Comments on: Gaming Podcast 116: We Can’t Get To The Cloud! http://gamingpodcast.net/2009/03/31/gaming-podcast-116-we-cant-get-to-the-cloud/ Welcome to gamingpodcast.net Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:09:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Krud http://gamingpodcast.net/2009/03/31/gaming-podcast-116-we-cant-get-to-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-1725 Krud Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:02:22 +0000 http://gamingpodcast.net/?p=1120#comment-1725 Regarding jonahfalcon's comment about text adventures: I'm still waiting for someone* to make a truly intuitive (perhaps even a learning) text parser. Maybe combine the best of Infocom's complex command setup with some of the "lifelike" AI chatbot routines they've got now. (* - I tried making one myself, but I'm just one guy, with minimal programming expertise.) Regarding jonahfalcon’s comment about text adventures: I’m still waiting for someone* to make a truly intuitive (perhaps even a learning) text parser. Maybe combine the best of Infocom’s complex command setup with some of the “lifelike” AI chatbot routines they’ve got now.

(* – I tried making one myself, but I’m just one guy, with minimal programming expertise.)

]]> By: Jedi_Kez http://gamingpodcast.net/2009/03/31/gaming-podcast-116-we-cant-get-to-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-1724 Jedi_Kez Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:01:45 +0000 http://gamingpodcast.net/?p=1120#comment-1724 "Lost Vikings" is the game you were thinking of Don: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Vikings I think it was a popular game back in the day. I know I loved it and must have rented it for the SNES like 5 times. Don't think I've played the second game though. These guys made an appearance in World of Warcraft too, in the Uldamann instance (of course they were dwarves in the game I think). The above wikipedia articles mentions it too. +++++ OnLive. I think it's a really interesting idea, basically the game is run on their servers/cloud and is only sending you the video feed of your session, and all you send them is your controller movements. “Lost Vikings” is the game you were thinking of Don:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Vikings

I think it was a popular game back in the day. I know I loved it and must have rented it for the SNES like 5 times. Don’t think I’ve played the second game though.

These guys made an appearance in World of Warcraft too, in the Uldamann instance (of course they were dwarves in the game I think). The above wikipedia articles mentions it too.

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OnLive. I think it’s a really interesting idea, basically the game is run on their servers/cloud and is only sending you the video feed of your session, and all you send them is your controller movements.

]]> By: jonahfalcon http://gamingpodcast.net/2009/03/31/gaming-podcast-116-we-cant-get-to-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-1723 jonahfalcon Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:38:55 +0000 http://gamingpodcast.net/?p=1120#comment-1723 Regarding Infocom, they were and are awesome. Planetfall will still make you cry when Floyd died and you sung a sweet song to him. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was worked on by Douglas Adams himself alongside Steve Meretzky, and Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It is one of the most devious, puzzling wordplay games ever made. Interactive fiction still has a community, and there's software for anyone to make a text adventure - and you can make a good one if you put some elbow grease into it. With the power and size of hard drives, I wonder how complex someone could make a text adventure now - after all, a game's immersiveness isn't judged by graphics. Regarding Infocom, they were and are awesome. Planetfall will still make you cry when Floyd died and you sung a sweet song to him. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was worked on by Douglas Adams himself alongside Steve Meretzky, and Nord and Bert Couldn’t Make Head or Tail of It is one of the most devious, puzzling wordplay games ever made.

Interactive fiction still has a community, and there’s software for anyone to make a text adventure – and you can make a good one if you put some elbow grease into it.

With the power and size of hard drives, I wonder how complex someone could make a text adventure now – after all, a game’s immersiveness isn’t judged by graphics.

]]> By: jonahfalcon http://gamingpodcast.net/2009/03/31/gaming-podcast-116-we-cant-get-to-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-1722 jonahfalcon Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:49:07 +0000 http://gamingpodcast.net/?p=1120#comment-1722 Actually, Jack Thompson DID attack The Sims - at least, The Sims 2. http://news.softpedia.com/news/After-GTA-Attorney-Jack-Thompson-Targets-The-Sims-2-5308.shtml Actually, Jack Thompson DID attack The Sims – at least, The Sims 2.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/After-GTA-Attorney-Jack-Thompson-Targets-The-Sims-2-5308.shtml

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