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I came up with these questions while on the way back from the supermarket a few days ago. If you can come up with other ones, post them here and I'll add them to the test.
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by icycalm » 09 Mar 2008 01:39
by Fei_Yen_Kn » 09 Mar 2008 02:09
by icycalm » 09 Mar 2008 02:13
Fei_Yen_Kn wrote:But I'm an illustrator. I'm sitting at the core of art-faggotry.
Fei_Yen_Kn wrote:LOST THE GAME.
by Fei_Yen_Kn » 09 Mar 2008 02:24
by xwd » 09 Mar 2008 05:03
by Molloy » 09 Mar 2008 17:11
by icycalm » 09 Mar 2008 20:46
xwd wrote:If the author uses the world "elucidate" as a first person verb, then it's okay. Example: "Let me elucidate what Rez is all about: Hallucinogenics."
xwd wrote:The word "juxtaposition" could be used in a game review, if only to give context of what other games it's similar to.
by icycalm » 09 Mar 2008 20:51
Fei_Yen_Kn wrote:I did read 'em. But you're right. I've never even heard the term until just now. You'd have to elaborate.
Jason Rohrer (of Passage fame) has released a new game, Gravitation. Where Passage was a meditation on death and life's journey, Gravitation contemplates, in his words, "mania, melancholia, and the creative process".
It's arguable whether or not such a game can contain spoilers -- but since the game's creator has expressed desire that his game be played without any explanation, I recommend you go and do so before reading any further.
The subject matter of this game is more personal than Passage, and it expresses a more subtle emotion. As result, the mechanics are more involved and engaging (this game takes the form of a sidescrolling vertical platformer with variable jump heights), but the payoff is more ambiguous and not as immediately satisfying. In the creator's statement, Rohrer says that he wrote the game about the conflicting feelings brought about by working on a followup to the success of Passage while coping with the question of whether or not a close friend who fell into a coma due to neurological damage should have his life support pulled.
by Fei_Yen_Kn » 09 Mar 2008 21:53
by icycalm » 09 Mar 2008 22:40
by Mr.Stevenson » 10 Mar 2008 08:13
by Molloy » 10 Mar 2008 12:05
by taidan » 07 Apr 2008 14:23