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Comment on Why isn’t failure part of the experience? by Joe Mason

Joe Mason — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:16:50 +0000

i played the original SimCity in the 90’s and until now i still play the latest version of SimCity`.-

Comment on Good Games by Updated Games List « davidryanhunt.com

Updated Games List « davidryanhunt.com — Sat, 29 May 2010 17:09:25 +0000

[...] added about 75 games to the list page. Additions [...]

Comment on Imprints by David Ryan Hunt

David Ryan Hunt — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:17:40 +0000

It’s a bit different when you work on a game. I’m generally driven insane and need to turn the music off because I hear the same tune so much. Especially when you consider how much you’re in game when there are only a couple songs.

Comment on Imprints by Alex

Alex — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:09:41 +0000

What about PotBS? I thought the soundtrack was pretty good. I have played only a few MMOs but it’s the only one I can even remember some tunes. I played WoW for a longer time, but I can’t recall a single track…

Comment on Our History by David Ryan Hunt

David Ryan Hunt — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:22:03 +0000

After my first couple conferences, I found that I learn a lot more talking to people between and after lectures than in the sessions themselves.

Comment on Our History by Brian 'Psychochild' Green

Brian 'Psychochild' Green — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:40:12 +0000

I think you struck upon it: most of it is oral history. The best resources I’ve found for history are talking to some of the very experienced developers. I suspect this is why the relics you find are both real and fake, because of the vagaries of memory. I also suspect that a lot of people would be hesitant to record a lot of stories; the game industry is still based largely on reputation, and having a reputation for blabbing about sensitive information wouldn’t be good.

I think the problem of most post-mortems repeating the same mistakes isn’t a problem with recording history, but learning from it. The post-mortems are there for just about anyone to read if they want. The problem is that there’s a lot of ego in the industry, and people think they’ll be immune to the problems that “those other fools” had. Turns out they were the same type of fool.

Comment on Imprints by David Ryan Hunt

David Ryan Hunt — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:45:22 +0000

SF2 has a memorable soundtrack.

Comment on Imprints by Alex

Alex — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:27:36 +0000

I totally agree, it’s the music that brings in the memories. For me, the game that totally does that is Street Fighter 2. I even got that special soundtrack they made where various composers give their treat to the original tunes. I listen to that pretty often even in the car. Even now I think that the music from Ken stage totally rocks

Comment on Imprints by David Ryan Hunt

David Ryan Hunt — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:56:27 +0000

David: I played Guild Wars extensively, but I spent most of my time in PvP. Playing with music at normal volume levels in PvP is a disadvantage because there were so many audio cues that I needed to catch. Jeremy Soule is a great composer though, so I’m not surprised that it’d get mentioned.

John: I loved Shadow Complex and burned through it in 2-3 days (played way too much). It’s just that as I got past the early stages, it didn’t retain that feeling that was necessary to make it leave a strong imprint. If some of the latter segments felt closer to the beginning then it might have done so. I still plan to play through it again, but I don’t remember the game nearly as well as I remember Trine.

Comment on Imprints by John Scott Tynes

John Scott Tynes — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:08:42 +0000

I can hear Shadow Complex’s melancholy opening strains in my head even now; I thought it was a great, atypical example of game music setting a mood. Instead of pounding intensity it’s a sad, betrayed kind of feeling suited for the larger story they’re telling, even though that story isn’t particularly well delivered by the moment-to-moment game experience.