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	khym_chanur 2005-12-18 06:16 am UTC (link)
	I take it this person has never played Nethack. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	dragomorph 2005-12-18 06:46 am UTC (link)
	Or played any of the games during the Golden Age made by people living in their parents basement. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nebbieq 2005-12-19 01:29 am UTC (link)
	Or Cave Story, for that matter. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	erototoxin 2005-12-18 06:41 am UTC (link)
	Very much like fanfic all sucks because anybody any good would be writing professionally? I'm happy to see that concept transcends media. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	dragomorph 2005-12-18 06:46 am UTC (link)
	No matter where you go, no matter what you do, there are morons. -- Zen quote (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mael 2005-12-18 08:18 am UTC (link)
	Segue to that quote: Remember to laugh at them, children, for no one has ever reached Nirvana with a clenched ass. -- Zen quote, as found on the door of a bathroom stall in Tibet. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	stinksap 2005-12-18 12:57 pm UTC (link)
	Sounds more like Buckaroo Banzai on an uncommonly bad day. (Reply to this)(Parent)

also_not_a_pipe
2005-12-18 09:25 am UTC (link)

Any excellent writer should be able to create something worthy of game material for just about any company. Because, you see, good writers are in short supply, and there are rather more John Carmack's in the world than Al Lowe's, or Tim Schafer's for that matter

What's Al Lowe worked on? I'm a Tim Schafer fangirl number 1-OK, and I sort of recognize Lowe's name, but I'm not sure from where. Must have been that listing of vendo-writers, where you put in a couple of quarters ~~in a very interesting place~~ and if the writer doesn't eat your change, you get the Great American Novel/Video Game/Selection Is Sold Out.

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	dragomorph 2005-12-18 09:46 am UTC (link)
	Lowe's biggest titles, if I recall correctly, are Callahan's Crosstime Saloon and Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist. He's actually pretty funny. I'm sure he's worked on more, but those are the two big ones I can think of. Also, according to Google, the Leisure Suit Larry series. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2005-12-18 02:45 pm UTC (link)
	He was one of the big names at Sierra, when Sierra was making all those cool King's/Space/Police Quest games. I think he was also one of the martyrs who got fired in 1999 when Sierra OMG! killed the adventure game genre. Ani Mouse (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kannaophelia 2005-12-18 03:43 pm UTC (link)
	SPACE QUEST! I haven't thought about it for years. ~fuzzy nostalgia~ Of course, most of my nostalgia is for fuzzy soft-focussed memories teethgrinding frustration, because I suck at adventure games and couldn't just look up gamefaqs.com back in the stone age. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

(Anonymous)
2005-12-18 04:43 pm UTC (link)

Heh. I always preferred the (Hero's) Quest For Glory series, but yeah, those games aren't for the short tempered. I don't think I've ever cursed so much in my life as I did back then. Still, I've always felt like I owe my English skills (and the ability to type "open door" faster than anyone in the universe) to Sierra in general, and Roberta Williams and Lori Ann Cole in particular.

Ani Mouse

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	kijikun 2005-12-18 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	joins in the old school Sierra love (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rowan 2005-12-19 12:26 am UTC (link)
	does too I learned how to type on Sierra games when I was like... four, I think. Man. still remembers how King's Quest V was OMGOMGOMG because it used a MOUSE and had LOTS OF COLORS and HOLY CRAP VOICES can we get any more high tech than that?! (Reply to this)(Parent)

mcity
2005-12-18 11:13 pm UTC (link)

Games created by established companies push the boundaries of excellence by their sheer technical abilities.

Two letters: EA.

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	tekenduis 2005-12-18 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	dead (Reply to this)(Parent)

	dragomorph 2005-12-19 04:02 am UTC (link)
	Bwa! XD (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tyraarane_ 2005-12-19 03:56 pm UTC (link)
	Buwah! I can't be the only one who goes into fits of giggles whenever I hear their "Challenge Everything" logo pop up, am I...? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mcity 2005-12-19 03:57 pm UTC (link)
	I still need to find an emulator so I can finish DotT. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tyraarane_ 2005-12-19 04:00 pm UTC (link)
	cough Tried ScummVM? cough (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mcity 2005-12-19 04:21 pm UTC (link)
	No. Since the nearest version of DotT I can legally obtain is in Florida. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	the_wanlorn 2005-12-18 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	My favorite games remain my brothers' friends' homebrew games. Which is kind of unfortunate. 'Cause they were for my Apple IIc, which I don't have room to set up in my room anymore. =( (Reply to this)

	(Anonymous) 2005-12-19 03:45 am UTC (link)
	Breaking wank! Over on LJ, VaginaPagina goes kerpow (http://www.livejournal.com/community/vaginapagina/6816400.html?nc=113). Because there's no such thing as having a tight vagina, you're just pretending you do to make other people feel bad. And the mods have stepped out of the room. . . . (Reply to this)(Thread)

	dragomorph 2005-12-19 04:01 am UTC (link)
	cough wank_report Kthnx. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2005-12-19 04:40 am UTC (link)
	sorry, I thought that was only for f_w. thx. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	telophase 2005-12-19 04:12 am UTC (link)
	all fan-made games are lousy because anybody who could actually design good games are probably employed by now. snerk Someone has no clue what the actual job market is in the game industry, do they? (Reply to this)(Thread)

silrana
2005-12-19 04:33 am UTC (link)

Or what working in the game industry can require. A few years back, I had a game designer recommend I put in an application with his company, since he liked my work and his company was actively looking for female designers.

I didn't take him up on it because it would have meant -

A- Moving to a different country.

B- Moving to a drastically different climate (semi-tropical to "*How* much snow?!?").

C- Earning roughly a third of my current job's pay.

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	telophase 2005-12-19 04:40 am UTC (link)
	Yup. The couple of people I know (for internet values of "know") who have spouses working in the game industry say that the schedules are punishing and they tend to be overworked, especially at deadline time. I don't blame anyone for preferring not to do that for as little pay as they get. (Reply to this)(Parent)