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Re: Roberta Williams is a FRAUD

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From: Raymond Pat
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 00:00
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Matthew Murray wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Mar 1998 thya...@sol.com.br wrote:
>
> > >>>>>>>>> Quite frankly, if Mrs. Williams had put an enormous arrow pointing
> > to the right lamp or got a song called "Get the one on the left" to play
> > during that part of the game, I'd still have to say KQ6 is a badly designed
> > game. Why? Because, as Lucas Arts well know, you DON'T allow the player into a
> > dead end. Never. How do you avoid that kind of situation? With tight, clever
> > designing. Period. And no one is supposed to pay attention to every single
> > detail in cutscenes. I wasn't paying attention? Could it be because I was
> > bored to death?

HOw many times do I have to repeat this?  YOU DON'T NEED THE LAMP TO WIN!!!!!!!!
I am SO tired of explaining this.  GIVE THE DAMN MINT TO THE GENIE!!!  There IS no
DEAd-END!!!!!  ARRRRGHHHH!!!!

"Whew, for a minute there, I lost myself" - Radiohead
Raymond

>         I agree, but I >do< feel that some of LucasArts' games would be
> improved if there was a greater possibility of failure.

I agree also.

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From: Raymond Pat <rpha...@polymail.calpoly.edu>
Subject: Re: Roberta Williams is a FRAUD
Date: 1998/03/04
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