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Don't even get me started... if you want to remember a game and you can't, there's this page just for you.... http://www.gazunta.com/wwtg/ It's called What was that Game - and thats basically the concept. You post there, with something like, anyone remember that game where you were a pink blob wich had this amazing capability, I can't remember, and then there was this music, and pixels - it was fun.... and then someone will know....

Well, mine is me.... after winning a manly contest of beer-drinking and beating nails in a log of wood....

Disclaimer: I'm going to go a bit academic in this post - so please excuse my obvious This is a quite complex discussion - but there seem to be general disagreement on one point. Whether or not the hunt for photo-realism is a passing trend or a generel concept of evolution in the gaming-industry. In some way, I think that everything is passing 'trends', the only differences between them is their timescale. This means that a lot of 'trends' coexist at the same time. Some ceases and dies a horribly dead (like the FVM-games or was it FMV ??..), and others live a long time. The longliving ones having subtly or not so subtly influence on the trends that die quickly. Chris has a point, that the hunt for photo-realism is in many ways connected to the more and more advanced technology the developers has in their power. But alas, more advanced technology can be used to do more advanced stuff in general, not necessarily photo-realism, for example the cell-shading trend we have seen the last couple of years (e.g. wind waker and XIII), is certainly not realism, but none the less the product of better technology... One thing is sure - developers will always try to make things look better. The turning point here, is what 'better' means.... This is the subjective grey area, where no-one holds the truth - and it will then be very much related to the general trends at the time... If we make a comparison to art history in general - we see that through the last 10.000 years, or so, there have been different trends. Sometimes things look realistic, sometimes stylistic and even abstract. But again, the realism of the akkadian art 2200 bc, is certainly different than the realism of the renaissance. I think there is part buzz-mentality in photorealism, and part general evolution of graphics. In general other stylistic choices will always have to be made (music, script, colors etc)- there will never be a definite photo-realism, but things will look better and better.... End of - I think that I study way to much these days...

I thought the Irish was very wired.... but maybe not when in wales? hey what do I know.... (don't answer - obviously nothing - I know ) ..( but .. then I know something, I know that... *argh* where's my toga)

That just not funny when your computer is in your living/sleeping/lounge/party/pool/etcetera - room... You get a headache and feel uncanny like a used up bitch-slapped floppy..... Thanks god I have broadband... *why does my screen suddenly say iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii* - it does - thats bloody annoying.. argh

http://www.bobandgeorge.com This is a very good sprite-cartoon featuring the Mega-man universe.... it's really funny and charming... check it out....

I am just playing Beyond Good and Evil, and found in it a lot of elements that seems like they are inspired from elsewhere... Nothing strange in that - happens all the time... But I thought it could be interesting to think about the geneology of games - What traits come from where - Which games are 'parents' to which, in terms of feel, style, gameplay, story etc.... Anyways, in Beyond Good and Evil I see inspiration (or similarities) from two games: 1) Zelda - ocarina of time (I haven't played the windwaker). -In the gameplay - the context sensitive buttons - the view of the gameworld. Certain elements of the fighting. The big bosses. etc 2) Little Big Adventure (or Relentless in the US) -The story of a planet - with a dark force trying to overthrow it, the vast amount of different environments to be explored - the different kinds of character-full strange animals, the little-sidequests/games etc etc ... Well, there could be a lot of examples... In this family history of games there was a lot of different periods - and since the mid-nineties the age of cloning has been the rule - if you catch my drift... Anyways I think it's a interesting perspective on games.... So let's get some geneology on the table... Who is the fathers and mothers of who - let me hear....

Yes, that's it... The atmosphere...ohh the erie mysterious atmosphere, the mesmerizing gameplay, the tantalizing music .... got carried a bit away there... but yeah especially the atmosphere was special....

