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by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/11/2012, 7:30am PDT |
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jeep wrote:
her stuff was just kind of tedious. it was cool to see someone play those for a minute but when you spend any real time with them the design is as lazy as the jokes
I always got the sense that her stuff was successful because there wasn't a lot of competition, and because it appealed to that same emotion that Mass Effect currently appeals to. King's Quest was supposed to make us feel proud to own a PCjr, so I gave it waaay more chances than I would any other game. I clearly remember thinking, when I would hop on BBS years later and get puzzle solutions, that "I would have never thought of that" or "I would have never thought to click there." It turned me off to adventure games as a whole. (I dropped in money for Schafer because he seems like a chill guy.)
I think there is a tendency to go for the interesting transcript in adventure games. Something that looks like it would have been insightful after the fact. We don't live in a world where people are going to give your kr-raaazy puzzle solution more than a few minutes to work through any more, though.
I think Lowe was just being respectful toward his colleagues. There isn't a shred of evidence to think that Williams has looked at anyone's stuff other than her own in order to see what other advances in the field have been made.
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Double Fine / The Dark Side of Kickstarter by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/09/2012, 7:17am PST 
Cambridge graphic designer BOOP BOOP NT by hipster detector 02/09/2012, 7:50am PST
Who could have guessed the master of unlocking would turn out to be a thief? by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 02/09/2012, 2:44pm PST
ITT tdarcos breaks character by Last 02/10/2012, 1:40pm PST
Except he IS Jerry! WHOA NT by Fussbett 02/11/2012, 12:24pm PST
Kickstarter is out of control by motherfuckerfoodeater 02/10/2012, 12:35pm PST
Re: Kickstarter is out of control by E. L. Koba 03/31/2012, 3:26pm PDT
looking forward to saturation and the lemons problem by jeep 02/10/2012, 4:32pm PST
Oh, we got lemons by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/01/2012, 10:25am PDT
the prospect of another leisure suit larry game should be enough by jeep 04/03/2012, 12:53pm PDT
Leisure Suit Larry Kickstarter by Siskel and Ebert 04/03/2012, 4:10am PDT
Al Lowe is still bitter that Magna cum-laude was funnier than any of his efforts NT by fabio 04/03/2012, 10:45am PDT
Re: Al Lowe is still bitter that Magna cum-laude was funnier than an by JOHN K. HUDAK <jkhudak@lycos.com> 04/03/2012, 12:00pm PDT
Re: Al Lowe is still bitter that Magna cum-laude was funnier than an by laudablepuss 04/03/2012, 12:54pm PDT
Al Lowe trying to get Roberta Williams back in the hot tub. by motherfuckerfoodeater 04/10/2012, 6:10pm PDT
I wish she wouldn't by jeep 04/10/2012, 9:52pm PDT
I know it's not her but: quest for glory was 100 times better than kq NT by jeep 04/10/2012, 9:52pm PDT
QFQ should win an award for being full of puns whilst not sucking NT by Entropy Stew 04/12/2012, 4:18am PDT
Re: I wish she wouldn't by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/11/2012, 7:30am PDT
none of the non Quest for Glory Sierra games have aged well by fabio 04/11/2012, 8:49am PDT
Re: I wish she wouldn't by jeep 04/11/2012, 5:26pm PDT
IV and VI had two different endings, I guess that's sorta flexible by Siskel and Ebert 04/11/2012, 9:53pm PDT
There were a ton of those in KQV by fabio 04/12/2012, 6:22am PDT
Oh but then again by jeep 04/12/2012, 9:49am PDT
Re: Oh but then again by Cyril Badman 04/12/2012, 12:22pm PDT
Re: Oh but then again by By Mennen 04/12/2012, 7:38pm PDT
Re: I wish she wouldn't by Cyril Badman 04/12/2012, 12:23pm PDT
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