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Whoa! by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/26/2011, 5:19pm PDT
don't know if I talked about this here, but earlier this year I wrote the guys who made The Punisher for DOS in 1989 to ask how they got the entire top-down map of fucking Manhattan including hundreds of buildings and landmarks with zero loading screens into a 50KB file.


Whoa! What did they say? And are they said that they are the only Punisher writers to have never slain "Microchip"?


ICJ
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did you guys like vidya games more before you knew so much about them? by august and everything after 09/26/2011, 2:37am PDT NEW
    Is it even possible to play a game without understanding the rules? by Jerry Whorebach 09/26/2011, 4:22am PDT NEW
        He's describing the "Chick parabola". NT by Mysterio 09/26/2011, 12:48pm PDT NEW
            Chick Parabola is obviously playing the wrong sorts of games. by Jerry Whorebach 09/26/2011, 2:22pm PDT NEW
            I didn't know there was a phrase for it! But yeah! NT by august and everything after 09/26/2011, 8:08pm PDT NEW
        It's almost like there are two types of players -- escapists and competitors... by Fussbett 09/26/2011, 2:15pm PDT NEW
            yeah i think this is on the money by august and everything after 09/26/2011, 8:19pm PDT NEW
    I don't like a lot of RPGs. by Gutsby 09/26/2011, 8:55am PDT NEW
    Min/Maxing is fun when YOU do it, but it sucks when the other guy does it. by Last 09/26/2011, 11:48am PDT NEW
        scratch that, reverse it. by up with pod people 09/26/2011, 12:01pm PDT NEW
            I'm the gayest rogue by Worm 09/26/2011, 3:54pm PDT NEW
                Ahahahahahaha by laudablepuss 09/26/2011, 4:08pm PDT NEW
                MAGNIFICENT~ NT by up with pod people 09/26/2011, 5:05pm PDT NEW
                    dolly wars by up with pod people 09/26/2011, 5:47pm PDT NEW
                        that first shot seems to be modeled on Britney Spears's outfit in "Til The End O by Fullofkittens 09/27/2011, 8:11am PDT NEW
                This almost makes me want to play WoW again by Entropy Stew 09/27/2011, 10:59am PDT NEW
        Whoa! by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/26/2011, 5:19pm PDT NEW
            Re: Whoa! by Last 09/27/2011, 5:59pm PDT NEW
                Also note that it was a 1.6KB file, not 50KB (!!) NT by Last 09/27/2011, 6:01pm PDT NEW
    Sometimes I wonder if I'm bored with most of the shit on the market right now by WITTGENSTEIN 09/26/2011, 4:53pm PDT NEW
        is there anything you have high hopes for? by august and everything after 09/26/2011, 8:21pm PDT NEW
            The new Syndicate and X-COM NT by col.schickn 09/26/2011, 9:55pm PDT NEW
                Syndicate as an FPS? Isn't that called "Deus Ex"? NT by WITTGENSTEIN 09/27/2011, 6:23pm PDT NEW
            The new Batman game. Dark Souls. BF3. Rage. by Gutsby 09/27/2011, 4:36am PDT NEW
            TOR, SOTS2, Stronghold 3 NT by WITTGENSTEIN 09/27/2011, 12:27pm PDT NEW
        It's both, right? by jeep 09/26/2011, 9:51pm PDT NEW
            Re: It's both, right? by RIGHT ON 09/27/2011, 5:43am PDT NEW
            If Angry Birds and Farmville is the future of gaming, I need a new hobby NT by WITTGENSTEIN 09/27/2011, 4:41pm PDT NEW
                i could teach you to play badminton NT by august and everything after 09/28/2011, 9:13am PDT NEW
 
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