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The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

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Re: The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

#11

Post by zalequin »

JshWright wrote: post #9
ScottAdams wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which is a good point. Back when the internet was starting to bloom I got a nice email from Scott Adams of Dilbert. Seems he had gotten a number of fan mails meant for me and was trying to find who to send it to. I also had a number of fan mails meant for him! We exchanged the mails and had a nice chat about it!

> Which is a good point. Especially as he seems to have kind of gone off the proverbial deep end with his political fanaticism in recent years...

If you read his books, it’s obvious he’s doing that on purpose in order to get more attention (which eventually is converted to fatter bottom line for him).

Essentially, the dude is a professional troll.

Re: The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

#12

Post by ScottAdams »

MPSimmons wrote: post #10

Scott, are there any “modern” games that you feel capture the same spirit of exploration and discovery that your games embraced?

I do love exploration and discovery games. Especially with a good story line.

Some of the games that I have greatly enjoyed are (in no particular order)

Myst, Everquest (1 and 2), Dark Age of Camelot, Age of Empires, Fable, Guild Wars 2, Baldurs Gate, Half Life, Valheim (currently playing), Descent (played with two joysticks, one in each hand to give full 3D controls), Star Wars Galaxy, Sims, Call of Heroes, Ultima Online

Re: The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

#13

Post by [deleted] »

JshWright wrote: post #9
ScottAdams wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which is a good point. Back when the internet was starting to bloom I got a nice email from Scott Adams of Dilbert. Seems he had gotten a number of fan mails meant for me and was trying to find who to send it to. I also had a number of fan mails meant for him! We exchanged the mails and had a nice chat about it!

> Which is a good point. Especially as he seems to have kind of gone off the proverbial deep end with his political fanaticism in recent years...

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Re: The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

#15

Post by wizzwizz4 »

JshWright wrote: post #9
ScottAdams wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which is a good point. Back when the internet was starting to bloom I got a nice email from Scott Adams of Dilbert. Seems he had gotten a number of fan mails meant for me and was trying to find who to send it to. I also had a number of fan mails meant for him! We exchanged the mails and had a nice chat about it!

> Which is a good point. Especially as he seems to have kind of gone off the proverbial deep end with his political fanaticism in recent years...

I think he'll probably recover. Satirists are among the best equipped of us to get out of these kinds of holes.

Re: The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

#16

Post by mmastrac »

zalequin wrote: post #11
JshWright wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Which is a good point. Especially as he seems to have kind of gone off the proverbial deep end with his political fanaticism in recent years...

If you read his books, it’s obvious he’s doing that on purpose in order to get more attention (which eventually is converted to fatter bottom line for him). Essentially, the dude is a professional troll.

Totally agree, but it really felt like he had drunk his own kool-aid at times.

Re: The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

#18

Post by technothrasher »

ScottAdams wrote: post #3

Hi all this is Scott Adams. I am open for an AMA (Ask Me Anything), awaiting your comments!

Why did you cause me to have childhood nightmares about chiggers? I didn't even know what they were, growing up in New England, but they scared the heck out of me at six years old. Thanks for that! Actually, honestly, thanks for sparking my imagination enough to want to code my own text adventures, which began my life long love of programming.

Re: The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

#19

Post by ScottAdams »

TigeriusKirk wrote: post #14

Scott, what was the thinking behind publishing the source code to some of your early games in magazines (at a time when you could still sell them profitably)? It obviously worked out well, but it sounds like a bold step to take.

I was approached by Byte Magazine to do a feature article for them. I included my game source code in it as I wanted to share the technology I had developed with others.

Sadly there were a number of typos when they transcribed it into the magazine. Yet many people were able to press through and debug it to get it work which was pretty amazing.

My thought was we are all standing on the shoulder's of those who went before us. By helping each other we build towards a better future.

I have received a load of fan mail over the years from folks who have now gone from being fans to being friends. One of the major threads in most of the emails was how my games or gaming systems made a big impact on their life.

There are literally a number of very well known gaming companies now, who's founders have written me about how my early games were an ispiration for them.

I had no idea at the time, but God was using me through the gift He gave me to inpsire others. It is wonderful to be able to see that happen!

Re: The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

#20

Post by artificial »

JshWright wrote: post #9
ScottAdams wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which is a good point. Back when the internet was starting to bloom I got a nice email from Scott Adams of Dilbert. Seems he had gotten a number of fan mails meant for me and was trying to find who to send it to. I also had a number of fan mails meant for him! We exchanged the mails and had a nice chat about it!

> Which is a good point. Especially as he seems to have kind of gone off the proverbial deep end with his political fanaticism in recent years...

If you examine the news he covers he’s pretty balanced with slightly more left than right (both hover around 40%).
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