june gloom on 5/2/2009 at 07:58
I would like to cite one exception- the raw emotional fury that is Battle of Mice's A Day of Nights would not exist if not for Julie Christmas and Josh Graham's extreme love/hate relationship.
Melan on 5/2/2009 at 08:03
Quote Posted by gunsmoke
IIRC, it was some emo, ex-girlfriend bullshit drama that ended the mod.
Actually, upon reading various forums and blog posts, it seemed to have come down to
1) pathfinding errors in the missions, requiring a rebuilding effort they didn't want to do,
2) the main mapper being married and having a child,
3) general overreach (who coulda' imagined it).
Well, it is still a damn enthralling piece of work, and if I were a crazy millionaire in some decent currency, I'd make it happen. In fact, I wish commercial games of this sort would happen. But oh well.
Matthew on 5/2/2009 at 10:35
Wait until Kieron is filthy rich from all his comics work, then persuade him to take up the project again.
Wormrat on 5/2/2009 at 20:55
No one mentioned it, so I have to suggest Half-Life: Invasion (HL1SP).
(
http://hlinvasion.free.fr/index_eng.htm)
Easily in my top 5, and I've played most of the SP mods out there. It's filled with great set pieces. Voice acting is in French, but English subtitles are available.
gunsmoke on 5/2/2009 at 21:36
Quote Posted by Melan
Actually, upon reading various forums and blog posts, it seemed to have come down to
1) pathfinding errors in the missions, requiring a rebuilding effort they didn't want to do,
2) the main mapper being married and having a child,
3) general overreach (who coulda' imagined it).
.
I give you this
Quote:
Brem X Jones
None of us are the same person who made Cassandra. As I think I may have said upthread, Cassandra was a direct response to me having a particularly horrific break up with a girlfriend. Other people had break-up poems or songs to write. I tried to channel the emotions into the game, with Charlotte as my clear avatar of insecurity (Which I didn't really entirely understand until having done it for a few months. Most of Charlotte's speeches to her Exs are just gender switched me). The basic theme of Cassandra's staff - expressed by Anna: "First rate at their jobs, distinctly third rate as human beings" - was what bothered me. That's pretty much how I considered myself, and most of my friends and lovers. Cassandra was processing all that. And since I don't feel that way anymore, I feel it'll come across insincere if I kept the same timbre. If we *did* pick it up, it'd have to change to fit our new instincts and loves.
gunsmoke on 6/2/2009 at 01:25
I always HATED that article, and 90% of his other tripe, as I have stated in the past. Are you being sarcastic, or do you believe he took a bribe?
mothra on 6/2/2009 at 11:23
I laughed so hard while reading the article back then. It's the ultimate fan boy's rage article while saying it's written against the fan boy rage. For trying to silence the so-called "elitists" he does come across as the biggest one himself.
I - JOURNALIST - U - MORON - I EXPLAIN NOW HOW GAME WORKS - U SHUT UP
Matthew on 6/2/2009 at 12:17
It always amuses me how people with different opinions have always sold out to corporate bribes.
Melan on 6/2/2009 at 13:36
Quote Posted by Matthew
It always amuses me how people with different opinions have always sold out to corporate bribes.
Curious, that. Even if I find that particular piece unconvincing.
