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What Makes a Game? by Jerry Whorebach 07/07/2012, 9:05pm PDT NEW
    First comment? Wittgenstein. by Worm 07/08/2012, 12:12am PDT NEW
    I read the original article. He's full of bullshit, or rather, his premises are by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/08/2012, 1:34am PDT NEW
        SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU PERPETUALLY BANAL FUCK by Caltrops.com 07/08/2012, 2:28am PDT NEW
            Get lost and stay there by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/08/2012, 3:46am PDT NEW
        In your case, it may not be Portal that's challenging you so much as life itself by Jerry Whorebach 07/08/2012, 7:07am PDT NEW
            is life a game? Or is it something else? by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/08/2012, 7:44am PDT NEW
                Remove the faulty concept of "self" or "I", and... NT by ...all your questions are answered. 07/08/2012, 6:41pm PDT NEW
                Re: is life a game? Or is it something else? by Mischief Maker 07/08/2012, 8:11pm PDT NEW
    That diagram is lifted verbatim from "Chris Crawford on Game Design" NT by mark 07/08/2012, 5:46pm PDT NEW
        This one, right? by Jerry Whorebach 07/09/2012, 7:54pm PDT NEW
            It's a pretty good book. by mark 07/10/2012, 6:25am PDT NEW
    Why do shitty designers hate saves so much? by skip 07/08/2012, 6:53pm PDT NEW
        Re: Why do shitty designers hate saves so much? by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/08/2012, 8:14pm PDT NEW
            Does this apply to every multiplayer game as well, or do some of those get a pas NT by s? Jerry Whorebach 07/08/2012, 8:34pm PDT NEW
                What I mean is... by Jerry Whorebach 07/08/2012, 8:38pm PDT NEW
                    Re: What I mean is... by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/08/2012, 10:49pm PDT NEW
                I agree with respect to multi-player games not having saves:Ontological Inertia by Judge Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/09/2012, 9:16pm PDT NEW
            Then why did everyone hate Dungeon Siege? NT by Mischief Maker 07/08/2012, 8:35pm PDT NEW
                The complete lack of interesting choices. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/08/2012, 10:50pm PDT NEW
            Re: Why do shitty designers hate saves so much? by cowdrops 12/23/2012, 6:09pm PST NEW
                Re: Why do shitty designers hate saves so much? by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/23/2012, 6:20pm PST NEW
        I don't think he's talking about all saves, just PC-style save-anywhere systems. by Jerry Whorebach 07/08/2012, 8:28pm PDT NEW
            Savestates on emulators haven't taken anything away by skip 07/08/2012, 11:16pm PDT NEW
                Saying any game would benefit from quicksave/quickload is like saying any game by would benefit from noclip mode. 07/09/2012, 9:45am PDT NEW
                    Quicksave/Quickload fixes as much shitty design as it creates. by Worm 07/09/2012, 11:38am PDT NEW
                        Well, what if the worst happens, and you lose an entire hour of "progress"? by Jerry Whorebach 07/09/2012, 7:29pm PDT NEW
                            Re: Well, what if the worst happens, and you lose an entire hour of "progress"? by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/09/2012, 8:33pm PDT NEW
                                This post is a pretty scathing indictment of grinding, mandatory tutorials, and by Tropic Thunder. 07/09/2012, 8:54pm PDT NEW
                            Well the worst is having the part you can't do an hour after the check point. by Worm 07/10/2012, 10:07pm PDT NEW
                    Game Save is very important for at least one reason by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/09/2012, 7:57pm PDT NEW
                        Since when did you stop doing anything to go to the bathroom? by Jerry Whorebach 07/09/2012, 8:37pm PDT NEW
                            Let's try again by Judge Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/09/2012, 9:01pm PDT NEW
                                It might be useful if we had some way to distinguish between games and by complex economic simulations. 07/09/2012, 10:14pm PDT NEW
                        Hoe do you extract "NO SAEVS WTF!!!" from a post about save-anywhere? NT by Entropy Stew 07/11/2012, 4:55pm PDT NEW
            Don't leave home without it. The Save function, not the American Express Card. by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/09/2012, 11:02pm PDT NEW
        The save system drastically alters game difficulty by Entropy Stew 07/09/2012, 1:54pm PDT NEW
            Power outages. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/09/2012, 3:02pm PDT NEW
                That's always the first thing I take into account when designing a game by Entropy Stew 07/09/2012, 3:48pm PDT NEW
                    Re: That's always the first thing I take into account when designing a game by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/10/2012, 7:29am PDT NEW
                        It's not worth ruining good games to mitigate the awfulness of bad ones. by Jerry Whorebach 07/10/2012, 11:57am PDT NEW
                            behind the current score JOHN NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/10/2012, 10:24pm PDT NEW
                My thoughts exactly by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/09/2012, 8:05pm PDT NEW
                    Re: My thoughts exactly by HOT TUB TIME MACHINE JURY 07/09/2012, 8:18pm PDT NEW
                        Re: My thoughts exactly by Judge Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/09/2012, 8:48pm PDT NEW
                            Holy fuck even your one liners wrap to two lines by Arbit 07/10/2012, 9:25am PDT NEW
        Here's an unexpected take on the subject! by Mischief Maker 07/10/2012, 6:50pm PDT NEW
            How is that unexpected? by Jerry Whorebach 07/10/2012, 9:05pm PDT NEW
                The worst thing about quicksaves is that you never have to recover. by Gutsby 07/11/2012, 9:53am PDT NEW
            Here's my solution to saves by fabio 07/11/2012, 8:12pm PDT NEW
                Re: Here's my solution to saves by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/12/2012, 10:20am PDT NEW
                    Just DON'T READ MY POSTS if they are hated so much by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 07/12/2012, 11:31am PDT NEW
                        Re: Just DON'T READ MY POSTS if they are hated so much by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/12/2012, 12:38pm PDT NEW
                            Jonesy finally realizes his error and regrets his attempt at playing forum god NT by Narrator of Caltrops: The Play 07/12/2012, 9:07pm PDT NEW
                    Spoken like a man who makes his own games. NT by Jerry Whorebach 07/12/2012, 5:32pm PDT NEW
                        Re: Spoken like a man who makes his own games. by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/13/2012, 6:46pm PDT NEW
 
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