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Posted June 03, 2012
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the_bard: Clicketh
Nice! :D
Posted June 03, 2012
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cw8: I don't see why some smaller companies can deliver great products and games while the richer, better known companies can't.
That's your opinion though, and the majority disagree with you. Most people prefer the big hits and they sell much better, with rare exception like Minecraft. Personally I love a ton of recent EA games, from the Mass Effect series to Dead Space and Bulletstorm.
Posted June 03, 2012
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cw8: I don't see why some smaller companies can deliver great products and games while the richer, better known companies can't.
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StingingVelvet: That's your opinion though, and the majority disagree with you. Most people prefer the big hits and they sell much better, with rare exception like Minecraft. Personally I love a ton of recent EA games, from the Mass Effect series to Dead Space and Bulletstorm.
And that's partially because they're big hits, ask any guy on the streets who is not a gamer or casual and he'll probably know of Diablo 3 (news, 9GaG, etc). However, ask the same guy on the streets about Torchlight and he'll probably know nothing.
Post edited June 03, 2012 by cw8
Posted June 03, 2012
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StingingVelvet: That's your opinion though, and the majority disagree with you. Most people prefer the big hits and they sell much better, with rare exception like Minecraft. Personally I love a ton of recent EA games, from the Mass Effect series to Dead Space and Bulletstorm.
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cw8: And that's partially because they're big hits, ask any guy on the streets who is not a gamer or casual and he'll probably know of Diablo 3 (news, 9GaG, etc). However, ask the same guy on the streets about Torchlight and he'll probably know nothing.
Why do I always get the feeling that discussions like these are less about how bad or good a company is with its games and studios and more about gamers like us trying to separate ourselves from regular people to say how much better we are than those sheep?
Posted June 03, 2012
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cw8: And that's partially because they're big hits, ask any guy on the streets who is not a gamer or casual and he'll probably know of Diablo 3 (news, 9GaG, etc). However, ask the same guy on the streets about Torchlight and he'll probably know nothing.
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Aaron86: Why do I always get the feeling that discussions like these are less about how bad or good a company is with its games and studios and more about gamers like us trying to separate ourselves from regular people to say how much better we are than those sheep?
Pretty much the same thing I find myself wondering. Apparently we're all remaking high school, and deciding that people are part of the cool clique because they play obscure games.
Posted June 03, 2012
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Crassmaster: Pretty much the same thing I find myself wondering. Apparently we're all remaking high school, and deciding that people are part of the cool clique because they play obscure games.
I've seen the similarity of the Internet to high school for a long time.

I would have thought that years of bullying would have taught all us nerds to be nice to people.
Posted June 03, 2012
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Aaron86: Why do I always get the feeling that discussions like these are less about how bad or good a company is with its games and studios and more about gamers like us trying to separate ourselves from regular people to say how much better we are than those sheep?
Erm.. no, just saying that if a game is not as well known and doesn't sell as much as its AAA counterparts, doesn't mean the game is inferior in quality or content.
Posted June 03, 2012
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SapienChavez: uncommon to gaming, probably. but not uncommon to business.

how often is an acquisition given full freedom? i cant think of a single example in MY industry... and i work in just about the oldest industry there is!

reminds me of the "first axiom of business" i was taught when i first started sales in my early 20s: "tell them anything they want to hear, as long as it doesnt cost you any money."

fucked up words to live by!
So... you work in prostitution?
Posted June 03, 2012
Bought the game for $4 bucks with everything but the Ankh necklace included in the box. Just sits there on my shelf gathering the infernal dust it deserves.
Also, great find :D
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Posted June 04, 2012
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SapienChavez: uncommon to gaming, probably. but not uncommon to business.

how often is an acquisition given full freedom? i cant think of a single example in MY industry... and i work in just about the oldest industry there is!

reminds me of the "first axiom of business" i was taught when i first started sales in my early 20s: "tell them anything they want to hear, as long as it doesnt cost you any money."

fucked up words to live by!
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Nroug7: So... you work in prostitution?
no.
Posted June 04, 2012
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Crassmaster: Pretty much the same thing I find myself wondering. Apparently we're all remaking high school, and deciding that people are part of the cool clique because they play obscure games.
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Aaron86: I've seen the similarity of the Internet to high school for a long time.

I would have thought that years of bullying would have taught all us nerds to be nice to people.
I actually think it's more of a defense mechanism a lot of the time.

"Oh, that guy likes Call of Duty? What a loser! Ha, my tastes, and therefore me, are totally better than that dumbass!"

Now, why that defense mechanism exists, I have no idea. Maybe some people don't like the fact that SHOCK so called 'regular people' play games these days.
Posted July 10, 2012
Part twooo...
http://spoonyexperiment.com/2012/07/09/ultima-9-ascension-part-2/
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