Well i don't know anything - I feel kind kind of stupid now.... linking to stupid go here pics and I don't what..... anyways - I'm reading to much to my exams and I'm clearly going crazy ... sorry....

ohh clever are we ... I could have got that image from anywhere.... eg. http://images.google.dk/images?q=tbn:ShFN7nfDZ2AJ:www.classicgaming.com/agisci/images/loom.gif it is from Hotu anyways - but thats not the bloody point... I want some remembrance here.... I thought it was a great game..... why isn't anyone exploring strange game-concepts like this anymore - or maybe they are and it is just me being stupid.... sorry

nahh on seconds thought - it must be a joke - not in the sense that it isn't serous - he gets big money - but he can impossible take himself seriously - I don't think theres even anyone really named Günther... I mean he is from Sweden - that is no a swedish name... I guess its Dr. Bombay in disguise....

Either this guy is really really bloody stupid - or.... insanely funny... Quote of Günther: "Günther wants to change the worlds look at the sexual way of thinking, so he have started a new trend to sexualise it more in the world. "A Günther trend".... The four main things in Günthers life are Champagne, Glamour, Sex and Respect!" I think he must be bloody stupid - noone can be that funny.....

ahh - how clever... thanks...

Ahh - there is a spoiler tag - how very quaint.... lets try :spoiler: nope that didn't work... hmm lets see... Ok - but it wasn't a big spoiler anyway... okay maybe it was ... argh sorry

I just finished Beyond Good and Evil.... Fantastic game.... Reminds me of the (rather lousy ending) of Godzilla - the hollywood version... Now I play American Mcgees Alice and Gish............ I seem to playing a lot more now than usueal... also ... I study to the exams - so i need the distraction...

He..... very nice comment...

Well this Frank has made music for the Dune games from Dune 2 onwards... The soundtrack I talked about was that for the original Dune game - made by Cryogenic - I don't exactly know the artists but the music - is as earlier stated fantastic...... Doesn't anybody know this music - it is so dune-ish.... ... Anyways I will give Gish a try....

Hear hear - that is a very interesting perspective.... What happened to the sidescrolling action-adventure games a.k.a. Prince of Persia, Another World, Flashback, Heart of Darkness and the Ape games... I think this specific form of game - if rightly executed - has tremendous charm and possibilities of fun..... It is surely something with the 2d - it makes for a very easily understood game-interface/controller scheme. I like the consequence of this - that you as player has total perspective and overview on what is going on - this doesn't neccesitate that it is easy - it just makes it comfortable in some way. Why does almost every present commercial game have to be in some form of 3d - sure it has it's good sides, but it certainly has it's bad sides also - and the same with 2d...., So no reason to abandon 2d because it is outdated ... It is just a different method to make the game work......

Well dune had you moving around machines to harvest resources - and it had a big carry over to the refinement of Dune 2, but as such Dune wasn't a rts... but it was the father Dune II which in turn was the original pure rts game.... And the space invader stuff was just far out.. sorry

And you were right... The original Dune, carries some of the aspects of rts - further developed in Dune II, combined with great elements of narrativity - and this one has one of the best soundtracks ever made I think. There is a soundtrack-cd which has the game music elaborated with better technology - and it is some great electronic music indeed - makes you feel like terraforming planets - I listened to it while playing Alpha Centauri all the time - felt it was the perfect partner - also very good when reading science fiction.... Anyone know this ? - I guess it is next to impossible to come by today.... And you could argue for that the great great great mother/father of every fps game ever, is Space Invaders - the later games just being more elaborate in the shooting-stuff department..... well maybe a bit far out...

but that's crazy crazy, I was talking about normal crazy here.... jeez

Seriously - Denmark=sea.... not the pacific ocean though - but sea none the less... Maybe 15 min on bike from my home I can take a swim....

I'm glad you like it ... because I never noticed it before .. well now I kind of like it also ... not so sure about if it really is sexy.....

Well, a flag with a rainbow... well that's the official gay-flag .... so actually deadworm222 isn't crazy.... If you try the I-feel-lucky with google on 'rainbow flag' you get this http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/scotts/ftp/bulgarians/rainbow-flag.html and in general results relating to gay/lesbian pride... google equals truth (okay that's bloody stupid but I think you get my point)

well mine seems boring compared to all this - but this is my actual road...