Comments for Ludic Dreams http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com Was it a vision, or a waking dream?Fled is that music:—do I wake or sleep? Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:24:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The Lone Deity = Bad Sales? by adrenjarvi http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/the-lone-deity-bad-sales/#comment-37 adrenjarvi Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:24:32 +0000 http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/the-lone-deity-bad-sales/#comment-37 What I meant is the comparison falls apart when you look deeper into it. True, they are both "God Games", but spore is in fact the first game where you create the beings that follow you. Also, there is no (or, rather, yet to be announced) "magic" in the game- I can't crush my creatures with a giant monkey, but I can have them build WMD's and go to town on someone elses' cached creations. The idea is that it cannot be condemned solely due to it's single-playerness. Right now, the only thing I see standing in the way of what is to be an awesome title are the delays, slowly letting the air out of the hype bubble. What I meant is the comparison falls apart when you look deeper into it. True, they are both “God Games”, but spore is in fact the first game where you create the beings that follow you. Also, there is no (or, rather, yet to be announced) “magic” in the game- I can’t crush my creatures with a giant monkey, but I can have them build WMD’s and go to town on someone elses’ cached creations.

The idea is that it cannot be condemned solely due to it’s single-playerness. Right now, the only thing I see standing in the way of what is to be an awesome title are the delays, slowly letting the air out of the hype bubble.

]]> Comment on The Lone Deity = Bad Sales? by gamegiants http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/the-lone-deity-bad-sales/#comment-36 gamegiants Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:39:26 +0000 http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/the-lone-deity-bad-sales/#comment-36 All I have to Say is Black and White II. I meant Spore will sell like B+W II a retail failure..... All I have to Say is Black and White II.

I meant Spore will sell like B+W II a retail failure…..

]]> Comment on The Lone Deity = Bad Sales? by adrenjarvi http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/the-lone-deity-bad-sales/#comment-35 adrenjarvi Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:59:14 +0000 http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/the-lone-deity-bad-sales/#comment-35 There is an obvious parallel there, although in B+W 2, you never crafted the species you cared for. A combination of the two concepts seems a tantalizing prospect. B+W2 (a good game in it's own right, I don't think it qualifies as a 'burn') never gave you the aspect of showing off the prosperity ( or tyranny) that you brought about, save for dragging a friend over to a computer monitor. The flexibility of spore will be it's saving grace, and it's network of players, while not interacting specifically with one another, will be instrumental in it's replay value. There is an obvious parallel there, although in B+W 2, you never crafted the species you cared for. A combination of the two concepts seems a tantalizing prospect. B+W2 (a good game in it’s own right, I don’t think it qualifies as a ‘burn’) never gave you the aspect of showing off the prosperity ( or tyranny) that you brought about, save for dragging a friend over to a computer monitor. The flexibility of spore will be it’s saving grace, and it’s network of players, while not interacting specifically with one another, will be instrumental in it’s replay value.

]]> Comment on The Lone Deity = Bad Sales? by gamegiants http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/the-lone-deity-bad-sales/#comment-34 gamegiants Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:58:30 +0000 http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/the-lone-deity-bad-sales/#comment-34 "This is the reason spore will be awesome: You, the lone deity, are crafting a world that you completely control." All I have to Say is Black and White II. “This is the reason spore will be awesome: You, the lone deity, are crafting a world that you completely control.”

All I have to Say is Black and White II.

]]> Comment on iAmArrogant by JBJ http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/iamarrogant/#comment-33 JBJ Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:48:24 +0000 http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/iamarrogant/#comment-33 Right, but on college campuses, especially a campus such as ours, you see all kinds of nonsense: People using players of all sorts of brands, either because they are acutely price-sensitive (as college students should be) or because whoever bought it made the classic mistake of confusing a feature list with proper design. Walking around NYC yesterday, though . . . . I would say that I saw 75 iPhones for every non-iPod music player, and better than 500 iPods. (And the woman standing next to me on the subway working her Zune was loudly swearing at her boyfriend--in absentia, of course--for buying her one. Not terribly meaningful, of course, but I *did* think about you.) It would be a lot better for Apple if the Zune weren't so . . . eh. Proper competition is a good thing. Right, but on college campuses, especially a campus such as ours, you see all kinds of nonsense: People using players of all sorts of brands, either because they are acutely price-sensitive (as college students should be) or because whoever bought it made the classic mistake of confusing a feature list with proper design.

Walking around NYC yesterday, though . . . . I would say that I saw 75 iPhones for every non-iPod music player, and better than 500 iPods. (And the woman standing next to me on the subway working her Zune was loudly swearing at her boyfriend–in absentia, of course–for buying her one. Not terribly meaningful, of course, but I *did* think about you.)

It would be a lot better for Apple if the Zune weren’t so . . . eh. Proper competition is a good thing.

]]> Comment on Precursor to a Semester: Oh, It’s a Nerdy one. by adrenjarvi http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/precursor-to-a-semester-oh-its-a-nerdy-one/#comment-31 adrenjarvi Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:44:06 +0000 http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/precursor-to-a-semester-oh-its-a-nerdy-one/#comment-31 Not even the start of the semester, and I am not only assigned Homework, but also late. Gonna be a fun year! :D Not even the start of the semester, and I am not only assigned Homework, but also late.

Gonna be a fun year! :D

]]> Comment on Precursor to a Semester: Oh, It’s a Nerdy one. by JBJ http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/precursor-to-a-semester-oh-its-a-nerdy-one/#comment-30 JBJ Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:42:40 +0000 http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/precursor-to-a-semester-oh-its-a-nerdy-one/#comment-30 Rather than thanks, how about some header images? *Ahem* . . . Rather than thanks, how about some header images?

*Ahem* . . .

]]> Comment on On Retail by Beth http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/on-retail/#comment-27 Beth Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:07:00 +0000 http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/on-retail/#comment-27 Customer service is equally as bad. I was recently discussing with a friend how I could do awesome resturant comedy without ever making anything up. I had a woman accuse me the other day of trying to kill her child. People suck. Carry on. Customer service is equally as bad. I was recently discussing with a friend how I could do awesome resturant comedy without ever making anything up. I had a woman accuse me the other day of trying to kill her child. People suck. Carry on.

]]> Comment on The Downfall of the Human Race. by Andrew http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2007/08/01/the-downfall-of-the-human-race/#comment-26 Andrew Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:43:00 +0000 http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2007/08/01/the-downfall-of-the-human-race/#comment-26 There's an entire movie based around this premise. Check out "Idiocracy." There’s an entire movie based around this premise. Check out “Idiocracy.”

]]> Comment on MetaPausing: The Fundamental Issue. by Stupor L http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/metapausing-the-fundamental-issue/#comment-25 Stupor L Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:53:00 +0000 http://ludicdreams.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/metapausing-the-fundamental-issue/#comment-25 Two words:<br/><br/>Zombie Apocalypse Two words:

Zombie Apocalypse

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