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Article #104872Re: Has the sci-fi genre completely died?
From: Jim Vieira
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 23:40
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 23:40
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"John Doe" <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in message news:Xns97AC1B4E2438F0123456789@207.115.17.102... > I see but don't understand why so many people require a story. Seems > you could watch a movie instead, movies are fun stories. But that is > also how many people treat computer games, always speaking in the > past tense. I like replayability. > > And speaking of science fiction, I'm looking forward to Supreme > Commander. But you never know whether it will actually happen or > what it will be like until it's published. We shall see. Don't you have a crappy RTS with crappy mechanics to design?
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