ I thought we had a Will Wright smiley but apparently we don't.

It's been mentioned here and there, like when newspapers (NYtimes?) do a story on him. It's been a pretty low profile hobby project of his, I think. As Jake pointed out it may now have been turned into a vehicle for whatever he's thinking of doing next. Or, yeah, maybe he's launching a new Sputnik. Fuck knows. I just think it's cool that such a leading game designer has gone off to do his next thing semi-independently and also get himself a really cool deal with his former employer. This move appears similar to me to Bungie separating from Microsoft, or the Housers getting Take 2 to fund an additional non-Rockstar company to create new IP.

I laughed a little too hard at the whole Shadow & Colossus scenario. Jesus. "Shadow! Colossus! In my office NOW" made me laugh so much, and then laugh even more because I had to laugh at myself laughing on the train while people were giving me looks. I guess we all just keep humiliating ourselves in public. Thanks podcast.

Yes they specifically mention that game as an influence, which I think is exciting. Not enough MMO developers are looking at Ultima Online.

I should probably bust into Phil Harrison's office right now and plead with him to use his old contacts at Sony to somehow put a stop to this movie. It's worth a shot, right? Yeah, it'll work. I'll fix this. .....

I'm highly skeptical but also intrigued. A few things I've heard make me think that perhaps these guys might know what they're doing. Maybe. “This is an MMORPG without classes, without levels, this is completely skill-based” <-- pay attention to this.

Remember that Achron and other games were presented at the experimental gameplay sessions, which isn't a press unveiling but a showcase of new and unusual game mechanics. The enthusiasm expressed on the podcast is, I think, mainly for how the developers managed all the complexities of time travel, not necessarily the final game we imagine it to be. You may turn out to be right. I think it's fair to say the game doesn't look very pretty, there could be basic issues with the gameplay, etc. Then again this is what Braid looked like when it was first shown at the EGS.

Take any of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional_currencies

Alex you rule! Due to sitting all the way in the back I did not catch all of Tim's Excellent Jokes. Also I was sitting in front of two very loud bros who judging by their style of commentary mistook the awards for some kind of football match, and also laughed super obnoxiously like HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA at things that weren't funny which made the whole thing super unwatchable to me. Anyway, I'm gonna watch this video now and re-experience it properly.

Season 4 of BSG is almost upon us, so I thought I'd make a fresh thread. I admittedly got a bit tired of BSG during the middle part of season 3, especially as all the mythology and cylon lore kept expanding and getting more confusing, not to mention some of those annoying mediocre stand-alone episodes. On the other hand, I thought the New Caprica episodes were some of the best TV I've ever seen, and the final four episodes of the season were also stellar. The Lee Adama speech was totally unbelievable and kind of single-handedly restored my interest in BSG completely. I'm super excited. My expectations for season 4 are perhaps a bit too high as I fondly remember how DS9 wrapped up in the end with an epic 12-part series, which Ron Moore was a big part of. Hopefully they'll look at what Lost did though and make them find Earth sometime during the season and not just in the final episode, which would be super disappointing. But I guess we won't know until 2009. Anyway, the season premiere is airing tonight! Hooray! Edit: this thread is now declared a spoiler-tag free zone. Only read this thread if you are watching or have watched season 4 of Battlestar Galactica. Visible spoilers appear starting on page 4.

Haha I made the same remark after the show. (30 Rock ftw).

I guess I missed the best part of the indie rant! I went out to secure a free lunch box when the first couple of rants were a bit meh. Crap.

Is tomorrow tuesday? Timezones confuse me. Let's meet up and shit.

Uhhh I don't see a street view. What?

Another countdown? Goddamnit.

No street view for Brighton! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE

SyFy works a lot better as a brand. The tagline, the logo and all that corporate mumbo jumbo are horrible though. "It made us feel much cooler, much more cutting-edge, much more hip, which was kind of bang-on what we wanted to achieve communication-wise". ??? Kill yourself.

Ask yourself how many of those Molyneux was the primary designer on, how many he was involved with at all, and how many designers may have worked in Molyneux's shadow. I don't want to downplay Molyneux' accomplishments and influence entirely, but some adjustment may be necessary there. I was equally surprised when I read about Will Wright's support for the Republican party, by the way. Not that his political views should matter that much, but it was quite odd considering his opinions and background.

Ooh boy. J Allard will be there, won't he? Seriously though, you had me at "secret after-party suite".

Elmuerte, you are just saying 'well, there's exceptions to that'. Well, no shit. I think we can agree that the vast majority of long games have loads of padding?