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HAPPY NEW YEARS!
M.I.A.
I've been missing for the past little bit of a long while. Exams, Christmas, work, and prepping for post-degree college applications has taken up a lot of time. Don't expect me back any time soon. Once I am back at school and have more frequent access to the internets I will probably be online more, but probably not working on games as much, which is a shame because I always have really cool ideas and I'd like to show them off but, alas.
Remember how ridonculous you all are while I am gone.
:-X
Remember how ridonculous you all are while I am gone.
:-X
RMNCast 6 Design Topic: Turn-based and Active Gameplay
1. Which do you prefer? Do you like to strategize and take your time, or do you like to shoot terrorists in the crotch while things blow up around you? Or do you prefer hybrid systems such as most Final Fantasy games?
I like to take my time and think about what I'm going to do for the most part, but I do enjoy excitement as long as I have a plan or a system before hand. Its all about manageability. A game like Civilization 3 has hour-long turns because there are so many separate elements to focus on. The simpler the game, the faster it can be. A good example of this is something like Collapse! or Tetris, fairly simple puzzlish games that start slow to let you get the hang of it and then slowly crank themselves up a notch.
2. Which game has your very favorite implementation of turn-based or action gameplay?
Turn-based gameplay? Civilization 3. Action-based gameplay? I might say Starcraft.
Again I think its about balancing the system with the amounts of things the player has to do to be successful at the game. Psychologically, most people can't handle remembering more than seven things at once. If I was playing a FPS or something, I might need to remember 1) where I am in the level 2) where I think you are 3) my health 4) my ammo 5) my choice of weapon, and that's pretty much it, so its easy to collapse the temporality of the game and speed it up into something like Quake or TF2. In FPSs where they expect you to do some problem solving, you usually get the opportunity to pace yourself. If the game is intersting enough, even if it has a "Click here to proceed* option, it can survive in the sewers of slow pacing.
I like to take my time and think about what I'm going to do for the most part, but I do enjoy excitement as long as I have a plan or a system before hand. Its all about manageability. A game like Civilization 3 has hour-long turns because there are so many separate elements to focus on. The simpler the game, the faster it can be. A good example of this is something like Collapse! or Tetris, fairly simple puzzlish games that start slow to let you get the hang of it and then slowly crank themselves up a notch.
2. Which game has your very favorite implementation of turn-based or action gameplay?
Turn-based gameplay? Civilization 3. Action-based gameplay? I might say Starcraft.
Again I think its about balancing the system with the amounts of things the player has to do to be successful at the game. Psychologically, most people can't handle remembering more than seven things at once. If I was playing a FPS or something, I might need to remember 1) where I am in the level 2) where I think you are 3) my health 4) my ammo 5) my choice of weapon, and that's pretty much it, so its easy to collapse the temporality of the game and speed it up into something like Quake or TF2. In FPSs where they expect you to do some problem solving, you usually get the opportunity to pace yourself. If the game is intersting enough, even if it has a "Click here to proceed* option, it can survive in the sewers of slow pacing.
Relations with The Gender of Your Preference
I love girls they are generally nice smelling and when they smile that is also nice.
Last night I went to my work Christmas Party (yay christmas) and I have a massive crush on this girl named Megan and she was there and I told her she looked pretty and she said "Thanks." and then she told me I looked pretty and I said "Heh, yeah, I know." (I did look really sharp.) And then we talked about dancing and how I don't dance because I don't like the way that people dance nowadays, and because I find it "uncivilized" to rub up against other people who you aren't exactly familiar with. She is the opposite, turns out she is the kind of girl who will grind a stranger and dive into the mosh pit and make out with the lead guitarist (an idea which I entertained for a moment considering I play guitar.... maybe get her tickets to the next show?) But seriously, she's not exactly the Mrs. Blitzen-type but still she is really pretty and I just liked the attention. And then we talked about screamo and I told her some bands I like and she told me some bands she likes... and then her boyfriend came by and stole her away.
I wasn't upset that she's taken or not really the kind of girl I'm looking for but I was rather satisfied that I got a chance to talk to her and get to know her a bit better, overcame my own neurotic fears of pretty girls, etc.
Last night I went to my work Christmas Party (yay christmas) and I have a massive crush on this girl named Megan and she was there and I told her she looked pretty and she said "Thanks." and then she told me I looked pretty and I said "Heh, yeah, I know." (I did look really sharp.) And then we talked about dancing and how I don't dance because I don't like the way that people dance nowadays, and because I find it "uncivilized" to rub up against other people who you aren't exactly familiar with. She is the opposite, turns out she is the kind of girl who will grind a stranger and dive into the mosh pit and make out with the lead guitarist (an idea which I entertained for a moment considering I play guitar.... maybe get her tickets to the next show?) But seriously, she's not exactly the Mrs. Blitzen-type but still she is really pretty and I just liked the attention. And then we talked about screamo and I told her some bands I like and she told me some bands she likes... and then her boyfriend came by and stole her away.
I wasn't upset that she's taken or not really the kind of girl I'm looking for but I was rather satisfied that I got a chance to talk to her and get to know her a bit better, overcame my own neurotic fears of pretty girls, etc.
E.H.N. System
What was the worst course you have taken?
Historiography 3100
This might as well have been titled, "Things for academics to talk about that have no practical concern whatsoever."Understanding history is about understanding the world we live in today. Understanding hisrotiography is about understanding how historians understood the world... which is so mind numbingly pedantic that you want to stab yourself in the face to get out of a lecture. There is just post-modernism everywhere. Makes me want to hurl.
Also my prof was like George McFly from Back To The Future.
This might as well have been titled, "Things for academics to talk about that have no practical concern whatsoever."Understanding history is about understanding the world we live in today. Understanding hisrotiography is about understanding how historians understood the world... which is so mind numbingly pedantic that you want to stab yourself in the face to get out of a lecture. There is just post-modernism everywhere. Makes me want to hurl.
Also my prof was like George McFly from Back To The Future.
What Do You Do?
I study history at Carleton University under a really fancy professor who has lots of titles and stuff. I also volunteer at the local high school. Right now I work at a photolab, but I want to be a teacher one day.
I also drink way too much Dr. Pepper.
I also drink way too much Dr. Pepper.
RMNCast: Episode 4
I always like these. I have some other opinions about some of the concepts you talked about. I think that part of understanding good game design is not just understanding the role that numbers play but also understanding that the whole game is just a visual representation of numbers.
You guys are generally articulate and fairly intelligent so its nice to listen to you talk. I'd like to be a guest host some time, if I could.
You guys are generally articulate and fairly intelligent so its nice to listen to you talk. I'd like to be a guest host some time, if I could.
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