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JonasKyratzes

Game Recommendation Thread
I'm playing Kingdoms of Amalur. I'd heard so many negative things about it, and dismissed it as essentially being a single-player MMO, but it's actually quite pleasant. Not brilliant, but a much better RPG than Skyrim. It's open,…

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On The Matter of the Great Red Dragon
Who says it's just one thing? I can tell you that the list of things on my mind when I made this game included the state of modern literature, the idea of the hero in storytelling, the charm of old-school RPGs, the rise of postmodernism in art …

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pornographic images in Fear of Twine
I don't understand what the fuss is about, but I'm not surprised. I think Saturday Night is excellent, because it actually works on a surprising number of levels (satirical, sad, funny, shocking people with something completely mundane).

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MIT's book-vest
There used to be another method for accomplishing this. It was called "good writing" or something like that. It was abolished a while back, I think. (Edited to apologize for sarcasm, then realized this is actually what I think. Good books…

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HM journeys through the exhibition

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HM journeys through the exhibition
It's very interesting that people read The Matter of the Great Red Dragon as allegorical. I'm not sure I would categorize it as an allegory, since to me, there isn't really a one-to-one correspondence between the individual elements o…

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RIP irrational
What I do find amusing is the question of whether the industry is learning from indies and moving towards smaller teams. Maybe one of these days indies will finally understand their model is in no way a challenge to capitalism.

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RIP irrational
Yeah, but maybe they'll... ...I really don't give a shit. That's kind of weird. I'm not anti-AAA games. I haven't played Bioshock Infinite and can't comment on its apparent and well-attested silliness. I'm all fo…

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Fear of Twine!
Looking at screenshots, I'm not sure I ever played Dare to Dream. I got some of these games off CDs with "5000 shareware games" and the like; some must be pretty obscure. I wish I remembered their names.

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Fear of Twine!
I know how that works. I'm pretty sure that a lot of what I do is an attempt to recreate the flavour/vibe/feel of art that I was fascinated by but couldn't fully understand as a child. Not nostalgia, but an attempt to recapture that sense …

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Fear of Twine!
It has something very Sapphire & Steel about it, in a way. I love stories of that flavour.

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Fear of Twine!
Joel, you're quite good at writing these characters' voices. I mean, the rest is good too, and I'd love to watch the TV miniseries of Truth is Ghost, but I just wanted to remark on that specific aspect.

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Unexpectedly Political Games
Depicting poverty and poor people certainly means making a political statement about how society operates.

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Electron Dance book
I wouldn't remove the old content. I would consider turning the new content into a book. The advantage of a 100% original book is that it can get far more attention. There's not that many books about video games being published, so someth…

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Game Recommendation Thread
Master of Orion 3 is an abomination that has nothing in common with the previous games. MOO2 is my favourite; I haven't played MOO1 as much, though I often mean to. MOO2 is smooth, has a very nice interface, plenty of complexity, great music...…

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Game Recommendation Thread
I tend to play the Greeks and go for cultural victory, mainly because it seems funny. It's weird. I love strategy games. Many of my favourite games (Master of Orion, Master of Magic, X-Com Apocalypse) are strategy games. But almost all modern …

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Fear of Twine!
It could happen.

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Game Recommendation Thread
I really wish there was something modern in the spirit of Master of Orion II, but I've yet to find a game that can match it in that genre. They're all too streamlined these days, and too focused on war. I just want to build colonies in out…

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Fear of Twine!
I wonder how many major sites will cover Fear of Twine.

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Fear of Twine!
Good, good. It might cheer me up.

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Game Recommendation Thread
Twines are pretentious.

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Game Recommendation Thread
7 Grand Steps sound fun, but I've gotten to the point where I'm not sure I want to spend $6 on more games, because I just can't find the enthusiasm. :/

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Fear of Twine!
I'm... exhausted. But I think both our games are more or less ready. I hope they are, because I'm out of strength and going to bed.

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Electron Dance book
I wouldn't feel offended. The kind of people who would be offended are, frankly, twats. It's not like we've been paying you, or like we're somehow entitled to free content from you. If I read that a blogger has been working on so…

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Electron Dance book

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I miss video games.
I wonder what you'll make of Might and Magic 6 & 7. They're flawed, but I enjoyed them tremendously. Replayed them just a couple of years ago. There was a time when the future of RPGs looked really exciting. Now everything's an RP…

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NO POST - Tuesday 4 Feb 2013
Yeah, as soon as you get away from the completely basic stuff, you run into all the old frustrations of game development. It's still more accessible than what I'm used to, but the difference is less profound than it's sometimes made o…

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Miasmata
It sounds like fun! Maybe I'll give it a go. So few of these survival games manage to keep me engaged, even though in theory I adore the concept...

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WELCOME TO THE APPENDIX
Well, @Eric_Brasure, if you insist that we may only discuss using facts and logic and not spurious categorization based on arbitrary markers, this forum is going to be... pretty sweet, actually.

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WELCOME TO THE APPENDIX
Vikingphobe! I'm glad you decided to put up a forum. The ED comments have always been very good, so I'm hoping this will be a nice place. Even if I get banned for mentioning the secret of Eric's deliciousness.

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