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Phaserlight
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I remember when games used to be made (for the most part) by teams of a couple brothers using top-down graphics, sprites, and/or isometric views. 3d polygonal graphics were wireframe only, or at least untexturized.
Now the industry has exploded into people with college and advanced degrees working as units like they do on film sets, virtual reality right around the corner, not to mention a thriving indie scene.
Games including persistent virtual worlds are going on their second (or third) decade; "procedural generation", "sandbox", "player driven" are a part of the vernacular. I can wander into countless, ongoing existences, encounter power structures that have been evolving for years and years, each having their own painstakingly written histories carved from the efforts of those that love the game.
I can sample the creative minds of individuals that generate experiences using tools which developers only dreamed of a decade ago, enriching my life through a plethora of dream-like adventures. I can carry digital universes in my pocket wherever I go.
Man, what a time to be alive.
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8 years and counting addicted to
Avalon: The Legend Lives - the longest running online RPG in history
This is why I now play EVE exclusively, I'm part of a history that spans back to 2007. A corp I was a member of back in 2007 is not only still around but is a major nemesis of my current corp, and I recognized several players including their guild leader, still playing EVE, still wrecking havoc.
It's being part of a persistent world that really appeals.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
"Investment firms do not have that outlook on life. They need to know there is not only a return on their investment but also a solid profit at the end of it." tawess-
As the saying goes when talking to a non-gamer: I don't have one life, I have many lives.
No denying, games drive tech innovation in computers and now devices of all kinds. But where is this touch and talk power taking the human race?
I have seen the future, and it is a freight ship bound for Earth from Mars' smallest moon with Starbucks on the side.
But Earth is brown and green in all the wrong places...
"Investment firms do not have that outlook on life. They need to know there is not only a return on their investment but also a solid profit at the end of it." tawess-
Well done sir, quotable.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
All pussies do!
Sorry, sorry, just a joke, I couldn't help it, the setup was too sweet!
lol
"Investment firms do not have that outlook on life. They need to know there is not only a return on their investment but also a solid profit at the end of it." tawess-
Well games do still get made by 1 or 2 people. Just as early games were made by teams (though much smaller teams than nowadays.)
But that doesn't change the overall point that yes, things have improved.
"What is truly revealing is his implication that believing something to be true is the same as it being true. [continue]" -John Oliver
ROFL... +1 one to you sir, I had totally missed that.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon