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On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:45:25 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Xocyll wrote: 

>Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails
>of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>
>>On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:49:14 -0500, Xocyll <Xocyll@kingston.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails
>>>of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:08:32 -0600, "rms"
>>>><rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>So watch the video and see if it appeals to you. 
>>>>>
>>>>>    Looks like a well-made game to me.
>>>>>
>>>>>rms
>>>>
>>>>Yes, once you factor in the gameplay itself, the art and music quality
>>>>it seems almost under priced.  However being newcomers they're
>>>>probably doing the right thing toward establishing themselves by doing
>>>>that.  Exposure on Steam should sell them a lot of copies.
>>>>
>>>>Neat to see indie developers still innovating.
>>>
>>>The cycle of the gaming industry it seems;
>>>New company forms, makes innovative game (or at least a game with some
>>>innovations in it,) crafts it carefully with lots of attention to
>>>detail, tests it fully and sells it at a reasonable price.
>>>
>>>Then they become big since the game is a major hit, and follow it up
>>>with something a bit less well crafted or well tested and the price goes
>>>up.
>>>Repeat until borged or until they become an UBI or EA and just produce
>>>the same old crap over and over again until; a new company forms, makes
>>>an innovative game ...
>>>
>>>Now if only some of the giants would just die already and stop flooding
>>>the market with crap games and lowering the expectations of the public.
>>>
>>>Currently playing Path of Exile and even in Beta, it's everything
>>>Diablo3 should have been.   It's got a few warts, but those are probably
>>>there deliberately for the beta (the fast reset of zones for one) or
>>>will be addressed before the game goes live.
>>>
>>>All Hail the Indies!  
>>>PC gaming will never die as long as the Indies are around.
>>>
>>>Xocyll
>>
>>A lot of the really great games used to come out of nowhere from yet
>>unheard-ofs (small teams that were kind of the equivalent of todays
>>smaller indie teams).  There was a time when the good games just
>>appeared as though they teleported onto the scene.  
>
>Oh I remember.

DOOM shareware. That f-ing game was everywhere in a week. Unbelievable.

>
>>And you could tell
>>the stinkers a mile away, because they could be easily identified by
>>how much pre-release hype had been created around it (like Romero
>>making us his bitch, etc).
>
>Although funnily enough since I didn't read trade mags I never
>encountered Romero's Daikatana posturing.
>I did hear about the Battlecruiser 3000 issues though.
>
>These days I mostly ignore gaming news;  If a game is good it'll be
>mentioned here, usually with a review.  What the game companies claim
>their game is about/will do seems to rarely be true these days, so why
>bother listening to them in the first place?
>

And G4 is becoming the Esquire channel, so I think you're in good
company. Too bad for Sasuke, though. I'm going to miss crazy Japanese
obstacle courses.

-- 
Zag

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spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten