Re: Ever feel...


3 Jan 1995 07:48:32 GMT

In article <neilg.788919772@sfu.ca>, Neil K. Guy <neilg@kits.sfu.ca> wrote:
>
> ...like your party's been gatecrashed by noisy boors? Sigh. Still, I
>suppose this has to happen to every group now and again. At least the
>posts appear to be sincere in their wackiness, unlike malicious
>rec.pets.cats posts or something. Not sure which is worse, though.
>
> Anybody out there want to talk about interactive fiction? For
>instance, a friend of mine has been playing Marathon all his waking
>hours this past week. Since it appears to be Doom for the Macintosh
>with better technology (shadowing, multiple levels) and an actual
>*plot* (fancy that!) perhaps it's the direction in which interactive
>entertainment is inexorably heading... Gruesome thought.
>
> And a happy new year, folks!
>
> - Neil K.
>
>--
> 49N 16' 123W 7' / Vancouver, BC, Canada / n_k_guy@sfu.ca

Drat this home computer. Poor editing abilities (ie I'm not familiar
with it, or I would be set up right). Anyways, interactive fiction might
just be a novel thing to talk about on this IF group. Imagine that. I
rather imagine something in our future along the lines of 7th Guest meets
Doom meets Return to Zork. Video is in, mindless gore is in, and pencil
thin moustache plots are in. But who knows, maybe there's still a writer
or two floating around out there. I mean, 7th Guest was very neat, but
at the same time, very static and unrewarding. I imagine that the
software market has, in the last year, launched itself out of the league
of home-grown companies. There are simply too many expenses involved
now. Actors, artists, programmers, a spell checker, and a license to
remake a movie as a video game. Yep, WAY too expensive. :/

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