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Holy fuck. I never, ever, EVER thought I would see that. by Senor Barborito 05/21/2003, 3:44pm PDT
Monty Cantsin wrote:

Monty Cantsin wrote:

Couldn't. Not. Respond. I actually posted a reply to this article in the Avault forums. Fuck. I hate the internet.

/mc


Also, as a side note, I finally have a computer that can run Morrowind. And lo and behold, it's fucking great. Senor Barborito, I was wrong and you were right.

If this doesn't remind you of the episode where Fonzie apologizes to Richie you just aren't paying enough attention.

/mc


Jesus I want to print this out and frame it or something - and I seriously don't mean that in a gloating way. It's more to say that I attach greater significance to it than any diploma (or lack thereof).

Anyways, thanks. Yeah, it's good game - and to be honest now that I've had several months to sit back and think about it, it's hugely flawed. Nevertheless it's an important step, just like the less-flawed Privateer was.

So I'm immediately off and thinking to the next step - how do we pull off something bigger and even more interesting (and ultimately less flawed in a systemic sense) world than the 2.5 square miles Morrowind gave us? If we're ever going to break that barrier humans are going to have to have to be at least mostly removed from the content equation - not just in the geometry development, but even in geometric-theme development. 'Interesting' and 'original' are going to have to be codified so that every village, every town, is as slightly different from the rest of the world as Balmora was from the other towns of Morrowind. Simultaneously this system would, as a natural consequence, enable the creation of infinite amounts of detail.

It's the second largest challenge game design is facing, outside of the Turing Test of completely automating story-generation (which is what my professor was into).

--SB
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ARE GAMES ART? Avault investigates. by Fussbett 05/20/2003, 5:57pm PDT NEW
    ... by Lizard_King 05/20/2003, 6:04pm PDT NEW
    Re: ARE GAMES ART? Avault investigates. by Monty Cantsin 05/21/2003, 1:09am PDT NEW
        Re: ARE GAMES ART? Avault investigates. by Monty Cantsin 05/21/2003, 1:15am PDT NEW
            Shock and Awe by Entropy Stew 05/21/2003, 1:21am PDT NEW
                Re: Shock and Awe by ydrt 05/21/2003, 1:27am PDT NEW
                    Maybe YOU should be the new about page!!!!! NT by Entropy Stew 05/21/2003, 1:31am PDT NEW
                        also: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH NT by Entropy Stew 05/21/2003, 1:31am PDT NEW
                        We've got more about page jokes over here NT by GAY THREAD CONTAINMENT TEAM STATLER 05/21/2003, 3:01am PDT NEW
                            Tell me more about We've got more about page jokes over here NT by Dr. Sbaitso 05/21/2003, 3:22am PDT NEW
                            You know what fixes repetetive jokes? OLDER REPETETIVE JOKES! NT by Entropy Stew 05/21/2003, 3:34am PDT NEW
                                BWA HA HA HA HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! NT by GAY THREAD CONTAINMENT TEAM WALDORF 05/21/2003, 4:30am PDT NEW
                                    I desperately hope I crash NT by The Forum SB 05/21/2003, 5:14am PDT NEW
                                        ATOR? NT by Y-DURT 05/21/2003, 5:16am PDT NEW
            Holy fuck. I never, ever, EVER thought I would see that. by Senor Barborito 05/21/2003, 3:44pm PDT NEW
                Re: Holy fuck. I never, ever, EVER thought I would see that. by Entropy Stew 05/21/2003, 4:50pm PDT NEW
                    Pffft by Senor Barborito 05/21/2003, 6:02pm PDT NEW
                        Re: Pffft by mark 05/21/2003, 8:44pm PDT NEW
                            Ixnay by Senor Barborito 05/21/2003, 9:19pm PDT NEW
                                "his" not "he's". Going to bed now. NT by Senor Barborito 05/21/2003, 9:20pm PDT NEW
                                You just had to screw it up in the thread where you prove Monty wrong by Entropy Stew 05/22/2003, 2:58am PDT NEW
                                    Re: You just had to screw it up in the thread where you prove Monty wrong by mark 05/22/2003, 10:10am PDT NEW
                                        Re: You just had to screw it up in the thread where you prove Monty wrong by Entropy Stew 05/22/2003, 5:52pm PDT NEW
                                            Re: You just had to screw it up in the thread where you prove Monty wrong by Senor Barborito 05/22/2003, 7:17pm PDT NEW
                                                Re: You just had to screw it up in the thread where you prove Monty wrong by Monty Cantsin 05/22/2003, 8:05pm PDT NEW
                                                    Um, no by Senor Barborito 05/22/2003, 8:26pm PDT NEW
                                    If I think you're already dead enough, will it happen? by Senor Barborito 05/22/2003, 1:33pm PDT NEW
                                        You're horribly, horribly confused on practically every level by Entropy Stew 05/22/2003, 5:31pm PDT NEW
                                            Your failure to even attempt being informed is making me hemorrhage. by Senor Barborito 05/22/2003, 8:23pm PDT NEW
                                                Just my artsy fartsy two cents... by Chairman Mao 05/22/2003, 8:55pm PDT NEW
                                                    Re: Just my artsy fartsy two cents... by mark 05/22/2003, 9:07pm PDT NEW
                                                        That is one of the funniest things I have ever seen... NT by Chairman Mao 05/22/2003, 9:12pm PDT NEW
                                                    Well, here's the problem by Senor Barborito 05/22/2003, 9:10pm PDT NEW
                                                        Re: Well, here's the problem by Chairman Mao 05/22/2003, 9:17pm PDT NEW
                                                            Answer by Senor Barborito 05/22/2003, 11:05pm PDT NEW
        Re: ARE GAMES ART? Avault investigates. by Fussbett 05/21/2003, 6:37pm PDT NEW
 
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