GameSetLinks: The Chocolatier Says... Yes!
Ah yes, some more GameSetLink-age, and there's various randomness all over this particular set. I particularly liked Emily Short's critique of Chocolatier 2, the latest PlayFirst-published casual PC title.
Why? Because it reminds me (and possibly you guys) how relatively sophisticated a lot of casual titles are getting, as they move into genres like adventure, empire-building, and RPG, adding more complex gameplay elements, but still staying startlingly accessible. Here's the relevant links:
Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Ron Gilbert Interview
Talking about Deathspank. Hurray.
Xfire Debate Club on 'The State Of Independent Games'
Online chat in a couple of weeks, with some interesting (sometimes obscure) left-of-center indie types.
Chocolatier 2 « Emily Short’s Interactive Fiction
Casual games like this are getting increasingly sophisticated, and sometimes I feel like commentators/developers aren't noticing. Please pay attention!
Subatomic Brainfreeze: Guys, I like Guardians
Obscure 1996 MAME-emulated 2D sidescrolling fighter - 'Though I loved Spikeout, I'd really like to see this whole genre make a big comeback'
Elder Game: MMO game development » Subscriptions vs. Microtransactions
Quoting Seth Godin: 'HBO, for example, is able to spend its money making shows for its viewers rather than working to find viewers for every show.' V. notable game industry comparisons.
Ian Bogost - Video Computer System
Didn't know Mr. Bogost was working on a book about the Atari 2600 - he's busier than me!
Cryptic Sea blog on Gish, Blast Miner deals.
Just $5, $10 respectively on Steam - good stuff!
Insomnia | Commentary | Sequel: The Videogame
So ridiculous (especially the Resistance: Fall Of Man bit) that it simply must be linked.
Some Underreported Game Development Trends (Magical Wasteland)
Some good picks here, including: 'We’ll be seeing more sequels that re-use assets and environments.'
Comments
Yeah, Kierkegaard from insomnia is getting more and more ridiculous...or should I say annoying. He should rename his ranting site to "Arcade fanboy going postal". The main problem are not so much his outlandish opinions but his absolutely intolerable arrogant tone that makes reading his reviews/rants really difficult recently.
The artfags paragraph at the end is just pure and sad hatetalk.
Posted by: Slang | January 15, 2008 3:50 AM
That Kierkegaard piece may have destroyed what remains of my brain. My favourite bit is where he does that list of the Fall of Man scores, and says that him giving it the equivalent of 6/10 makes him infinitely better than the two magazines who gave it 7/10, which means they thought it was a classic.
KG
Posted by: Kieron Gillen | January 15, 2008 6:17 AM