Donating my Xbox

Rule #1 of blogging: if you mention your company or service, it should be a link. I don't have hard data, but I think the need for googling "spry fox" (or guessing the url, spryfox.com) lowers the number of people who go on to the OP's site by a full order of magnitude.

Good post otherwise.

Re: Donating my Xbox

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Post by BlokkiesJoubert » Sun, Apr 07, 2013, 11:28 AM UTC

As usual, it is per definition very bad for men (white men) to have something - a club, a community - of their own.

Re: Donating my Xbox

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Post by iMark » Sun, Apr 07, 2013, 11:32 AM UTC

I'm not a games developer, but I can relate to what Daniel wrote about game forms, after playing Bioshock Infinite.

I love the game, but I did so mostly for elements of the design and story, rather than the game play. That it was an FPS connecting the story rather than a puzzle game, for example, was almost incidental to my enjoyment of it, and given the story, I think a series of Myst-style puzzles would have been a better fit.

Wouldn't have sold nearly as well, of course, and there's the rub.

Re: Donating my Xbox

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Post by kenshi » Sun, Apr 07, 2013, 11:41 AM UTC

iMark wrote: post #7

I'm not a games developer, but I can relate to what Daniel wrote about game forms, after playing Bioshock Infinite. I love the game, but I did so mostly for elements of the design and story, rather than the game play. That it was an FPS connecting the story rather than a puzzle game, for example, was almost incidental to my enjoyment of it, and given the story, I think a series of Myst-style puzzles would have been a…

The reason I am not going to buy Bioshock Infinite is precisely because it seems like a pretty mediocre FPS, married to an interesting narrative and/or exploration game.

Don't get me wrong, I love FPS shooters. So when I want to play one, I want it to be good.

I also enjoy exploration games, and from what I have seen of Bioshock Infinite (I watched the ending and playthroughs on Youtube), it seems like it would have made for a great Myst style game. If anything the gameplay looks like the weakest part of Bioshock Infinite.

I actually thing Irrational missed a big opportunity by making the game a FPS. Wasn't Myst a big commercial success back in the day? Wouldn't they have been able to appeal to a wider audience if they had tied the narrative to a something other than a FPS?

Re: Donating my Xbox

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Post by Lerc » Sun, Apr 07, 2013, 11:45 AM UTC

emiliobumachar wrote: post #5

Rule #1 of blogging: if you mention your company or service, it should be a link. I don't have hard data, but I think the need for googling "spry fox" (or guessing the url, spryfox.com) lowers the number of people who go on to the OP's site by a full order of magnitude. Good post otherwise.

It may just be me but I got the feeling that he wasn't posting this in order to draw traffic.

Re: Donating my Xbox

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Post by muyuu » Sun, Apr 07, 2013, 11:52 AM UTC

This is so glorious I almost want to undelete my Google profile to give my first +1 that never happened.

Almost.

Still, great post with which I sympathise greatly.